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Chris Thompson

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Golf

LIV Golf Pros Meet Their New Investor Overlord At Season’s Sudden Conclusion

August 19, 2026
Minor Dilemmas

“No Dada!” How Do You Deal With A Toddler Who Clearly Prefers The Other Parent?

August 19, 2026
MLB

Paul Skenes Is Stuck Being A Guy While The Pirates Require A Dude

August 6, 2026
MLB

For One Night Only, A Rookie And His Sweet Folks Make It Possible To Enjoy The Yankees

August 5, 2026
MLB

Trade Season Kicks Ass Until They Sell Your Beautiful Son

August 3, 2026
NBA

Tom Dundon’s Shameless Minions Expand The Scope Of His War On Portland

NBA

The Mind Of Kyle Kuzma Is Expanding At An Alarming Rate

Golf

LIV Golf Circling The Toilet From Whence It Sprung

MLB

Doofus Chaplain Takes The Giants’ Pride Night Victimhood To Instagram

MLB

Buster Posey Sucks, But Don’t Take My Word For It

NBA

The Bucks Are Paying So Much For Gary Trent Jr. That The NBA Is Worried

NBA

The Hornets Aspire To Be An Also-Ran With A Plan

July 13, 2026
NBA

What Do The Boston Celtics Intend To Be?

Media Meltdowns

ESPN’s Matt Miller Investigated For Alleged Consumer Fraud While Recovering From Emergency Arm Amputation

MLB

Cade Cavalli Insists There Was Nothing Racist About Calling Willson Contreras “Boy”

NBA

Malik Beasley Charged With Bribery, Money Laundering, And Wire Fraud In Alleged Prop-Bet Scheme

June 29, 2026
NBA

Tom Dundon Cares Not One Bit About The Portland Trail Blazers

MLB

Putting The “Buster” In Buster Posey

NBA

Giannis Antetokounmpo Is A Heat

Minor Dilemmas

How Do I Direct My Kid To The Stuff They’ll Enjoy And Be Good At?

June 17, 2026
MLB

MLB Pride Nights Co-Opted And Consumed By Owners And Culture-War Freaks

NBA

We’ve Arrived At The “Nitpicking The Officiating” Portion Of The Finals

Soccer

Border Security Theatrics Are Rising At History’s Stupidest World Cup

NBA

Jalen Brunson Finished Off A Karl-Anthony Towns Master Class

MLB

James Wood Will Mightily Thwap The Baseball In Whichever Direction He Pleases

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