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How Paralympic Ice Hockey Is Evolving

When the Paralympic Games come around every Olympiad, right after the Olympic Games come to a close, attention turns to how the sports and athletes differ between the two events. Some para-sports defy comparison to their able-bodied counterparts. For example, goalball, a Summer Games discipline, has no obvious Olympic equivalent, while the factored timing in […]

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We’re Hiring A Social Video Intern For Summer And Fall

FiveThirtyEight is seeking an intern to work with our video and social teams during the summer of 2022. We’re looking for a current student journalist or recent graduate who is enthusiastic about accuracy, clarity, video production and storytelling; who is adept at building and cultivating communities on platforms like TikTok or Instagram; and is interested […]

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We’re Hiring An Art And Design Intern For Summer And Fall

FiveThirtyEight is hiring an Art and Design Intern for the summer and fall. Are you someone who loves using photography, illustration and design to tell a compelling story? Are you considering a career in visual journalism? The Art and Design Intern will work with FiveThirtyEight’s Senior Designer and story editors to make our stories as […]

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Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe Is Making Rebounding Cool Again

Oscar Tshiebwe may be the national player of the year in men’s college basketball this season, but a year ago his team couldn’t find a place for him. After averaging fewer than 20 minutes per game with West Virginia in the first 10 games of 2020-21, Tshiebwe was in a rough place. He stepped away […]

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