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You can read all of my WSJ stories here—and some of my favorites below.

I've written about Uniqlo self-checkout, Ferrari, Nvidia (again, again, again), AI math (again and again), Home Depot's secret garden, Costco pants, Hokas, Birkenstocks, a golf course in Nebraska, Slow Horses, Rao's tomato sauce, U.S. passports, Blue Books, Apple's hearing aid, the voice of the iPhone, Brian Chesky, Josh O'Connor, U.S. Central Command, Dave's Hot Chicken, cottage cheese, Siete chips, avocados, Barbie, Taylor Swift, the star of Saturday Night Live, and, somehow, a whole lot more.

I've also covered the NBA, five incredible Olympics, college sports, and written about LeBron, the LeBron of playing with LeBron, Stephen Curry's warmups, Stephen Curry's swish, the NBA vs. China (again, again, again), the NBA's halal guys, Magnus Carlsen's most epic chess match, Nikola Jokic, Duncan Robinson, Lu Dort, the NBA star who's never gotten a technical foul, the NBA star who had student loans, Mbah-a-Mouteball, the only NBA team with a 4-point line, pickup basketball, Boban, Jim Harbaugh scouting SCOTUS, the Olympic team that trains in a refrigerated garage, a $1 ski jump, a bridge that destroys trucks, and Nobel Prize pranks—plus literally thousands more stories.

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