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Life Lessons

Requiem For An Overweight

TEMPE, AZ - SEPTEMBER 21: A Colorado Buffaloes helmet on the field during the college football game between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Arizona State Sun Devils on September 21, 2019 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

College Football

He Was A Colorado Recruit. Then Dozens Of Women Came Forward

BOSTON - 1969: Bill Russell #6 of the Boston Celtics poses for a portrait in 1969 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. 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. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1969 NBAE (Photo by Dick Raphael/NBAE via Getty Images)

Politics

FBI Releases Bill Russell Investigation Files, Slanders The Dead

James Dolan, in a velvet blazer and a dumb hat, singing his heart out.

James Dolan And Me, Face To Face

Cows stand behind a fence, but in front of a picturesque view of County Mayo in Ireland.

Things We Actually Like

A Yank Walks Into A Pub

Eastern Motors guy with 1-888-203-5217 on his face

Life's Rich Pageant

A Jingle That Will Not Die

Players fight to earn the ball during the Guinness Six Nations third round, Italy vs Ireland at the Olympic Stadium of Rome. Ireland won the match with a score of 34-20. (Photo by Pasquale Gargano/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Rugby

Ireland Has The Best Rugby Team In The World? How’d That Happen?

Music

The Never-Ending Resurrection Of Eva Cassidy

Burt Bacharach, The Genius Who Got Punks To Admit Elevator Music Was Cool, Is Dead

Policing

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Cop Who Killed Peyton Ham

And This Byrd Can Sing: David Crosby, 1941-2023

Orioles CEO John Angelos Honors A Civil Rights Icon Through A Fit Of Bullying

A view of RFK stadium during a football game

Elder Wisdom

A Dead Fan’s Notes

Pete Philo Is Back In Court. His First Victim Never Got A Second Chance

Bowling

Duckpin Bowling Loses Its Home

Quarterback Caleb Williams #13 of the USC Trojans celebrates USC Trojans defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 38-27 during a NCAA football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 26, 2022.

Before He Was At USC, Caleb Williams Was A Can’t-Miss Kid

MUNICH, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: Fans cheer during the NFL match between Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Allianz Arena on November 13, 2022 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images)

How “Country Roads,” A Song About Maryland, Became The Highlight Of An NFL Game In Germany

An image of Colts owner Jim Irsay standing in front of the Washington Monument. On each side of him are two rockers with guitars. Irsay is leaning on the tree and singing, yup, Bob Dylan's "Blowin in the Wind." There's text confirming this in the lower left corner, like you used to see in music videos all the time.

Killin’ Dylan: The Fascinating Horrors Of Jim Irsay’s “Blowin’ In The Wind”

Bronny James warms up at the DMV Showcase.

High School Sports

A Chaotic Night At The Bronny James Experience

Want To Bring Dan Snyder Down? Make D.C. A State

Newspaper background. Story says: "Six Jets had their uniform ritatively cuffed 100 m Bengals 21-7. SAUER ns, le el shirts stolen. Babe Parilli, Al seco ond m Wandala Bake , Twinet Don Mike Battle, and Sauer all wore white mesh jerseys with black numerals, courtesy of the Bengals."

Remembering Boudreaux, D.C.’s Ultimate Anti-Fan

1916: Soldiers survey the interior of the completely wrecked Post Office in Sackville Street, Dublin, during the Easter Rising of 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Irish Rebel Song Sneaked Into MNF Broadcast Hours After Queen’s Funeral; ESPN Claims Coincidence

Country music star Garth Brooks during his first night of a series of concerts at Croke Park, Dublin. Picture date: Friday September 9, 2022. (Photo by Brian Lawless/PA Images via Getty Images)

Garth Brooks Overpowers Croke Park In Delayed Irish Invasion

a news conference about the arrest of robert telles