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A Noisy Loss Is Still Just A Loss
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Tom Ley
July 2, 2024
Internationals
Galway Boots Dublin Out Of All-Irelands With Historic Upset
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Dave McKenna
July 1, 2024
MLB
The Mets’ Pride Night, As Witnessed By Someone Who Cared A Lot About The NHL Draft
60
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Heather Wei-Xi Chen
July 1, 2024
Pro Wrestling
Go See Your Guys Live
42
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Lauren Theisen
July 1, 2024
Racing
On Touching And Other Forms Of Intimacy
52
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Kathryn Xu
July 1, 2024
MLB
Merry James Wood Day To All Who Celebrate
75
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Chris Thompson
July 1, 2024
The Fights
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez Is A Little Guy With Big Aspirations
19
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Owen Lewis
July 1, 2024
Crosswords
The Crossword, July 1: Crosstown Rivals
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
July 1, 2024
NBA
Paul George And The Sixers Have To Make This Work
130
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Tom Ley
July 1, 2024
Soccer
England Was Finally Exciting, Still Not Actually Good
166
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Luis Paez-Pumar
July 1, 2024
This Is So Stupid
We Are Honor Bound To Commandeer Mark Zuckerberg’s Megayacht
153
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Justin Ellis
June 30, 2024
Arts And Culture
Why is AI Jesus So Fucking Jacked?
259
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Kelsey McKinney
June 30, 2024
Life Lessons
Fellas, Our Horrible Climate Future Demands You Wear Short Shorts
221
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Justin Ellis
June 30, 2024
Food
It’s Pasta Salad Season, Baby!
98
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Kelsey McKinney
June 30, 2024
Soccer
The USMNT Has Outgrown Its Manager
170
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Billy Haisley
June 28, 2024
Politics
Without Fact-Checking, A Presidential Debate Is Just TV
218
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
June 28, 2024
NHL
Arrival Of The Mack
55
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Lauren Theisen
June 28, 2024
Margin Of Error
Debate Losers
907
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Tom Scocca
June 28, 2024
Cycling
This Year’s Tour de France Will Have No Paris Parade And No Precedent
124
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Patrick Redford
June 28, 2024
NBA
Much Ado About A Worthless Pick In An Awful Draft
280
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Chris Thompson
June 28, 2024
Defector Up All Night
Rachel McAdams Is So Good At Playing Mothers
228
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Lauren Theisen
June 27, 2024
NBA
The New CBA Is Already Making NBA Teams Squirm
68
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Patrick Redford
June 27, 2024
Podcasts
Jurassic Hockey And Sticky Stuff, With Ray Ratto
51
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David Roth
June 27, 2024
Arts And Culture
The City Lives In The Earth Room
111
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David Roth
June 27, 2024
MLB
For Maximum Efficacy You May Wish To Dilute Your Shohei Ohtani Highlight Consumption
112
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Kathryn Xu
June 27, 2024
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