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Defector

The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Dan McQuade

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College Basketball

Cue The Smoke Machine! La Salle Has Hired A 73-Year-Old Basketball Coach

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Men’s College Basketball Isn’t Played In Quarters Because Some Coaches Got Upset In 1954

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I Fixed The Fake Ty Cobb Statue At The Tigers’ Spring Training Stadium

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This Is So Stupid

Losing Teams In The NCAA Tournament Should Get To Deface The Coca-Cola Logo

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Shaheen Holloway Makes This Face A Lot

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North Carolina Saw You Laughing. Who’s Laughing Now?

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More Like Ain’t Peter’s

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Holy Heck, Saint Peter’s Won Again

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Can Saint Peter’s Really Keep This Going?

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Phillies Defense Already In Midseason Form

BELGRADE, SERBIA - MARCH 20: Grant Holloway of The United States USA, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde of France FRA and Wilhem Belocian of France FRA compete during the Men's 60 Metres Hurdles Final on Day Three of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 at Belgrade Arena on March 20, 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Track And Field

Grant Holloway Is A Hurdler To Watch

Wheel of Fortune board: RENTING A PEDA_ BOAT. Someone guessed W.

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Requiem For A Pedaw Boat

Spencer Dinwiddie and the Mavs celebrate after a game-winner

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Spencer Dinwiddie Doesn’t Look Like Dead Weight Anymore

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Pro Wrestling

Scott Hall Knew The Value Of Losing

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MARCH 10: Ben Simmons #10 of the Brooklyn Nets walks on the court during halftime against the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center on March 10, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Brooklyn Nets defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 129-100.

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For Ben Simmons’s Return, Philadelphia Was Ready But The Sixers Weren’t

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WNBA

WNBA Team Fined $500K For Not Making Its Players Fly Next To Schmucks Like You In Commercial

Ja Morant and teammates celebrate after his buzzer beater to end the first. half

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Ja Morant Is An Unhuman Highlight Reel Right Now

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Why The NFL Combine Should Be In My Backyard: A 1,000-Word Essay

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Olympics

Why John Shuster Gave Up A Point

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The QVC Postgame Show Really Distills The NFL Experience

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Joel Embiid Dunked The Cavaliers Straight To Hell

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Life's Rich Pageant

John Madden Taught Me A Better Way To Smile For Photos

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Here’s A Fun Shot Clock Violation

Left: First half view. Right: Second half view.

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I Took Allen Iverson’s Courtside Seat For The Second Half Of Last Night’s Sixers Game

Infinite Replay: Defector - Erik Williams bops William Fuller on the head

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Infinite Replay

The Bonk That Redeemed A Playoff Humiliation