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In the September 10 newsletter:
A visit from Eli Manning to Slow News Day, a review of Kacey Musgraves's new album, and a remembrance of 9/11 as we approach its 20th anniversary.

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Remembering September 11, Twenty Years Later

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What does it mean to say that we’ll never forget?

[Brian Phillips ruminates on the memory of 9/11, 20 years later.]

The NFL's Empathy Gap

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A lack of basic communication skills is causing the smartest NFL teams to make the simplest, most avoidable mistakes.

[Nora Princiotti discusses the current state of communication within the NFL.]

The Return of the Bad Quarterback League

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Prefer your fantasy leagues to be structured around terrible QB play rather than on-field success? Look no further than the Bad Quarterback League, which will be returning on The Ringer Fantasy Football Show this fall.

[Danny Heifetz and The Ringer Fantasy Football crew are back with the Bad Quarterback League!]

Eli Manning Thinks the Giants Can Make the Playoffs | Slow News Day

Eli Manning joins Kevin Clark on Slow News Day to share why he thinks the New York Giants have a great opportunity to make the playoffs this year, give tips for coaching fourth-grade girls basketball, and more.

Kacey Musgraves’s Divorce Album Is a Quiet Eff You

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On Star-Crossed, the country singer turned pop star doesn’t sound pissed—just tired, ill at ease, and sorry she’s not sorrier.

[Rob Harvilla reviews Kacey Musgraves's new album.]

Music Copyright in the Age of Forgetting

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In the post–“Blurred Lines” legal landscape, artists like Lorde are treading extra carefully when their music ends up sounding similar to someone else’s. But our brains can’t be trusted to notice when we steal an idea—and the problem is likely getting worse.

[Nate Rogers looks at the complicated, timely issue of music plagiarism.]

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Music Copyright in the Age of Forgetting

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