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Chris Thompson

Joel Embiid Is Persevering, For Good And Ill

Dr. Charles E. Dates leads the room in prayer before the stadium presentation.

Bears Owners Roll Out Grotesque Stadium Plan With History’s Creepiest Launch Ceremony

The Wandering Athletics Right-Size Their Operation To A Rinky-Dink Minor-League Park In Sacramento

Science

Fusion Researchers Set New Record For Ignoring My Wish To Be Consumed By The Heat Of Seven Suns

J.D. Davis takes the field at a nearly empty Oakland Coliseum.

A New Season Finds The Oakland Athletics In The Same Dumb Limbo

Baseball!

Ted Leonsis talks into a Wizards-branded microphone.

Ted Leonsis Finally Abandons Glenn Youngkin’s Doomed Virginia Gambit

Joe Mazzulla Must Disobey The NBA And Continue To Block Meaningless Shot Attempts

Max Verstappen's Red Bull car sends off a lot of smoke.

Racing

Set Max Verstappen’s Car On Fire More Often, For Morale

Whew! A-Rod’s Ownership Team Finally Secured Someone Else’s Money To Buy The Timberwolves

Announcements

Sockdolager Is The New Dinger

A topiary of Goofy stands with the Spaceship Earth ball in the background.

Capital

A Disney World Pervert’s Take On: The Existential War Of Investor Aggression

Ted Leonsis’s Suburban Arena Scam Is Nearly Kaput

Ben Simmons Is Back In Hell

How Much Will Red Bull Racing Endure To Stand By Christian Horner?

Teammates fling water onto Max Strus following his game-winner.

You Need Someone To Huck It On Up There

Journalismism

Vice’s Avaricious Stewards Finally Succeeded At Bleeding It Dry

Think Your Rinky-Dink Three-Horse Flyover Burg Can Host An NBA All-Star Weekend? Think Again

Would Anyone Miss The NBA All-Star Game?

Ted Leonsis’s Suburban Dreams Are Drowning In Glenn Youngkin’s Big Fat Mouth

Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs yells in the face of head coach Andy Reid in the first half against the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The First Half Of The Super Bowl Was No Fun For Anyone

Jusuf Nurkic and Draymond Green fall together.

Jusuf Nurkic And Draymond Green Might Never Be Pals

The Bulls Are Parked In Mediocrity

Here Is An NBA Trade Deadline Open Thread

Must Klay Thompson Travel Far And Wide ‘Til He Is Beside Someone Who Is Not Draymond Green?