This week on Take It Personal, we follow one idea all the way through:

What happens when the system becomes visible?

We start with a conversation about time after Will's article about how something as simple as the clock is actually a system someone chose — and use that lens to unpack what’s happening across sports right now.

From there, we get into:

• The MLB vs WNBA CBA and what players are really fighting over
• Why Unrivaled is more than a league — it’s leverage
• Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game and why the reaction split the internet
• The bigger question: why the NBA feels harder to watch than it should
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