This is a MUST WATCH. 😭 Watch highlights from Roger Federer’s Dartmouth Commencement speech. (via Dartmouth 🌲)

The job of pharmacy benefit managers is to reduce drug costs. Instead, they steer patients toward pricier drugs, charge steep markups on what would otherwise be inexpensive medicines and extract billions in hidden fees, The New York Times found. nyti.ms/3KW4c0w

Such a great deep dive here.

From The Athletic: Quincy Wilson really wants three things: to get his driver's license, to play video games, to eat ice cream. The 16-year-old may still be invited to run for USA at the Olympics. But for the track prodigy, everything is different now nyti.ms/3VXzB9j

I went to federal prison to speak with Eric Kay. It's the first interview the former Angels comms director has given since being convicted in Tyler Skaggs' death. We discussed Skaggs, Kay's responsibility and how its "broken" his family. Read: nytimes.com/athletic/55875…

The conclusion of the Missing Bats series: Strikeouts took over baseball. Now a league grapples with how to fix itself. What more can be done to restore the balance of power between hitters and pitchers? Story with Zack Meisel and Cody Stavenhagen: nytimes.com/athletic/55979…

For essential NFL conversation, there's only one place to go: Scoop City. The first episode with Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel is now LIVE. Listen for free wherever you get your podcasts: theathletic.lnk.to/scoopTX?utm_me…

So much daily NFL gold (including fantasy) in Scoop City every day. Sign up. It's free. nytimes.com/athletic/newsl…

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From The Athletic | Football: Erling Haaland is frequently portrayed as a lethal Scandinavian footballing machine whose sole purpose is to compute the most effective way to score goals. But that’s not entirely fair. These goals show he's an artist, not a robot. nyti.ms/3TgLEfY

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