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Chris Thompson
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MLB
The Sucky Cardinals Are Headed Into Unfamiliar But Well-Charted Waters
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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
NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16
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MLB
Please Give Us Paul Skenes Now, Before His Elbow Kerplodes
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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
NBA
You Need Someone To Huck It On Up There
89
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Chris Thompson
February 28, 2024
Journalismism
Vice’s Avaricious Stewards Finally Succeeded At Bleeding It Dry
371
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Chris Thompson
February 23, 2024
NBA
Think Your Rinky-Dink Three-Horse Flyover Burg Can Host An NBA All-Star Weekend? Think Again
209
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Chris Thompson
February 22, 2024
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