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MLB
Carlos Beltrán: The Cheating Was Working! Did You Truly Expect Us To Just Stop?
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Kelsey McKinney
April 3, 2022
Life's Rich Pageant
Rooting For The Home Team
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Kelsey McKinney
April 3, 2022
Enter Our Raffle To Win A Visit And Home-Cooked Meal From Drew Magary
In 2022, we sent Cardboard Roth and actual Roth to our raffle winner's home. This year, we're sending Drew over, and he's cooking up a feast. Anyone who makes a contribution of at least $20 into our tip jar by Nov. 24 will be entered into the raffle.
Zillowing Out
A $1 Million Home Where We Can Drown in Shag Carpet
276
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Kelsey McKinney
March 26, 2022
Death To The NCAA
Here’s What Was In Some Grambling State Administrators’ Inboxes After They Tried To Hire Art Briles
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Kelsey McKinney
March 23, 2022
Capital
Keep Girl Scout Cookies Away From The Damn Gig Economy
187
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Kelsey McKinney
March 17, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
Come Discuss ‘The Age Of Innocence’ With Us, But Don’t Cause A Scene
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Barry Petchesky
March 3, 2022
Zillowing Out
A $1.5 Million House Where We Can Cosplay As The President
321
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Kelsey McKinney
February 26, 2022
Soccer
A Reminder To Be Nice To Your Bros
85
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Kelsey McKinney
February 25, 2022
This Is So Stupid
Ways To Unwind, Ranked
418
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Kelsey McKinney
February 24, 2022
Podcasts
Let’s Play ‘Spot The Scammer’
66
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Kelsey McKinney
February 23, 2022
Olympics
Mikaela Shiffrin Took Care Of Herself
151
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Kelsey McKinney
February 18, 2022
Podcasts
How Do You Convince People You Want To Gossip?
91
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Kelsey McKinney
February 16, 2022
Zillowing Out
A $5.9 Million Home To Lie To Ourselves In
324
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Kelsey McKinney
February 12, 2022
Media Meltdowns
‘Seattle Times’ Fires Kraken Beat Reporter And Her Former Colleagues Want To Know Why
228
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Kelsey McKinney
February 10, 2022
Podcasts
You Must Never Forget Your Nemesis By Proxy
74
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Kelsey McKinney
February 9, 2022
Olympics
Olympic Dog Lucy Attends Second Consecutive Winter Games
75
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Kelsey McKinney
February 6, 2022
Olympics
Please Do Not Show Me The Foreshortened Luge Athletes
178
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Kelsey McKinney
February 6, 2022
This Is So Stupid
To Stop The Creeping Liberalism Of Books, You Must Destroy The Cloud
243
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Kelsey McKinney
February 3, 2022
Death To The NCAA
Fine, I Will Coach The University Of Texas Football Team
118
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Kelsey McKinney
February 3, 2022
Podcasts
The First Rule Of Gossip Club: Never Text Your Mess
74
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Kelsey McKinney
February 2, 2022
Zillowing Out
A $900,000 (Maybe?) Home That Someone Loved Very Much
149
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Kelsey McKinney
January 29, 2022
Arts And Culture
Imagine If Celebrities Actually Cared About Art
473
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Kelsey McKinney
January 26, 2022
Podcasts
Today You Must Google Your Neighbors
93
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Kelsey McKinney
January 26, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
Here’s The First 2022 Selection For Defector Reads A Book
72
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Kelsey McKinney
January 21, 2022
Podcasts
Today You Are Allowed To Say Something Bitchy
74
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Kelsey McKinney
January 19, 2022
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