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For the final round of our Best Reality TV Character Bracket, it's a rematch of the Bananas Backpack elimination of The Challenge: Cutthroat! Vote C.T. Tamburello or Johnny Bananas on our Twitter, Instagram Story, or site from now until midnight ET.
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It's time to vote in the final round of our Best Reality TV Character Bracket! Are you picking C.T. or Bananas? [Andrew Gruttadaro]

New month, new streaming guide! [The Ringer Staff]

Speaking of streaming, Netflix's latest crop of reality shows highlights our regressed social skills, a true hallmark of the world we live in today. [Rob Harvilla]

A requiem for Marvel's Tony Stark, whose movie Iron Man kicked off the MCU 12 years ago this weekend. [Michael Baumann]

Join us for a look back at the rise and fall of the mockumentary sitcom. [Alison Herman]
 
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LeBron wants the NBA to resume, but no one knows when or how to do that. [Dan Devine]

Take a look at the nine NFL teams with the biggest roster holes left to fill. [Danny Kelly]

The 2020 NBA draft class isn't weak—it just isn't heavy on stars. [Kevin O'Connor]

The deadlift world record is coming to ESPN. Will this bring a new audience to strongman competitions? [Chris Almeida]

Defining moments of the 2019-20 season: Let's take a look back on Damian Lillard's hot stretch to close January and keep the Blazers in playoff contention. [Paolo Uggetti]

Reminiscing About Reality

In 2003, Joe Millionaire turned reality TV into the Super Bowl. Then it vanished. [Katie Baker]
 
10 years ago, a hat was burned on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, and a new hero was born. [Amelia Wedemeyer]
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Aaron Gordon Ethers Dwyane Wade With a Dunk Contest Diss Track | NBA Desktop

On NBA Desktop, Jason Concepcion checks back in on the latest developments from ESPN’s The Last Dance, covers Aaron Gordon's new diss track about Dwyane Wade and the NBA dunk contest, and more.

Newsom Don’t Surf: A California Beach Community in Gnarly Revolt

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On Thursday afternoon, word got out that California Governor Gavin Newsom was closing Huntington City Beach to slow the spread of the coronavirus. A man at the beach had an explanation. “Newsom’s not a surfer,” he said.

The man was Kevin—no last names at the beach. Kevin, who is 53, is a surfer who looks uncannily like Richard Gere. His wet suit hung down at his waist, revealing a smattering of tattoos across his chest and arms. He was popping in earplugs and pulling on a rash guard.

Kevin has lived within a mile of the beach his whole life. “I’m not claiming I own this ocean,” he said. “But this is my neighborhood.” Newsom was putting his waves in quarantine.

Huntington City Beach may be the single oddest political battlefield of the coronavirus pandemic. In normal times, the beach consists of three-and-a-half miles of mostly undeveloped sand. “We’re a long-ass beach,” Kevin said approvingly. The beach is where the high school surf team meets early in the morning for practice, where a place called Dwight’s sells chips smothered with unmelted cheese.

[Read Bryan Curtis's piece interviewing O.C. surfers about California Governor Gavin Newsom's announcement to close state beaches.]

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