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That common room where I played all my free games of Defender (and Choplifter) had a cork board where people would pin up photocopies of favourite cartoons. That’s what we did in the Olden Days. There was an ongoing battle between the fans of Punch and The New Yorker, but I was a Gary Larson man. I loved The Far Side and was always copying and pinning my faves to that board.

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Before I started cooking for a living, I’d come home to some flowers, a glass of wine, and my favorite pasta dish—cacio e pepe—made expertly by my husband. Then we’d do what we usually do to wind down, like catch up on our favorite shows or watch a movie. It was low-key and perfect. But since I started making pasta, it’s with reasonable expectation that I develop complicated recipes to celebrate this holiday.

Red Sox outfielder Tyler O’Neill left Monday afternoon’s game against the Guardians at Fenway Park following a scary collision with Rafael Devers in the seventh inning. The two collided, trying to make a play on a shallow fly ball to left field that came off the bat of Estevan Florial. Devers continued to pursue the ball into the outfield, resulting in him crashing into O’Neill. The two players remained down on the field, with O’Neill bleeding and holding a towel over his face.

The MLB Rule 5 Draft will take place during the Winter Meetings on Wednesday, Dec. 6. Players from all over the league left off the 40-man roster for various reasons will be available and the Red Sox will have some interesting names that could be drafted. One player that was recently pointed out by Baseball America as a potential draft candidate is Red Sox minor league left-hander Brendan Cellucci. The southpaw has predominantly been a reliever while in the Red Sox system.

It would be hard to find a hitter in all of the MiLB who is doing more damage than Matthew Lugo. Throughout the entire minor leagues, among hitters who have had at least as many plate appearances as him (82), he has the third-highest OPS at 1.165 and holds the highest WRC+ at 220. It’s been a massive difference in production for Lugo this year compared to last. That can largely be attributed to some changes he made.

Welcome to the THW Hockey History Substack newsletter, with all the best from our extensive archives. Share June 10 is a memorable date for a handful of fan bases across the National Hockey League. There were champions crowned in the most dramatic of fashions as well as some franchise-altering draft picks. This was also the date when the hockey world lost one of its greatest players. Continue reading... As an Original Six franchise, the Detroit Red Wings have had a multitude of Hall-of-Famers don the famous Winged Wheel.

(Listen to the radio version here.) On May 3, 1975, two months after I started birding, I saw my very first woodpecker—the #20 bird on my life list—and it was a stunner: a gorgeous Red-headed Woodpecker. The entire head, including the face, neck, and crown, was solid red; the upper back, wings, and tail gleaming black except for a pure white rump and large wing patch; and the undersides pure white.

In the Juniper tree at the edge of my driveway was the most perfect Red-spotted Purple butterfly I’d ever seen. It must have been fresh out of its chrysalis. Its wings were pristine, and a wispy fur draped the central part of its body like the sheerest veil. I was awed to find a butterfly in such great condition. I noticed that another butterfly was suspended head downward below the first.