Tuesday Notes for May 28th, 2024
This is an edition of Uristocrat Notes, a newsletter that explores the most significant cultural stories of the day.
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The Memorial Day Box Office Bloodbath
Alas, whether it’s ultimately Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga or The Garfield Movie, this year’s winner of the Memorial Day weekend box office will ignominiously gross the lowest amount since Casper, which earned just $22 million in May of 1995.
Scott Mendelson
Sports
Hall of Famer Bill Walton, 71, dies of cancer
Bill Walton, who won two NCAA titles with UCLA and two NBA championships during a Hall of Fame career, died Monday at age 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer.
Tim MacMahon
C's return to Finals 'a different team,' says Brown
Tim Bontemps
Celtics Sweep, Mavs On the Brink, and Remembering Bill Walton
The Hall of Famer passed away on Monday
Chris Vernon
The Minnesota Timberwolves Have Lost Their Way
How did a season with so much promise get torpedoed so quickly? As brutal as the Wolves’ first two losses to the Mavericks were, Game 3 may have been the most damning of all.
Rob Mahoney
'My passes are faster than feet': How Luka became the newest QB1 in Dallas
Dallas' revamped offense is fueled by its QB1's playmaking, vision and pinpoint accuracy from record distances. And he's one win away from the NBA's Super Bowl.
Tim MacMahon
Why the New NBA Deal Is So Weird. Plus, How Sports Rights Actually Work.
At a time when basketball ratings are in steady decline, the NBA is on the verge of signing a $70-plus billion sports rights deal that would grow its annual media rights revenue by almost three times. How does that make any sense?
Derek Thompson
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