nostalgia

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Some sports media types believe SI is largely a nostalgia play in a landscape where young fans go elsewhere for game highlights and turn to provocative hosts such as Pat McAfee on YouTube.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The revenge of the analog—through the popularity of Moleskine notebooks and letterpress cards, through the revival of film cameras among Gen Z—comes down to something more interesting than simple nostalgia.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

In a cake defined by nostalgia, that presence matters.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

"I find the best dishes of mine are rooted in nostalgia and meaningful moments in my life," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Each trip had carried its own burden of nostalgia, starting with the 1954 visit to help launch CERN’s physics lab, based so heavily on offspring of Ernest’s original accelerator.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik