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Golf

LIV Incursion Fades Away In Satisfying Open Championship

Juan Soto greets his Nationals teammates with a smile on Opening Day, 2022.

Juan Soto Is For Sale

Kelsey McKinney

Barry Petchesky

Patrick Redford

Rays Week

The Read Planet: Let’s Discuss ‘The Martian Chronicles’

Rays Swept By Lowly Reds

To Jump Or Not To Jump, That Is The Question

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JULY 06: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels celebrates a strikeout during the seventh inning against the Miami Marlins at loanDepot park on July 06, 2022 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Shohei Ohtani Cannot Possibly Do More Than This

Who Will Replace Baseball’s Maniac Artisans When Starting Pitchers Are Gone?

Racing

Luck Is Everything

A four-square of Brian Windhorst talking, with a little Windy in the middle as well

A Very Strange Thing Happened To The Brain Of Brian Windhorst This Morning. Very Strange.

Holy Shit, Kevin Durant Wants The Hell Out Of Brooklyn

Archie Bradley Sets New Standard For Humiliating Brawl Participation

John Wall Will Finally Get Another Chance To Be A Basketball Player

This Is So Stupid

The Frail Saggy Body Of Rudy Giuliani Must Be Protected From The Political Violence Of My Infant Child

Some Good Outcomes Are Only Possible When The Game Gets Stupid

Congress Can’t Even Make A Chump Like Roger Goodell Squirm

Raúl Albiol and Lucas Capetian pose for a photograph.

Life's Rich Pageant

Oh No, Sir Lucas Capetian Is Out As CEO At Color Star

Juan Soto’s Season Has Been A Huge Bummer

The Real Champion Is You, Who Gets To Look At These Sad Boston Fans

Dadfector

Free Things My Small Child Was Given In France And Italy, Ranked

Horse Racing

You Simply Must Hoot And Holler At The Zooming Horse

A Brief Investigation Into Where Exactly Lewis Hamilton Is Pierced

Giannis Simplifies Things

Phil Mickelson Sure Loves To Gamble, Possibly To His Own Detriment

Gary Payton II’s Elbow Injury Is A Huge Bummer

Doc Rivers Has Picked One Hell Of A Hill To Die On