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Albert Burneko

Washington Commanders owners Daniel and Tanya Snyder

The Commanders Bought Some Land In Freaking Patagonia

Adama Traore of Barcelona, Alfonso Pedraza of Villarreal, both going to the ground in pursuit of the ball

Soccer

Thank God Barcelona’s Season Is Over

Chefector

Let’s Cook Some Blue Crabs

Journalismism

Shams, Please, Go On Some Dates Man

Barry Petchesky

In this photograph taken on June 17, 2011 a Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft of Susi Air prepares to take off at Jayapura airport in Papua province. An Indonesian aircraft with one Australian and one Slovak pilot on board crashed in the country's remote Papua region on September 9, 2011, a company spokesman said, with both men feared dead. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images)

Life's Rich Pageant

Point/Counterpoint: Landing A Plane If You Had To

Won’t Somebody Think Of The Stupid Children?

Media Meltdowns

The Blog Of The Year Is This Deranged Book Excerpt

A pair of poached eggs, on toast, with chives

Let’s Poach Some Eggs, The Extremely Easy Thing To Do

Ja Morant lays in the game-winner for the Grizzlies against the Timberwolves

I’m So Glad The Grizzlies And Wolves Found Each Other

Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz tries to pass the ball while laid out on the floor against the Dallas Mavericks

The Utah Jazz Spent An Evening In Spirit Prison

Trae Young Had The Game 1 From Hell

A Richly Informative And In Fact Quite Punctual Preview Of The 2022 NBA Playoffs

Everyone Involved In Yanking Clayton Kershaw From His Perfect Game Must Go To Prison (Just For A Few Days)

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homers against the Texas Rangers, April 10 2022

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Sent A Baseball To Baseball Hell For All Time

An old-timey photo of some kids gardening in New York City

Elder Wisdom

Grow A Little Herb Garden

It’s Green, It’s Sauce, It’s Green Sauce

Russell Wilson Has A Beverage Brand For Various Hydration Occasions And Functional Need States

This Is So Stupid

It’s Perfectly OK To Admit You’re Secretly Rooting For A Grizzly Bear To Tear Coach K’s Head Off

Jamal Crawford Was The Coolest

Let’s Stuff Some Artichokes

Hm, Maybe Tom Brady Can, In Fact, Play Forever

A stupid-ass truck with a bunch of stupid shit on it

Politics

I Truly Cannot Believe How Dumb This Convoy Shit Is

Music

I Demand A Goth-Sludge Chipmunks Cover Of Every Great Pop Song, Immediately

A salad with oranges, grapefruit, walnuts, and goat cheese

Let’s Make A Salad Out Of Winter’s Last Citrus

NASCAR's Richard Childress holding a tomahawk ribeye like a big dumbass

Retired NASCAR Bozo: Behold, It Is I, The Angel Of Death