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MLB
Absolute Skenes
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Chris Thompson
May 17, 2024
Elder Wisdom
How To Make (Or Possibly Not To Make) A Vegetable Garden
80
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Chris Thompson
May 17, 2024
New Defector Merch For Your Baby
Finally, Defector merch for the baby who loves food. Designed by illustrator extraordinaire Hawk Krall, our new Chefector baby onesie is the perfect outfit for those little fans of various mush. And for the food-motivated adult, it's available on a regular T-shirt, too.
NBA
That Was Violence!
122
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Chris Thompson
May 17, 2024
MLB
The Sucky Cardinals Are Headed Into Unfamiliar But Well-Charted Waters
119
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Chris Thompson
May 13, 2024
MLB
Please Give Us James Wood Now, Before Joey Gallo’s Shoulder Un-Kerplodes
51
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Chris Thompson
May 10, 2024
MLB
Please Give Us Paul Skenes Now, Before His Elbow Kerplodes
97
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Chris Thompson
May 7, 2024
NBA
The Scrappy Knicks Finally Sent The 76ers To The Grave
195
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Chris Thompson
May 3, 2024
MLB
Days Of Simmering Red-Assedness Lead To Sudden Basebrawl
90
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Chris Thompson
May 1, 2024
NFL
Bears’ New Stadium Proposal Includes A Lifetime Of Public Debt
207
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Chris Thompson
April 28, 2024
MLB
Hold Off On Judging The Floundering Astros, Or Judge Away!
54
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Chris Thompson
April 28, 2024
NBA
Joel Embiid Is Persevering, For Good And Ill
190
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Chris Thompson
April 26, 2024
NFL
Bears Owners Roll Out Grotesque Stadium Plan With History’s Creepiest Launch Ceremony
223
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Chris Thompson
April 25, 2024
MLB
The Wandering Athletics Right-Size Their Operation To A Rinky-Dink Minor-League Park In Sacramento
237
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Chris Thompson
April 4, 2024
Science
Fusion Researchers Set New Record For Ignoring My Wish To Be Consumed By The Heat Of Seven Suns
105
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Chris Thompson
April 3, 2024
MLB
A New Season Finds The Oakland Athletics In The Same Dumb Limbo
181
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Chris Thompson
April 1, 2024
MLB
Baseball!
431
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Chris Thompson
March 28, 2024
NBA
Ted Leonsis Finally Abandons Glenn Youngkin’s Doomed Virginia Gambit
210
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Chris Thompson
March 28, 2024
NBA
Joe Mazzulla Must Disobey The NBA And Continue To Block Meaningless Shot Attempts
86
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Chris Thompson
March 27, 2024
Racing
Set Max Verstappen’s Car On Fire More Often, For Morale
61
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Chris Thompson
March 25, 2024
NBA
Whew! A-Rod’s Ownership Team Finally Secured Someone Else’s Money To Buy The Timberwolves
41
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Chris Thompson
March 21, 2024
Announcements
Sockdolager Is The New Dinger
85
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Chris Thompson
March 19, 2024
Capital
A Disney World Pervert’s Take On: The Existential War Of Investor Aggression
348
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Chris Thompson
March 15, 2024
NBA
Ted Leonsis’s Suburban Arena Scam Is Nearly Kaput
245
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Chris Thompson
March 8, 2024
NBA
Ben Simmons Is Back In Hell
145
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Chris Thompson
March 7, 2024
Racing
How Much Will Red Bull Racing Endure To Stand By Christian Horner?
139
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Chris Thompson
March 4, 2024
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