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Alex Abad-Santos

Alex Abad-Santos

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Alex Abad-Santos

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    Watch: the segment that made me stop watching The Nightly ShowWatch: the segment that made me stop watching The Nightly Show
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    This is why I didn’t like the now-canceled Nightly Show.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    Allyson Felix lost a gold medal to Shaunae Miller because of a dive. It’s legal.Allyson Felix lost a gold medal to Shaunae Miller because of a dive. It’s legal.
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    Diving in races is high risk, high reward.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    Gabby Douglas’s Olympics experience fits the pattern of how we treat black female athletesGabby Douglas’s Olympics experience fits the pattern of how we treat black female athletes
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    The Gabby Douglas backlash is respectability politics and racism at its worst.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    Simone Biles is unlike any gymnast we’ve ever seenSimone Biles is unlike any gymnast we’ve ever seen
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    Biles is a once-in-a-lifetime gymnast, and the most dominant female gymnast the sport has ever seen.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    Making a Murderer update: Brendan Dassey’s conviction was just overturnedMaking a Murderer update: Brendan Dassey’s conviction was just overturned
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    Judge William Duffin ruled that Dassey’s confession should be considered “involuntary.”

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    Sausage Party is a thoughtful story about faith wrapped in dick jokesSausage Party is a thoughtful story about faith wrapped in dick jokes
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    Sausage Party is full of dick jokes and lesbian taco shells. But it’s also an existentialist crisis.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    How Simone Biles crushed the women’s individual all-around competitionHow Simone Biles crushed the women’s individual all-around competition
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    Biles turned the biggest competition of her career into a clinic.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    The US women’s gymnastics team’s sheer domination, explainedThe US women’s gymnastics team’s sheer domination, explained
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    This team has turned Team USA into a dynasty.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    How Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova became the Olympics’ biggest villainHow Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova became the Olympics’ biggest villain
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    Many feel Efimova shouldn’t even be at the Olympics after being caught for doping.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    How the US women’s gymnastics team is going to obliterate the competition in RioHow the US women’s gymnastics team is going to obliterate the competition in Rio
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    This isn’t going to be a competition. It’s going to be sheer domination.

    By Alex Abad-Santos