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Justin Ellis

Sometimes You Have To Embrace The Spectacle

Cameron Dantzler Sr. #3 of the Minnesota Vikings celebrates after making an interception to end the game against the Chicago Bears

The Minnesota Vikings Avoided The Cruel Hand Of Fate Today

The NFL Concussion Protocol Worked Just Fine, Even When It Didn’t

Life's Rich Pageant

Humanity Can, Should, And Must Keep Hucking Shit Against The Stars

Rays Week

How To Be A Good Friend: Do Not Expose Your Pals To Cosmic Rays

Leafs-Lightning Was Always Going To Leave Someone Haunted

Funbag

Is It Time To Reconsider Overalls For Adult Men?

I Guess Russell Wilson Wants Us To Know He Is Working Out Very Hard And Definitely Over His Old Team

College Basketball

Damn That Was A Great College Basketball Game! Also, A Coach Retired

I Do Not Know What To Do With Positive Timberwolves News

Podcasts

Holden Holden Vs. Online Forms

Karen K. Ho Would Rather Be Hit By A Car Than Complain To The Manager

riella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of Team France skate during the Ice Dance Rhythm Dance on day eight of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 12, 2022 in Beijing, China.

Olympics

It Is Far Past Time For Ice Dancing To Recognize The Artistic Beauty of ‘Int’l Players Anthem’

Rona Akbari Misses Weather Talk

Media Meltdowns

Minneapolis Deserves More Than Jacob Frey’s Story

Golf

Brooks Koepka Would Like To See The Manager

This Is So Stupid

Injustice Anywhere Is A Threat To Quenching Thirst Somewhere

The NHL Has Made It Clear The COVID Outbreak On The Canucks Is Nothing To Worry About

Jalen Suggs Is An Agent of Chaos And Destroyer Of Worlds

Journalismism

Rich People Are Never Going To Save Media

Politics

What It Means To Get “Caught Up In The Moment”

The Raiders Will Always Find More Exciting And Improbable Ways To Lose

This Jets Team Is A Special Kind Of Awful


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Kelsey McKinney

People cast their vote on the first day of early voting at the Vote Center at Staples Center sports and entertainment arena in Los Angeles, California

How Many NBA Arenas Actually Became Polling Places?

Voters Line Up To Remind Us That Media And Democracy Are Broken