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Chris Thompson
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MLB
Willson Contreras Is Sick And Tired Of Being Plunked By The Brewers
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Chris Thompson
April 7, 2026
NBA
Giannis Antetokounmpo And The Bucks Are Feuding Right To The End
52
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Chris Thompson
April 6, 2026
Golf
A Very Sweaty Tiger Woods Called Donald Trump After His Car Wreck
224
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Chris Thompson
April 3, 2026
NBA
Victor Wembanyama Fattened Up At The Shrimp Buffet
85
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Chris Thompson
April 2, 2026
NBA
Jaden Ivey Lost His Mind And Then His Job
210
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Chris Thompson
March 31, 2026
College Basketball
Two Dazed Freshmen Authored The Tournament’s Immortal Moment
216
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Chris Thompson
March 30, 2026
This Is So Stupid
Béisbol!
178
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Chris Thompson
March 26, 2026
Science
What Did The Migrating Bigfoot Family Know About This Ohio Meteor Explosion?
174
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Chris Thompson
March 17, 2026
Racing
Fernando Alonso’s Extremities Pulped For Pointless Laps In A Worthless Lemon
42
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Chris Thompson
March 16, 2026
NBA
The Wizards Deserve This Humiliation
59
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Chris Thompson
March 11, 2026
NBA
Jayson Tatum Might Redefine Basketball’s Worst Injury, Or Might Not
94
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Chris Thompson
March 9, 2026
NBA
Nikola Jokic Is A Mountain Of Angst
59
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Chris Thompson
March 3, 2026
MLB
Mets Prospect Might Be 80 Percent Egg At This Point
80
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Chris Thompson
March 1, 2026
NBA
Steve Kerr Remembers Too Late That He Is Not A Doctor
55
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Chris Thompson
March 1, 2026
NBA
Wait, Whoa, The Spurs Are Way Ahead Of Schedule
88
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Chris Thompson
February 26, 2026
Arts And Culture
Emerald Fennell Now Going Moor-To-Moor Trying To Shock People
130
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Chris Thompson
February 19, 2026
MLB
Bryce Harper Is Still Grouchy About Dave Dombrowski’s Loose Ponderings
50
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Chris Thompson
February 16, 2026
NBA
Pistons Pissed, Hornets Stung, Beef Stew Beefs, Too
72
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Chris Thompson
February 10, 2026
NBA
Giannis Antetokounmpo Jumps In Bed With Sleazy Prediction Market
128
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Chris Thompson
February 9, 2026
Journalismism
The Washington Post Lays Off A Third Of Its Workforce, Is Dead
396
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Chris Thompson
February 4, 2026
NFL
Patriots And Broncos Stink On Ice
205
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Chris Thompson
January 25, 2026
Media Meltdowns
Oops! Vikings Play-By-Play Moron Chooses Yesterday’s Right-Wing Lie For Wisecrack About Minneapolis Protesters
242
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Chris Thompson
January 25, 2026
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