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Media Meltdowns
Colin Cowherd Pratfalls Through The Laziest Possible Segment Of Football Analysis
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Chris Thompson
August 8, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Orioles Eat Mountains Of Shit After Suspending Broadcaster For Congratulating Improved Team
220
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Chris Thompson
August 8, 2023
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Science
Researchers Have Once Again Kicked Fusion’s Ass With Bitchin’ Lasers
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Chris Thompson
August 7, 2023
MLB
Anthony Rizzo Played For Two Months With A Brain Injury And Only He Noticed
174
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Chris Thompson
August 4, 2023
NBA
ESPN Lays Off Mark Jackson One Month After Dropping Jeff Van Gundy
108
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Chris Thompson
August 1, 2023
NBA
NBA Urges Teams To Disregard Damian Lillard’s Threats
85
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Chris Thompson
July 31, 2023
Life Lessons
So You Want To Grow Climbing Roses
106
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Chris Thompson
July 21, 2023
MLB
Elly De La Cruz Is Not Like Other Baseball Players
88
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Chris Thompson
July 21, 2023
NBA
Phoenix’s Title Push Has Maximums, Minimums, And Nothing In Between
100
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Chris Thompson
July 17, 2023
Capital
Color Star Makes Its Next Big Move, Teams Up With Max Payne, Johnny Blaze, And Elizabeth
470
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Chris Thompson
July 14, 2023
NBA
Please Do Not Hit Britney Spears For Touching The Shoulder Of Victor Wembanyama
271
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Chris Thompson
July 7, 2023
MLB
Ronald Acuña Jr. Is A Baseball God
84
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Chris Thompson
July 6, 2023
Golf
Golf’s Emerging Behemoth Might Be Too Big To Exist And Too Rich To Stop
89
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Chris Thompson
June 16, 2023
MLB
The Phillies Are On The Frontier Of Pitch-Clock Weirdness
108
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Chris Thompson
June 11, 2023
Golf
The PGA Tour Couldn’t Beat ‘Em, But LIV Golf Won’t Join ‘Em
84
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Chris Thompson
June 11, 2023
MLB
John Fisher’s Lackeys Eat Shit In Contentious Stadium Financing Hearing, May Win Anyway
110
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Chris Thompson
June 8, 2023
Golf
The PGA Tour’s High Ground Was Just A Bargaining Position
102
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Chris Thompson
June 7, 2023
MLB
The Athletics’ Las Vegas Dreams Are At Least Temporarily On Hold
160
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Chris Thompson
June 6, 2023
NBA
The Heat Forgot Which Direction The Rim Is In
140
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Chris Thompson
June 2, 2023
MLB
Finally, A Night Where It’s Safe To Be Christian At The Ballpark
329
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Chris Thompson
June 1, 2023
NBA
Jaylen Brown Was Supermaximally Shitty When It Counted
154
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Chris Thompson
May 30, 2023
NBA
It’s Fine That The Celtics Are Kicking The Heat’s Butts Off. I’m Not Worried. It’s Fine!
169
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Chris Thompson
May 26, 2023
Life's Rich Pageant
Mission Re-Accomplished: Shaq Served At Former FTX Arena
209
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Chris Thompson
May 25, 2023
MLB
Dodgers Reverse Course, Apologize For Taking Marco Rubio Seriously
276
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Chris Thompson
May 23, 2023
Things We Actually Like
Heartwarming: Trevor Bauer Is Getting Lit Up In Japan
176
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Chris Thompson
May 22, 2023
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