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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On July 15

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Live Event

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Tom Ley

Medical Detection Dogs Are Being Re-trained To Help Identify Covid-19

Go To A Miami Heat Game If You Want A Dog To Tell You Whether You’ve Contracted A Deadly Virus

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Lauren Theisen

Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills is tackled by Bashaud Breeland #21 of the Kansas City Chiefs

AFC Championship – Buffalo Bills v Kansas City Chiefs

The Bills Played It Safe And Paid The Price

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Patrick Redford

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - JANUARY 24: Dion Dawkins #73 of the Buffalo Bills hits Alex Okafor #57 of the Kansas City Chiefs after a play in the fourth quarter during the AFC Championship game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 24, 2021 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

The Bills And Chiefs Were All Hopped Up And Ready To Scuffle

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Was Tom Brady Crud Today?

Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates

NFC Championship – Tampa Bay Buccaneers v Green Bay Packers

The Cowardly Packers Let The Buccaneers Flop Into The Super Bowl

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 12: Jamal Murray #27 of the Denver Nuggets in action against the Golden State Warriors during their NBA preseason game at Chase Center on December 12, 2020 in San Francisco, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Denver Nuggets v Golden State Warriors

Jamal Murray Once Again Has The Juice

Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots talks with Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers v New England Patriots

Here’s Your NFL Conference Championships Open Thread

BEVERWIJK, NETHERLANDS - JANUARY 21: Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko of Russia competes against Fabiano Caruana of the United States of America during the 83rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament held in Dorpshuis De Moriaan on January 21, 2021 in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021

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Teenage Grandmaster Pulls Off Stunning Upset Over Magnus Carlsen

Nick Suzuki #14 of the Montreal Canadiens puts the puck past goalie Braden Holtby

Montreal Canadiens v Vancouver Canucks

The Vancouver Canucks Simply Must Get Their Shit Together This Week

UFC 257: Poirier v McGregor

Conor McGregor’s Big Night Belonged To Dustin Poirier And Michael Chandler

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Albert Burneko

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Let’s Make Banana Bread

Quarterback Josh McCown #18 of the Philadelphia Eagles stumbles to the ground

Wild Card Round – Seattle Seahawks v Philadelphia Eagles

Defector Up All Night

The Texans Are Asking Random Guys On Their Bench If They Want To Be Head Coach

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

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College Basketball

Paige Bueckers Injected Some Old-School Fun Into UConn-Tennessee

DAVIE, FLORIDA - JANUARY 29: Offensive Coordinatore Eric Bieniemy looks on during the Kansas City Chiefs practice prior to Super Bowl LIV at Baptist Health Training Facility at Nova Southern University on January 29, 2020 in Davie, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)

Kansas City Chiefs Practice

NFL Teams Have Run Out Of Excuses Not To Hire Eric Bieniemy

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver waits to speak at the Los Angeles Lakers championship ring ceremony before the season opening game against the LA Clippers at Staples Center on December 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

Los Angeles Clippers v Los Angeles Lakers

The NBA’s Vaccine Decision-Making Doesn’t Need To Be So Complicated

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Ray Ratto

Hank Aaron, seen here laughing at a Mets/Braves game.

Henry Aaron Did It All, All The Time

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More Like Madison Clownfraud

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Barry Petchesky

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 09: Pierre-Luc Dubois #18 of the Columbus Blue Jackets stops on the ice during their game against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on January 09, 2020 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Columbus Blue Jackets v San Jose Sharks

Pierre-Luc Dubois: Coming Soon To A Non–Blue Jacket Team Near You

TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 22: A woman and a man wearing a face mask view the Olympic Rings on January 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. With just six months to go until the start of the Games, it has been reported that the Japanese authorities have privately concluded that the Olympics could not proceed due to the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Spokesmen from the IOC and Japanese government have since rejected the report. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

With 6 Months To Go, Speculation Mounts That Tokyo Olympics Could Be Cancelled

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The Tokyo Olympics Could Be Off? Good.

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It’s Muncher

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The Fights

Dana White: I Have Found The UFC Pirate And I Will Bring Him To Justice

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David Roth

Joe Biden photographed outside the White House, which he is now inside.

Podcasts

Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Catastrophe

Schalke's US forward Matthew Hoppe celebrates scoring the 2-0 goal during the German first division Bundesliga football match Schalke 04 v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, on January 9, 2021. (Photo by Ina Fassbender / various sources / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

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Out Of Nowhere, American Teenager Matthew Hoppe Has Turned Into A Goal-Scoring Machine

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - NOVEMBER 8: Pac 12 commissioner Larry Scott talks to the media before an NCAA football game between Utah Utes and the Oregon Ducks on November 8, 2014 at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)

Oregon v Utah

College Football

The Pac-12 Was Doomed To Fail And Larry Scott Still Managed To Disappoint

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Drew Magary

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 17: Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates a first down against the New Orleans Saints late in the fourth quarter in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at Mercedes Benz Superdome on January 17, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Divisional Round – Tampa Bay Buccaneers v New Orleans Saints

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