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A sick, middle-aged woman named Gail (Cynthia Nixon) shits herself midway through the movie James White. Her son, the titular James, pleads a nurse to replace his mother’s sheets. The nurse demurs. Other patients, too, have pressing needs. “She’s…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Stephen Curry

For Lebron James, there was The Block; for Stephen Curry, the Mouthguard Throw. Each superstar’s most memorable play from June’s NBA Finals serves, now, as shorthand for the fate that awaited him.