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Whew! A-Rod’s Ownership Team Finally Secured Someone Else’s Money To Buy The Timberwolves

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Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers talks to his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara in the dugout during the 2024 Seoul Series game between Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres.

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Shohei Ohtani’s Interpreter Gives Two Different Stories

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Guy Ritchie speaks onstage during the Special NY Screening of "The Gentlemen" at the Alamo Drafthouse on January 11, 2020 in New York City.

Special NY Screening Of “The Gentlemen” At The Alamo Drafthouse

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Guy Ritchie Is The Least Appreciated Director In The World

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Columbia Lions Guard Abbey Hsu (35) grabs a rebound during the first half of the Women's Ivy League League Basketball Championship Semi-Final game between the Harvard Crimson and the Columbia Lions on March 15, 2024, at Levien Gymnasium in New York, NY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: MAR 15 Women’s Ivy Madness – Harvard vs Columbia

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Columbia Is In Like A Lion

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 15: during the UFC 2024 Seasonal Press Conference at MGM Grand Garden Arena on December 15, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

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UFC Settles Pair Of Class-Action Lawsuits For $335 Million

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Who Wants To Be The Eighth Seed In The East?

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When The Night You Didn’t Die Never Ends

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DAYTON, OHIO - MARCH 19: Patrick Cartier #12 of the Colorado State Rams battles against Jacob Groves #34 and Dante Harris #1 of the Virginia Cavaliers during the first half in the First Four game during the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at University of Dayton Arena on March 19, 2024 in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)

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Please Get Virginia All The Way Out Of My Face

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - FEBRUARY 29: J.J. McCarthy of Michigan poses for portraits at the Indiana Convention Center on February 29, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MARCH 20: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts after the 3rd inning during the 2024 Seoul Series game between Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres at Gocheok Sky Dome on March 20, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

2024 Seoul Series – Los Angeles Dodgers v San Diego Padres

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Iga Swiatek of Poland plays a forehand against Maria Sakkari of Greece in the Women's Final during the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 17, 2024 in Indian Wells, California

BNP Paribas Open 2024 – Final Day

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Defector Tennis Bureau Indian Wells Closing Dispatch: Out Of The Desert

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Anthony Edwards Is The Master Of Mutually Assured Destruction

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The Premier League’s Inconsistent Financial Rules Strike Again

WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES - MARCH 12: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is seen during alongside other members of Senate Republican leadership during a press conference following weekly policy luncheons on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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How To Piss On Mitch McConnell’s Grave: A Brief Explainer

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The 20th Annual Webby Awards – Arrivals

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The Coffee Machine That Explained Vice Media

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Blake Snell #4 of the San Diego Padres looks on during the sixth inning of a game against the Colorado Rockies at PETCO Park on September 19, 2023 in San Diego, California.

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Blake Snell’s Contract Looks Like Trouble

Hailey Van Lith #11 and Angel Reese #10 of the LSU Lady Tigers speak against the Tennessee Lady Vols in the second quarter at Thompson-Boling Arena on February 25, 2024 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - NOV. 20: Renel Brooks-Moon, the San Francisco Giants' PA announcer since 2000, poses for a portrait at Oracle Park on Friday, November 20, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Brooks-Moon, 62, was born in Oakland and is a Mills College graduate. Brooks-Moon has been using her longevity and voice to call out inequities in the hiring practices of the Giants and in Major League Baseball in general. They're listening. (Yalonda M. James/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

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The Giants Are Doing All The Little Things Wrong

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Callum Walsh punches Dauren Yeleussinov during their junior middleweight fight at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on March 15, 2024 in New York City.

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