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Soccer
Barcelona Has Hit The Reset Button
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Billy Haisley
October 29, 2021
Soccer
Real Madrid Beat Barcelona In The Least Classic Clásico In Ages
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Billy Haisley
October 24, 2021
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Soccer
Cristiano Ronaldo Has Returned, And The Clock Is Ticking
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Billy Haisley
October 24, 2021
Soccer
Brentford Can Win Even When It Loses
44
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Billy Haisley
October 18, 2021
Soccer
It Doesn’t Get Better Than Liverpool And Manchester City
70
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Billy Haisley
October 4, 2021
Soccer
PSG Is A Work In Progress
49
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Billy Haisley
September 29, 2021
Soccer
Ansu Fati Is Renewing The Faith
21
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Billy Haisley
September 28, 2021
Soccer
Fans Make It All So Much Better
66
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Billy Haisley
August 16, 2021
Soccer
A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy Forever, My Man John Keats Said That
114
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Billy Haisley
August 12, 2021
Soccer
Lionel Messi Is No Longer Barcelona’s
134
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Billy Haisley
August 5, 2021
Olympics
The USWNT Struggled, Scrapped, And Survived
52
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Billy Haisley
July 30, 2021
Soccer
Italy Deserved It
175
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Billy Haisley
July 12, 2021
Soccer
There’s Still Time For England To Do More Than Win
109
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Billy Haisley
July 8, 2021
Soccer
Football Has Loaded Up The Car, Typed The Address Into The GPS, And Lads: It’s Coming Home
103
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Billy Haisley
June 29, 2021
Soccer
Spain Has Nothing Left To Fear
41
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Billy Haisley
June 28, 2021
Soccer
Romelu Lukaku Can See The Future
19
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Billy Haisley
June 22, 2021
Life's Rich Pageant
Listen To This Spanish Lady Roast A Triathlete For Blowing A Race
36
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Billy Haisley
June 20, 2021
Internationals
Robin Gosens Beheaded Portugal, But Portugal Bared Its Own Neck
29
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Billy Haisley
June 20, 2021
Soccer
The Belgians Are A Bunch Of Surgeons
56
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Billy Haisley
June 17, 2021
Soccer
Russia’s Spectacular Team Goal Caps Delectably Attack-Heavy Match
15
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Billy Haisley
June 16, 2021
Soccer
France Is What Happens When An Immovable Object Is Also An Unstoppable Force
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Billy Haisley
June 16, 2021
Soccer
You Don’t Always Have To Be Good In Order To Be Great
23
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Billy Haisley
June 14, 2021
Soccer
Even At Its Worst, Soccer Is Still The Fucking Best
171
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Billy Haisley
June 7, 2021
Soccer
Goalkeeper Suffers Ultimate Humiliation When Chipped From The Halfway Line
61
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Billy Haisley
June 6, 2021
Golf
For Golfer In COVID America, HAZARD Hits It Into HIM!
104
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Billy Haisley
June 6, 2021
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