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Chris Thompson

Sean Payton and Mike Macdonald talk on the field in 2024

Sean Payton, After Wrongly Accusing Mike Macdonald Of Cheating, Is Somehow The Only One Not Groveling

The sun setting behind a view of the boat's starboard helm, which is unoccupied.

The Great Outdoors

I Spent Three Sweltering Days Shredding The High Seas At Jogging Pace, And It Ruled

Laz Díaz gestures at his wrist and yells something during a baseball game.

Laz Díaz And Modern Baseball Are Mutually Through With One Another

Justin Ellis

Brandy Jensen

David Roth

Alan Ritchson's Jack Reacher character glowers at a screaming man with his hand stuck in an industrial shredder during an episode from season four of Amazon's "Reacher." Reacher is wearing a t-shirt that says "Get Cracked In Philadelphia," and is huge.

He’ll Take The Elevator: Defector Reacher Creatures On ‘Reacher’ Season 4

LeBron James smiles and gestures from the stage of some dumb event.

Life's Rich Pageant

LeBron James Wants Your Paycheck To Become His Paycheck, By Way Of Polymarket

The cover of Observer over a black-and-white photo of the Nevada desert.

Interviews

Nicholas Russell’s Debut Novel Gets Weird In The Desert

Sheel Tyle and Tom Dundon sit at the dais for a press conference.

Tom Dundon Isn’t Acting Alone

LIV Golf signage as seen during the first round of LIV Golf Indianapolis

Golf

LIV Golf Hopes Screwing Its Own Players In Bankruptcy Will Secure Its Future

Reds Week

Let’s Make Some Romesco, Not Only Because It’s Red, But Because It Rules

Brian kaplan and jeff banister yelling from the dugout

August Baseball Game Briefly Spiced Up By Runaway Dugout Red-Assedness

Randy Arozarena celebrates a game-winning dinger.

Randy Arozarena Made The Mariners Smile

LIV Golf flags blow in the wind in New York.