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Donald Trump Played Pretend In A McDonald’s I Once Knew Intimately
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Dan McQuade
October 21, 2024
Soccer
Southampton Is Too Stubborn For The Premier League
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 21, 2024
MLB
The Mets Ran Out Of Magic
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David Roth
October 21, 2024
Risk Week
If You Must Gamble, Gamble In Person, Like An Adult
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Ray Ratto
October 21, 2024
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Tom Ley
October 21, 2024
WNBA
The Liberty Were Built, Bought, And Blessed
102
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 21, 2024
Under The Influence
I Took A TikTok Class. What Happened Next Blew My Mind
120
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
October 21, 2024
Crosswords
The Crossword, Oct. 21: Sub-liminal Messages
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 21, 2024
MLB
Let Me Push The Win Button
137
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Barry Petchesky
October 21, 2024
MLB
History Is For The Dead And The Boring
247
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Ray Ratto
October 21, 2024
NFL
Crying Deshaun Watson Carted Off Field After Non-Contact Leg Injury
354
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Tom Ley
October 20, 2024
NWSL
Temwa Chawinga Has Conquered The NWSL
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Tom Ley
October 20, 2024
MLB
The Yankees Have Power In All The Right Places
197
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Tom Ley
October 20, 2024
WNBA
The Lynx And Liberty Are Getting Too Close For Comfort
38
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 19, 2024
Staff Chat
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Defector Staff
October 18, 2024
Margin Of Error
The Candidates Have Nothing Left To Tell You
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Tom Scocca
October 18, 2024
Arts And Culture
‘Anora’ Gets Lost In Its Own Excess
43
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Israel Daramola
October 18, 2024
Chess
Teenage Grandmaster Christopher Yoo Booted From U.S. Championships, Arrested After Post-Loss Meltdown
115
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Patrick Redford
October 18, 2024
Elder Wisdom
Point/Counterpoint: Friday Night Playoff Games
175
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October 18, 2024
MLB
Dodgers Lifehack: Just Don’t Chase, Dummy
96
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Kathryn Xu
October 18, 2024
Jamboroo
The 2024 NFL Season Is A Hater’s Paradise
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Drew Magary
October 17, 2024
Arts And Culture
No One Needed The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show To Come Back
92
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
October 17, 2024
NFL
The Hazards Of Beef Tourism, With Rohan Nadkarni
124
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David Roth
October 17, 2024
MLB
Where Should The Rays Play?
252
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Ray Ratto
October 17, 2024
MLB
The Dodgers Are More Than Advertised
120
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Ray Ratto
October 17, 2024
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