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Nothing Kills A Football Team Quite Like A Three-And-Out

A young woman smiles as she poses at a desk in an office-like environment, one hand on a document and the other on the keys of a Clary adding machine, mid to late 1950s. (Photo by Tom Kelley/Getty Images)

Funbag

The Dreaded Math Has Made Sports More Entertaining

Head coach Mike Zimmer of the Minnesota Vikings looks on from the bench on the sidelines during warm ups prior to the game against the Chicago Bears at U.S. Bank Stadium on January 09, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Mike Zimmer’s Tenure Was Even Uglier Than It Looked

I Am Your Greatest Horror: The Dad Fact Dispenser

When’s The Last Time You Cried From Physical Pain?

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DECEMBER 27: Emmanuel Ogbah #91 of the Miami Dolphins sacks Ian Book #16 of the New Orleans Saints in the fourth quarter of the game at Caesars Superdome on December 27, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

The Integrity Of The Games Has Never Mattered

PASADENA, CA, DECEMBER 17: Candy Cane lights and a projected "Happy Holidays" wish adorn a house on December 17, 2003 in Pasadena, California. Many of southern California's better holiday lights displays are in Pasadena. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Candy Canes Are Shit

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 04: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell looks on before the Las Vegas Raiders play against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium on October 4, 2021 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

Roger Goodell Will Always Be A Gutless Stooge Fuck

Hater's Guide

The 2021 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sings with Carol Singers from across the country during a reception at the Chancellery in Berlin on January 7, 2020. - Traditionally, children dressed as the Three Kings go from house to house after Christmas and before Epiphany to collect money for charitable projects of the Roman Catholic church. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

The Five Worst Christmas Songs

Actually, Teaching Your Kid To Drive Is Fucking Great

Help! My Spouse Hates Cooking (And Eating Too)!

during the AFC Divisional Playoff Game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on January 17, 2016 in Denver, Colorado.

The Great Whitewashing Of The American Fan

A 40-Team NFL Is A Terrible Idea That I’d Absolutely Live With

MELKSHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 01: Children look at the Christmas lights displayed on a house on December 1, 2008 in Melksham, England. The householder Alex Goodwind - who says he does it to raise money for charity after his mother died a few years ago - starts planning lights in July and has spent 3,000 GBP this year alone on the lights that are now estimated to be worth 30,000 GBP. Last year the bill for electricity was 700 GBP and the house had to have an uprated electricity supply installed to cope with the additional power needed. Donations from visitors to the spectacle raised over 2,000 GBP to local hospice Dorothy House. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

This Thanksgiving, I Am A Christmas Guy

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 21: Derek Carr #4 of the Las Vegas Raiders fumbles the ball during the fourth quarter in the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Allegiant Stadium on November 21, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

There Is No Perfect Stat

I Finally Quit Sports Talk Radio

Allow Me To Explain Why Chocolate Soda Shouldn’t Exist

of AT&T's Original Series 'You Me Her' speaks onstage during AT&T AUDIENCE Network Presents at 2017 Winter TCA at Langham Hotel on January 5, 2017 in Pasadena, California.

It’s Time I Lived My Truth: I Love Joe Buck

The Upside Of Insomnia

Football Will Never Stop Coming Up With New Ways To Ruin Football

I Am Getting Good Again At Wasting My Life

We Kept Our Kids’ Baby Teeth And It Was Weird

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - OCTOBER 31: Head coach Mike Zimmer of the Minnesota Vikings looks on prior to the game against the Dallas Cowboys at U.S. Bank Stadium on October 31, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)