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Chris Thompson
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MLB
Having Paul Skenes On Your Team Should Not Be Such A Bummer
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Chris Thompson
June 4, 2025
MLB
Red Alert! The Dinger-Starved Royals Have Promoted A Mighty Lad
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Chris Thompson
June 2, 2025
NBA
Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Oklahoma City
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Chris Thompson
May 29, 2025
NBA
What The Hell Is Going On Here?
300
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Chris Thompson
May 22, 2025
NBA
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Makes It Feel Bad
120
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Chris Thompson
May 21, 2025
MLB
The Orioles Are Nowhere
126
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Chris Thompson
May 19, 2025
MLB
No, You’re Outta Here!
84
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Chris Thompson
May 15, 2025
NBA
The Goddamn Mavericks Won The Goddamn Draft Lottery
241
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Chris Thompson
May 13, 2025
MLB
Red Sox Now Chasing Rafael Devers Across The Country, Waving Lineup Card
89
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Chris Thompson
May 11, 2025
NBA
Celtics Flatten Knicks By Sticking To The Formula
56
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Chris Thompson
May 11, 2025
NBA
Tyrese Haliburton Sure Knows How To Pick His Spots
145
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Chris Thompson
May 7, 2025
NBA
The Pacers Out-Styled The Cavaliers And Swiped Home-Court Advantage
50
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Chris Thompson
May 5, 2025
NBA
Big Lakers Ambitions Squished By, Of All People, Rudy Gobert
190
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Chris Thompson
May 1, 2025
MLB
The Rockies Are Bad At Every Part Of Baseball
116
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Chris Thompson
April 29, 2025
NBA
JJ Redick Pushed The Panic Button And Lost Anyway
125
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Chris Thompson
April 28, 2025
MLB
Horrible Rangers Loss Also Really Funny
82
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Chris Thompson
April 28, 2025
MLB
James Wood Is A Special Case
55
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Chris Thompson
April 23, 2025
MLB
The Hobbled Braves Are Hanging In There
50
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Chris Thompson
April 22, 2025
MLB
O’s, No!
141
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Chris Thompson
April 21, 2025
MLB
A Dangerously Bad Bullpen Is Everyone’s Problem
85
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Chris Thompson
April 17, 2025
Golf
Rory McIlroy Feels It All On Sunday
235
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Chris Thompson
April 14, 2025
Arts And Culture
Is Reacher Too Big Now? A Roundtable Discussion
208
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Tom Ley
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Brandy Jensen
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Chris Thompson
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David Roth
April 11, 2025
NBA
You Would Cry Too If It Happened To You
203
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Chris Thompson
April 10, 2025
MLB
Stumbling Minnesota Twins Struggle With Clocks, Gizmos, Rules, And Authority
89
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Chris Thompson
April 8, 2025
MLB
Victor Robles Demonstrates What Trying Can Get You
70
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Chris Thompson
April 7, 2025
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