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Sports

First Take Doesn't Divide Fans. It Selects for the Ones Already Divided

Every few weeks, First Take produces a moment so loud that someone writes a column blaming it for dividing sports fandom. The data suggests the causation runs the other way. The show doesn't make fans more extreme; it just finds the ones who already are.

By Jax Moreno · 3 min read

Culture

K-pop Boycotts Are Loud, Expensive-Feeling, and Mostly Harmless

ARMY called for a boycott over BTS's Israeli brand deal. The streams kept climbing anyway. K-pop fan activism in 2026 is loud, politically serious, and almost entirely disconnected from the numbers that actually move labels.

By Jules Fontaine · 3 min read