Claire McNear
Staff Writer
Claire covers sports and culture. She has written about Malört, magic, fandom, and seasickness (her own). She lives in Washington, D.C.
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‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Power Rankings: Regent
The greens and the blacks recuperate from the battle at Rook’s Rest. Here are the power rankings after ‘House of the Dragon’ Episode 5.
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The Winners and Losers of the 2024 MLB Home Run Derby
Teoscar Hernández wins big, and Alec Bohm looks great, but that poor pink carpet
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‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Power Rankings: The Red Dragon and the Gold
The Dance of the Dragons begins in earnest—and finally features a dragon battle
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Epidural, Please: ‘The Bear’ Zooms In on Trauma in ��Ice Chips”
A so-so season shakes off the flashback doldrums with a white-knuckled episode centered on Sugar, Donna, and childbirth
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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Targaryen Zooming Down a Dragon Wing Like a Nerd
We’re finally getting to see dragon logistics on ‘House of the Dragon.’ The results are as bizarre as we’d hoped.
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Show Us Targaryens Scrambling Pathetically Onto Their Dragons, Cowards
Before we saddle up for a new season of ‘House of the Dragon,’ we try to figure out how the dragonriders saddle up their mounts
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Prosecutors Say Ippei Mizuhara Stole $16 Million From Shohei Ohtani. Here’s What We Know.
On Thursday, authorities released a document detailing their investigation into Ohtani’s former translator. The findings shed new light on the gambling scandal that has engulfed MLB.
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Hallelujah: Normal, Nontournament ‘Jeopardy!’ Episodes Are Finally Back
The winter (and fall and spring) of our discontent is over. Bring on the first-time contestants.
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Would the ‘3 Body Problem’ Deadly Nanofiber Web Actually Work?
The Netflix adaptation features a climactic showdown between a ship and cutting-edge nanotechnology. You couldn’t do that in the real world … right?
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‘Manhunt’ Knows You Know What Happens to John Wilkes Booth
The new Apple TV+ series manages a difficult balancing act: spicing up a story whose ending is a foregone conclusion