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Albert Burneko

The James Harden Situation Is Coming To A Head Very Quickly [UPDATE: It Did]

Mohammad bin Salman, crown prince of Saudi Arabia

This Is So Stupid

Do You Not See That The City Of The Future Must Be A Straight Line, You Oaf, You Absolute Doofus

What Good Is A Sweet Buzzer-Beater If I Don’t Know The Shooter’s Systolic Blood Pressure?

Old-time basketball players, in what appears to be an alley in Los Angeles maybe

A Timely Preview Of The 2020-21 NBA Season, Which I Feel Confident Is Not Underway Yet

Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder

The Washington Football Team’s Intra-Owner Fight Is Such A Disaster That All Of Them Are Going To Get Richer

Nature Is Healing: Grayson Allen Does Some Pointless, Self-Defeating Goon Shit In A Preseason Game, Again

Media Meltdowns

At Least Now You Know Which Video Game Reviewers Are Sellout Clowns

Report: James Harden Is Extremely Cool

Jeffrey Toobin, former New Yorker journalist

Who Can Guess What Jeffrey Toobin Did Wrong? (Not So Fast, Malcolm Gladwell)

Squash hunks, carrots, herbs, on a wooden surface

Chefector

Let’s Make Some Butternut Squash Soup

James Harden, Houston Rockets, stands near midcourt

James Harden Being A Prick Is Not An Existential Threat To The NBA

John Wall, Washington Wizards, during his rookie season

John Wall Deserved Better Than The Washington Wizards

What I Cooked For Thanksgiving This Year

NC Dinos (KBO) lift giant sword trophy after winning Korean Series

Make Sports Trophies Cooler

Bill Simmons sits in an armchair looking like an asshole

Bill Simmons Is Union-Busting

A pan of shakshouka, eggs poached in tomatoes and peppers

Let’s Cook Shakshouka, The Perfect Short-Notice Food

Science

Virgin Hyperloop Has Invented The World’s Crappiest High-Speed Rail

Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien and son-in-law Jared Kushner behind Donald Trump

Politics

These People Are Morons

Dog walking along top of brick garden wall

Things We Actually Like

Let’s All Enjoy This Wholesome Video Of A Happy Dog Doing Stunts

A bowl of tomato soup with croutons and herbs

Let’s Cook Some Tomato Soup

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 27: Justin Turner #10 of the Los Angeles Dodgers and his wife Kourtney Pogue, hold the Commissioners Trophy after the teams 3-1 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game Six to win the 2020 MLB World Series at Globe Life Field on October 27, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

It’s Not Justin Turner’s Fault

Please Spend Ten Minutes Or Less Reading About The Death Of Quibi

John Wall examines his cards during a live TV segment

John Wall Update: Playing Spades, Paying Zero Attention During A Televised Interview

Jalapeno, Anaheim, and Poblano peppers, chopped in bowls