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German Chancellor Angela Merkel sings with Carol Singers from across the country during a reception at the Chancellery in Berlin on January 7, 2020. - Traditionally, children dressed as the Three Kings go from house to house after Christmas and before Epiphany to collect money for charitable projects of the Roman Catholic church. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Funbag

The Five Worst Christmas Songs

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Marc Normandin

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred talks to Astros GM James Click during the 2021 World Series.

MLB Owners Have Forgotten That They Always Lose Lockouts

Tom Ley

Nikola Jokic Tried So Hard To Be Good

The Cardinals Made It Harder On Themselves

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Chris Thompson

NBA Postpones Two Games After Chicago Bulls Literally Cannot Locate More Uninfected Players, Oh God

Maitreyi Anantharaman

Dave Bing Invited To Say Nice Things About The Pistons, Says Mean Things Instead

Samer Kalaf

Micah Parsons #11 of the Dallas Cowboys forces Taylor Heinicke #4 of the Washington Football Team to fumble and is returned for a touchdown by Dorance Armstrong #92 (not pictured) during the first quarter at FedExField on December 12, 2021 in Landover, Maryland.

Micah Parsons Pounced On Taylor Heinicke

Patrick Redford

Justin Herbert winding up before unloading.

Justin Herbert Touched The Sky With This Pass

Logan Roy Is An American

Giri Nathan

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 12: Race winner and 2021 F1 World Drivers Champion Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing celebrates with his team after the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit on December 12, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Racing

Let’s Banter About The Finish At The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

South Dakota teachers scrabble on a canvas for dollar bills during a hockey game

Capital

Hockey Team And Mortgage Company Partner Up To Humiliate Local Teachers

Ray Ratto

This Is So Stupid

The Time Has Come For Us To Turn Sports Over To The Animals

Ben Tippett

Chess

Magnus Carlsen And Ian Nepomniachtchi Brought Classic Sports Drama To Chess

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - DECEMBER 12: Head coach Urban Meyer of the Jacksonville Jaguars reacts after the game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on December 12, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Do Not Fire Urban Meyer. Do Not Give Him What He Wants.

Kalyn Kahler

Ravens Waste Justin Tucker’s First Successful Onside Kick With A Short Slant


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Dan McQuade

Urban Meyer Postgame Physical chart, and the red is circling around multiple times

How Is Urban Meyer Feeling Today?

Red Bull driver Max verstappen celebrates with teammates

F1’s Controversial Finale Would Make A Really Good TV Show

Did Urban Meyer Only Hire “Losers?” An Investigation

Matisse Thybulle celebrates with his arms out

Matisse Thybulle Blocked Steph Curry’s Shots Into The Delaware River

Albert Burneko

Chefector

A Pot Of Beans, By Any Other Name

Defector Up All Night

You! There! Come Join The Weekend Open Thread!

David Roth

The extremely unmemorable guy Chad Hutchinson, seen here calling a play against the Eagles in 2002.

Podcasts

Remembering Chad Hutchinson In Public, With Kelsey McKinney

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - MAY 23: George Bello #21 of Atlanta United against Alex Roldan #16 of Seattle Sounders during the first half at Lumen Field on May 23, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Soccer

What Is This USMNT Guy’s Deal: George Bello

Dave McKenna

A highly venomous Golden Lancehead snake is seen at the Butantan Institue -which supplies the Ministry of Health, with many snakes' venom for its ditribution countrywide- in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2019. - In 2018 nearly 29,000 people were bitten by snakes in Brazil, of which over a hundred were killed. Most of the cases were in the vast and remote Amazon basin, far away from hospitals stocked with antivenom. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Life's Rich Pageant

Lynlee Renick Found Guilty In Snake King Murder Trial

Luis Paez-Pumar

General view of a Tottenham sign under the arch outside the stadium before the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Watford FC at Wembley Stadium on January 30, 2019 in London, United Kingdom.

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