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CHANGEOVER, my tennis book about Alcaraz & Sinner, just came out: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Changeover/Giri-Nathan/9781668076248

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Over 20 years I saw Rafael Nadal so many different ways - an intruder, a sage, a way through my own pain

Farewell Rafa

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Rafael Nadal Found Process In Pain | Defector
Nadal was the destroyer of context, the man who played every point in vacuum, through comebacks and blowouts with the same equanimous mind and full effort.
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thank you npr for the shoutout
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Jasmine Paolini eased into life as a top 10 player, stacking solid wins week after week, claiming some nice trophies, ending as world No. 8, said @girinathan.bsky.social

www.thesecondserve.com/jasmine-paol...
Jasmine Paolini's Sneakily Wonderful Season - The Second Serve
Jasmine Paolini settles in to life in the WTA top 10.
www.thesecondserve.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
it’s a shame that the ethnonationalists pinned their hopes on a guy who drops every political “commitment” at the sight of nice handsome fellas who look good on tv (even brown socialist ones)
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
baffling how much easier tennis gets when watching the ball. clearly my brain has decided to nerf me by 99% of the time zoning out vaguely at the bottom of the net instead
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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blogged my first bylined blog for defector dot com
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I present my review of "Unfettered," John Fetterman's memoir. In between petty grievances about doing his job, Fetterman asserts that he's feeling good.

Two days after "Unfettered" came out, Fetterman fell directly on his face from ventricular fibrillation, a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder.
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
cleaning out a highchair multiple times a day feels deranged… crevices and surfaces… interested in feeding my offspring in a vat/trough style technology
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
no better time to read CHANGEOVER than right now after that banger
it’s a love story when you really think about it

this reminds me I finally got @girinathan.bsky.social’s changeover on audiobook and I WILL be listening tomorrow on the road
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
absolutely legendary how much offense you can squeeze out of "teammate who cannot shoot vaguely interacts with steph curry"
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
not really the point of this post but this is how Jeffrey Epstein spelled the basketball player's name
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
i imagine the Thibs Knicks as an uncontacted tribe and Mike Brown the one missionary who didn't get speared to death and survived to gift them the technology of Passing The Basketball
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
wrote about the strange scenario at the WTA Finals
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Today on Twitch, join @girinathan.bsky.social @redford.bsky.social and @remas.bsky.social for another episode of Colossal Ponderings. Let's raise our status to the maximum.

Watch live at 2 p.m. ET: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I wrote about Alex de Minaur, whose game and frame scream "underdog," but have lifted him to a spot above which only a few players remain: www.thesecondserve.com/alex-de-mina...
Alex de Minaur is Doing His Best - The Second Serve
Alex de Minaur's tennis career has outpaced the notions we measure him against.
www.thesecondserve.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
[billy joel voice] iiiiiim libbin’ out
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
someday a champion will use the trophy speech not to thank but to criticize the quality of ball kids. foot speed was poor. toss accuracy mid
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
it was clocking to me that bieber was standing on business but then will smith did the slap 🤣
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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more on Mboko - Eala later but I remain convinced that the best tennis match is between two future stars with highly dubious serves
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
msrachelforlittles.... what about msrachelforbigs? what if james wiseman is in my house and very cranky?
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I’ve been saying this! The writing’s so damn good that you don’t have to like tennis to love this book!
now that I’ve finished it, I can say @girinathan.bsky.social wrote one of the best sports books I’ve ever read, not because of access but because he is supernaturally talented at describing tennis, bodies, speech patterns, weather, rooms, vomiting, and other stuff bookshop.org/p/books/chan...
Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
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October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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now that I’ve finished it, I can say @girinathan.bsky.social wrote one of the best sports books I’ve ever read, not because of access but because he is supernaturally talented at describing tennis, bodies, speech patterns, weather, rooms, vomiting, and other stuff bookshop.org/p/books/chan...
Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis
bookshop.org
October 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM