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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Dave McKenna

Washington Redskins vs Dallas Cowboys – September 19, 2005

Congress Asks FTC To Investigate If Dan Snyder Acted Like Dan Snyder

What’s So Funny?

Elder Wisdom

The Little Font That Could

circa 1955: Portrait of a teenage girl lying on a sofa with a bottle of ginger ale and a telephone. A box of popcorn sits in front of her.

Telephone Snacks

The Drunkest Generation

Robin Ficker, seen here wearing a Washington Bullets hat and screaming.

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Stories

NBA Heckler, Friend Of Ali, And Wannabe Governor Robin Ficker Gets Disbarred

at El Camino College on March 14, 2017 in Torrance, California.

2017 CIF State Boys Open Division Championship – Chino Hills v Bishop Montgomery

High School Sports

D.C. Considers Granting High School Athletes NIL Rights

Head coach Juwan Howard of the Michigan Wolverines reacts in the second half of the game against the Michigan State Spartans at Breslin Center on January 29, 2022 in East Lansing, Michigan.

Michigan v Michigan State

College Basketball

Juwan Howard Throws Hands, Starts Brawl After Michigan Loss

Team co-owner Dan Snyder speaks during the announcement of the Washington Football Team's name change to the Washington Commanders at FedExField on February 02, 2022 in Landover, Maryland.

Washington Football Team Announces Name Change to Washington Commanders

Creepy Virginia Governor Courts Creepy NFL Owner With Promise Of A Billion Dollars

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The Race For The Top High School Basketball Job In The Country Is Officially On

ATLANTA - FEBRUARY 8: Singer 'Meatloaf' performs at the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest during the 2003 NBA All Star weekend at Philips Arena on February 8, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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Music

If It Weren’t For Meat Loaf, I Might Not Be Here

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My Long Lost Pedal Returned At Just The Right Time

A highly venomous Golden Lancehead snake is seen at the Butantan Institue -which supplies the Ministry of Health, with many snakes' venom for its ditribution countrywide- in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2019. - In 2018 nearly 29,000 people were bitten by snakes in Brazil, of which over a hundred were killed. Most of the cases were in the vast and remote Amazon basin, far away from hospitals stocked with antivenom. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Life's Rich Pageant

Lynlee Renick Found Guilty In Snake King Murder Trial

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D.C. Hoops Hero Loses High School Coaching Gig After Charging Into Stands

A 600g Royal Python sits on the scales at London Zoo on August 21, 2013 in London, England.

Royal Python

Prosecutors Got One Conviction In A Snake King’s Murder, And Now They Are Going After Another

This December 13, 2012 photo shows Maryland State Troopers in their vehicle during an event at the US Department of Transportation in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Karen BLEIER (Photo by KAREN BLEIER / AFP) (Photo by KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)

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Policing

Witnesses To Killing Of Peyton Ham By Maryland Cop Come Forward, Call It Murder

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College Football

Life Only Gets Better After Leaving Lubbock

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42 Seconds After This Photo Was Taken, Police Shot Peyton Ham Dead

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A Teen With A Toy Was Killed By Police, And Few Want To Talk About It

A Centralian carpet python lies coiled at Sydney Wildlife World on September 11, 2009 which features Australian flora and fauna set amongst natural habitats and eco-systems. The non-venomous Centralian carpet python found only in Australia's Northern Territory, uses its colouring to help it blend in with the red sand and rock found in its usual arid desert habitat. Like other carpet pythons it is mainly nocturnal and feeds on small mammals, birds and reptiles. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP via Getty Images)

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Death Of A Snake Salesman

MUNICH, GERMANY - JUNE 4: Drummer Charlie Watts Perform at the opening night of the European leg of The Rolling Stones Forty Licks Tour at the Olimpiahalle Spiridon on June 4, 2003 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Getty Images)

Opening Night Of The European Leg Of  The Rolling Stones Forty Licks Tour

Charlie Watts Knew It’s Not The Drummer, It’s The Song

The biggest crowd in Europe on Saturday will not be watching detached professionals kissing the badge of their latest football team, but at the All-Ireland Gaelic football final. Two amateur teams, Dublin and Mayo, will attempt to win the coveted All-Ireland trophy for Gaelic football in a replay following a rare draw two weeks ago.

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History

Bottled Up In Cork: A Loss In Hurling Is More Than A Loss

Kansas v Texas Tech

With Mac McClung, Goodbye’s Going To Be The Hardest Word

MIAMI, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 13: Owner Daniel Snyder of the Washington Redskins looks on prior to the game between the Washington Redskins and the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on October 13, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Washington Redskins v¬†Miami Dolphins

Dan Snyder Won

College Athletes Announce Formation of Labor Organization

Kain Colter Facing Several Domestic Violence Charges, Described As “Indigent” In Court Filings

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Better Hate An Owner

Peter Angelos Couldn’t Stay A Hero Forever

President Nixon holds "a frank exchange of views" with a young basefall fan at the Washington Senators' Opening Day game versus the New York Yankees at RFK Stadium

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Senators Week

Bob Short Still Stinks