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Chris Thompson
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This Is So Stupid
The Nebraska Cornhuskers Must Face Us On The Gridiron This Weekend
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Chris Thompson
October 29, 2020
MLB
Baseball Should Kill The Baseball
151
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Chris Thompson
October 29, 2020
Journalismism
Guy Who Was Completely Blind To Astros Cheating Scandal Now Has Podcast About All This Cheating Business
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Chris Thompson
October 27, 2020
NFL
Daniel Jones Fall Down Go Boom
175
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Chris Thompson
October 23, 2020
The Great Outdoors
Now Is The Time To Befriend The Birds, By Feeding Them
221
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Chris Thompson
October 23, 2020
Science
An Earth Robot Is Taking Soil Samples On An Asteroid Tonight And By God You Will Know About It
102
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Chris Thompson
October 20, 2020
Life's Rich Pageant
An Interview With The Professional Exterminator Who Defeated My Accursèd Roach Trunk
115
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Chris Thompson
October 19, 2020
NFL
Adam Gase Ambles Onward, Unkillable
151
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Chris Thompson
October 19, 2020
Life's Rich Pageant
Some Shit Is Going Down In Alaska, Man
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
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October 15, 2020
MLB
The Dodgers Pounded The Braves Flat As A Pancake, And It Ruled
92
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Chris Thompson
October 15, 2020
NBA
I Am Glad This NBA Season Is Finally Over
59
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Chris Thompson
October 13, 2020
NBA
Can You Name 10 Non-Random Knicks Players? You Cannot
203
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Chris Thompson
October 8, 2020
Life's Rich Pageant
A True Homeowner Horror Story
298
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Chris Thompson
October 8, 2020
Underexplained Lists
Internal Organs, Ranked
267
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Chris Thompson
October 7, 2020
NBA
Isaiah Thomas Is Pain-Free For The First Time In Three Years, For The Fourth Time In Three Years
46
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Chris Thompson
October 6, 2020
Science
Two Fusion Researchers Explain The Tokamak Reactor That I Want To Be Hurled Into
159
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Chris Thompson
October 5, 2020
Politics
This Is Happening
543
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Chris Thompson
October 2, 2020
NBA
The Lakers Made The Heat Look Like Helpless Little Babies
129
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Chris Thompson
October 1, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Let Us Spend Game 1 Of The 2020 NBA Finals In Fellowship, In This Open Thread
327
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Chris Thompson
September 30, 2020
Science
If Scientists Are To Create And Harness The Unfathomable Power Of A Star, They Must Agree To Hurl Me Into It
158
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Chris Thompson
September 30, 2020
NBA
Maybe It’s Not A Great Idea To Fire Coaches Based On The Results Of A Historically Strange Season
140
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Chris Thompson
September 29, 2020
NBA
Gordon Hayward Was A Butt Sandwich Against The Heat
95
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Chris Thompson
September 28, 2020
This Is So Stupid
The Five Love Languages, Ranked
120
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Chris Thompson
September 26, 2020
This Is So Stupid
Reds Share Statement About Thom Brennaman, Hilarity Ensues As Here’s A Drive Into Deep Left Field By Castellanos And That’ll Be A Home Run. And So That’ll Make It A 4-0 Ballgame. I Don’t Know If I’ll Be Putting On This Headset Again.
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Chris Thompson
September 25, 2020
NFL
Just Like That, Robert Kraft’s Solicitation Case Is Kaput
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Chris Thompson
September 24, 2020
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