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NBA
Zion Williamson Left The Timberwolves Bruised And Salty
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Giri Nathan
December 29, 2022
Year In Review
Presenting The 2022 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many
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Giri Nathan
December 28, 2022
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Overexplained Lists
What Jerseys Have You Seen Abroad?
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Giri Nathan
December 26, 2022
NBA
Aaron Gordon Got Up
77
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Giri Nathan
December 26, 2022
NBA
Anthony Davis Is The Center Of Everything
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Giri Nathan
December 5, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Has Made Its Winter Pick
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Giri Nathan
December 2, 2022
NBA
Zion After Raptors: Burp
42
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Giri Nathan
December 1, 2022
Golf
Bryson DeChambeau Abandons Quest To Become Large After It Made Him Feel “Weird”
124
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Giri Nathan
November 22, 2022
NBA
Ben Simmons Is Clambering Bravely Out Of The Toilet
55
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Giri Nathan
November 21, 2022
This Is So Stupid
Introducing The Jalen Williams-Jaylin Williams Power Rankings
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Patrick Redford
November 16, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
Tristram Shandy Would Surely Call Us “Jack Asses” For Writing This Post
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Barry Petchesky
November 16, 2022
NBA
Joel Embiid Did All Of Basketball
35
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Giri Nathan
November 14, 2022
NBA
Perfectly Average Knicks Season Ends
29
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Giri Nathan
November 10, 2022
Tennis
Novak Djokovic’s Team Found The Most Paranoid Possible Way To Brew His Magic Potion
69
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Giri Nathan
November 9, 2022
Tennis
Holger Rune Is The New Baby Of Men’s Tennis
40
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Giri Nathan
November 7, 2022
NBA
LeBron James “Not Up Here” To Talk About Russell Westbrook After Lakers Loss
128
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Giri Nathan
October 24, 2022
Media Meltdowns
TNT’s Draymond Green Minidoc Is A Parody Of An Apology
162
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Giri Nathan
October 19, 2022
NBA
Daryl Morey Has An Alarming Relationship With Cars
169
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Giri Nathan
October 18, 2022
NBA
Lakers Demonstrate Enhanced Camaraderie In Preseason Loss
76
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Giri Nathan
October 13, 2022
Tennis
Roger Federer Knew The Play Was The Thing
70
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Giri Nathan
September 28, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Is Going Long In September And October [Update]
72
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Giri Nathan
September 16, 2022
Tennis
Roger Federer Is Retiring
63
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Giri Nathan
September 15, 2022
Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz Is The Spectacle
58
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Giri Nathan
September 12, 2022
Tennis
Against Iga Swiatek, Keeping It Close Is All Anyone Can Hope For
16
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Giri Nathan
September 11, 2022
Tennis
Frances Tiafoe Proved It
31
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Giri Nathan
September 11, 2022
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