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Dan McQuade

What 1993 Video Game Tony La Russa Taught Me About Baseball

Jeffrey Lurie (Eagles owner) and Howie Roseman (Eagles GM, basically) stand in suits on the sideline. It's 2020 so they're wearing masks.

Jeffrey Lurie Is In Charge Of The Eagles, For Better Or Worse

Almost No One Alive Has Seen The Phillies Start 5-0

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'

I Went To An NBA Game Last Night

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

Life's Rich Pageant

The Blood Shoes Will Steal Your Immortal Sole

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.

How On Earth Did The Hawks Win This One?

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Doug Pederson Went For It

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

Politics

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

A Tennessee Titans fan wearing a blue mask with the three stars of the Nashville flag on it. He also has wild orange clown hair, and a bandana around his mouth/neck area.

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

The writer, Dan McQuade, receiving his coronavirus vaccine.

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.

Was Tom Brady Crud Today?

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

ESPN reporter Adam Schefter, with some tweets of his with really long links superimposed over it

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.

Nobody Does Quarterback Controversies Like The Eagles

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

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

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