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Dan McQuade

Two seats in an arena at an NBA game. They are black. There are steps next to them. Both seats have a cover on them that says 'PLEASE SIT HERE'

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I Went To An NBA Game Last Night

Lil Nas X, holding up a pair of the Blood Shoes

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Life's Rich Pageant

The Blood Shoes Will Steal Your Immortal Sole

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Defector At The Movies

Louise Linton’s ‘Me You Madness’ Is One Unpleasant Film

The Atlanta Hawks celebrate after a buzzer beater. They're all in a pile. Two Raptors players are in the foreground, dejected.

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How On Earth Did The Hawks Win This One?

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For One Season, Rheal Cormier Was Lights Out

This is the screen you see when there are only 55,000 people ahead of you in line for a NBA Top Shot pack.

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A Short, Lucrative, And Depressing Journey Into NBA Top Shot

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Videos

A Baseball Hall Of Fame Vote Is A Heavy Burden, Perhaps Too Heavy For Any One Man To Bear

Three screenshots of Nick Sirianni: Him looking out onto a football field, him looking at a photo fo Sylvester Stallone in an Eagles jersey, and him looking at Swoop, Eagles mascot

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The Eagles Are Trying Very Hard To Sell Philly On Nick Sirianni

A collage of newspaper headlines about George Ringo, the Wrestling Beatle. Overlaid with them is a photo of George Ringo from the Los Angeles Times, and another of a poster from an advertisement that says George Ringo, with Jayne Mansfield, manager, vs. Gary Hart

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Pro Wrestling

The Short And Winding Road Of George Ringo, The Wrestling Beatle

Carson Wentz and Doug Pederson standing next to each other. They both look pensive.

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This Eagles Postmortem Serves As A Good Warning For The Team’s Next Coach

At Super Bowl 52, with green and white confetti falling, and the Super BOwl trophy in his hand, Doug Pederson hugs Jeffrey Lurie

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Doug Pederson Went For It

Donald Trump, in 1990, rubbing a magic lamp at the opening of his casino the Trump Taj Mahal

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Politics

Donald Trump Has Been The Same Man For 30-Plus Years, Honorary Diploma Or Not

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Why Did The Titans Punt?!!!??!

The writer, Dan McQuade, receiving his coronavirus vaccine.

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Life Lessons

I Got The COVID-19 Vaccine, Then I Tried To Figure Out Why

Tom Brady Crud-o-Meter today. He does not look very cruddy today.

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Was Tom Brady Crud Today?

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Oh, God, Some Team Is Actually Going To Win The NFC East

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This Is So Stupid

Why Do Adam Schefter’s Links Look So Weird?

Jalen Hurts runs with the ball against the Arizona Cardinals. It's all blurry and artsy.

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Nobody Does Quarterback Controversies Like The Eagles

My cat, on the rim of a sink, next to a running faucet

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Is Drinking 40 Sips Of Water With Your Hand, Like A Cat, Every Morning “More Efficient” Than Using A Glass? An Investigation

Zach Wheeler pitches in a grey Phillies uniform (red cap) in the 2020 season

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The Phillies Are Reportedly Looking To Get Worse

No. 11 on the Raiders celebrates in the end zone as a Jets player sighs behind him

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Here Is The Totally Believable Way The Jets Lost

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Is It Ethical To Use A Fantasy Football Loophole To Start A Player Out Of Position?

Alex Trebek stands in front of a Jeopardy! board

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Alex Trebek Was A Part Of Our Lives

Trump supporters outside a Trump legal team press conference

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The Trump Presidency Ended Next To A Porno Shop

A scene of a meeting from Office Space, a Mike Judge film.

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What Could Daryl Morey And Elton Brand Possibly Have To Talk About During Several 10-Hour Meetings?