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NBA
A Richly Informative And In Fact Quite Punctual Preview Of The 2022 NBA Playoffs
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Albert Burneko
April 16, 2022
MLB
Everyone Involved In Yanking Clayton Kershaw From His Perfect Game Must Go To Prison (Just For A Few Days)
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Albert Burneko
April 13, 2022
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MLB
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Sent A Baseball To Baseball Hell For All Time
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Albert Burneko
April 11, 2022
Elder Wisdom
Grow A Little Herb Garden
122
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Albert Burneko
April 7, 2022
Chefector
It’s Green, It’s Sauce, It’s Green Sauce
129
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Albert Burneko
April 2, 2022
Media Meltdowns
Russell Wilson Has A Beverage Brand For Various Hydration Occasions And Functional Need States
210
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Albert Burneko
March 30, 2022
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
224
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Albert Burneko
March 25, 2022
NBA
Jamal Crawford Was The Coolest
84
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Albert Burneko
March 22, 2022
Chefector
Let’s Stuff Some Artichokes
71
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Albert Burneko
March 19, 2022
NFL
Hm, Maybe Tom Brady Can, In Fact, Play Forever
372
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Albert Burneko
March 14, 2022
Politics
I Truly Cannot Believe How Dumb This Convoy Shit Is
592
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Albert Burneko
March 10, 2022
Music
I Demand A Goth-Sludge Chipmunks Cover Of Every Great Pop Song, Immediately
140
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Albert Burneko
March 9, 2022
Chefector
Let’s Make A Salad Out Of Winter’s Last Citrus
96
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Albert Burneko
March 5, 2022
Life's Rich Pageant
Retired NASCAR Bozo: Behold, It Is I, The Angel Of Death
189
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Albert Burneko
March 3, 2022
NBA
Just Steph Curry, Calmly Being Impossible
135
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Albert Burneko
February 28, 2022
Chefector
Let’s Make Some Mascarpone
103
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Albert Burneko
February 19, 2022
This Is So Stupid
Where Should The Yak Go (On The Olympic Downhill Ski Course)?
164
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Albert Burneko
February 15, 2022
NBA
BenWatch: We’re In The Deal Zone
118
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Albert Burneko
February 9, 2022
Life's Rich Pageant
I Don’t Like This At All
470
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Albert Burneko
February 3, 2022
NBA
BenWatch: Very Generously Not Blaming Things On Joel Embiid
162
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Albert Burneko
February 1, 2022
Media Meltdowns
NYT: China Really Screwed Itself By Protecting Its People From Dying Of COVID
538
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Albert Burneko
January 25, 2022
NBA
BenWatch: 76ers In No Hurry, They’ll Just Get James Harden Later
113
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Albert Burneko
January 24, 2022
Chefector
Let’s Make Crab Soup
413
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Albert Burneko
January 22, 2022
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January 11, 2022
Soccer
Gavi, Noooo! (But Also, Yesss.)
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Albert Burneko
January 9, 2022
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