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Jake Lang

(He/Him)
New York
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Covers:  Sports, Music, Tech, Arts & Culture, (and the business of it all)
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Jake Lang’s Journalist Portfolio

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Giants Are Buying, Jets Aren't Selling

Giants Are Buying, Jets Aren't Selling

The Giants chase Jonathan Taylor, the Jets won't budge, and hockey runs late.

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Chi-Town Beatdown

Chi-Town Beatdown

Brunson torches his hometown team, the Nets finally win in Brooklyn, and Barzal returns to Islanders practice.

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Capped Out

Capped Out

MLB's owners pitch their salary cap for 2028, the Devils end Edmonton's perfect road start, and Cuylle finds …

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Quarter Pounder

Quarter Pounder

Shamet gets a Stiller shoutout, Bednar gets a $23 million offer, the Giants get a Hurts-less Philly and the J…

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Point Taken

Point Taken

Ashton Jeanty gets the last word at MetLife, Julius Randle makes his first trip back to the Garden, and the R…

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Tackle This

Tackle This

Demario Davis answers Ashton Jeanty, Bo Bichette opts in before a salary-cap fight, and Matthew Schaefer rede…

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Articles

Perfect Pitch

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By Jake Lang
| Traina Thoughts
Good morning, New York. Cam Schlittler ran the table, McCarthy gets Washington and a White Out tonight, and the Knicks handed the Garden its first migraine of the season. Thirty for thirty. Cam Schlittler swept the AL Cy Young vote at 25. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images) Cam Schlittler opened 2025 in Double-A. After his first full MLB season, all 30 voters made him the youngest Cy Young winner in Yankees history. Only Ron Guidry and Gerrit Cole had swept the vote in pinstripes before him.
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Harbaugh Throws McCarthy to the Wolves

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By Jake Lang
| Underscore Media
The 2026 Jameis Winston experience is, at least for now, over. J.J. McCarthy will start Sunday in Houston when Big Blue takes on the 2-4 Texans. The Giants are going with the former Michigan Wolverine after days of speculation and a sterling, near game-saving fourth quarter against the Saints, when he threw for 243 yards and led three scoring drives to …
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Galactic Racer Is Gas. Now Give It More Planets.

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By Jake Lang, Fieldof Pixels
| fieldofpixels.com
Star Wars: Galactic Racer. (Fuse Games / Lucasfilm Games) “Biddy Blas! Scrib doon!” That’s Huttese for “write it down,” and I’m going to do just that. Star Wars: Galactic Racer is gas. It’s a great game, and it lived up to every bit of hype I built for it. Gamers love it, Star Wars fans love it, and people who’ve never touched a racing game are quoting a tiny alien. It’s sitting at an 88 on Metacritic, and 18,052 people were playing at once on Steam five days after launch.
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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

college radio dj, fall of 09

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

How is social media changing news?

I'm a big believer in Marshall McCluhan's teachings and believe there are many merits to "the medium is the message" so let's start there.