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Owen Lewis

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Contributing writer (and former intern) for Defector, bylines at The Guardian, The Second Serve, BoxingScene. Likely happy to write for you too: [email protected] https://defector.com/author/owen-lewis

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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · Jan 27

I wrote about the Australian Open for @defector.bsky.social. defector.com/the-australi...

The Australian Open Is Happy And Hot | Defector

MELBOURNE – Envy sabotaged my plans for watching the first day of the 2025 Australian Open. I was going to take in Day One on a projector at Federation Square, a public area surrounded by angular buil...

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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 4h

Here's a line from the piece Jenkins posted, by the way: "Weiss; her wife, Nellie Bowles; and her sister, Suzy Weiss, are the founders of The Free Press and close friends of mine..."

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4h

BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n

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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 4h

So since the move to the Atlantic Jenkins has said Charlie Kirk "argued with civility" and now this huh

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 8h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

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Danny Page @danny.page · 8h

If Major League Soccer doesn’t care enough to watch their own games in order to write about them, why should we watch their games?

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 9h

As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:

This sucks so hard.

MLS is using generative AI to write match recaps. Writers used to get paid freelance rates to do that. Hssssss.

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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 9h

This piece isn't about tennis, but there's a line in here, "is it possible to win all the time and preserve some sense of joy and spontaneity?" and thanks to Carlos Alcaraz I think definitely yes. www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...

The Kansas City Chiefs Are Depressing

The team’s vibes might change if they start winning, and they usually do. But is it possible to win all the time without losing joy and spontaneity?

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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 22h

As for Djokovic loving the process...he's played an incredibly light schedule this year and didn't exactly seem to relish his time on court at many of the tournaments he did play. That could be why he's still going, but with the constant physical issues I think there's probably more to it.

Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 22h

I'm sure everyone late in their career is playing with pain to some extent, but with Djokovic it seems particularly visceral and constant at this point. Every tournament is ending with at least a minor injury, eventually there'll be something worse. But his Shanghai matches just looked like hell.

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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 22h

Not necessarily! But Djokovic's time on court in Shanghai particular looked deeply unpleasant to me -- vomiting, collapsing to the court, various tweaks and injuries, etc -- and I just struggle to rationalize someone putting themselves through that if they're not wedded to the lifestyle.

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Andrew Perfors @perfors.net · 1d

Heartbreaking reading, but this Reddit thread gives a sense of the relentlessness of the horror inflicted by ICE, and the damage being done to so many innocent people that doesn't make the news.

From the AskReddit community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the AskReddit community

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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 23h

Him continuing to play strikes me either as a grieving period from the Sinner/Alcaraz stuff, after which he'll retire, or addiction to the sport that overpowers the attendant agonies. Not sure which is more depressing. He's completed the sport, yet it's not finished with him.

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Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 23h

Belated Djokovic thought -- I was already struck by him taking uncompetitive losses to Sinner and Alcaraz on the chin, but playing a tournament only to puke repeatedly, get hurt again, and eventually lose to the world No. 204 just seems like a miserable time.

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