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Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux (9) disagrees with umpire Andy Fletcher who called him out on strikes in the sixth inning at Dodger Stadium.

Life Isn’t Fair. Why Should The Strike Zone Be?

Head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers John Tortorella reacts as he walks across the ice

John Tortorella Wore Out His Welcome

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Kelsey McKinney

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Luis Paez-Pumar

David Roth

Studio portrait of members of the Syracuse Star baseball team, Syracuse, New York , 1877 .

An MLB Preview Containing All The Information One Could Possibly Hope To Ascertain About The 2025 Season

Very Stupid Goals Help Slow Red Wings’ Spiral

Devin the dugong with meatloaf glaze on his face

This Is So Stupid

Fans Everywhere Are Slobbering At The Chance To Try Devin The Dugong’s Algorithmically Generated Sandwich

Demonstrators hold signs as they protest the deportation of Assistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Rasha Alawieh of Brown University at the State House in Providence, Rhode Island

Politics

We’re All We’ve Got Left

Israel Daramola

Dave McKenna

John Paul Jones, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page from rock group Led Zeppelin perform live on stage at Earls Court in London on 24th May 1975. The image is in black and white; the Defector Music Club badge, at upper right, is not.

Music

Defector Music Club Is Getting The Led Out

Head coach Travis DeCuire of the Montana Grizzlies talks with the team during a time out against the Northern Colorado Bears the Big Sky Conference Championshi

College Basketball

You Should Only Get One Timeout In Basketball

Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski and Vivien Leigh as Blanche Du Bois in a scene from the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire

Arts And Culture

Four Blanches

The Senators Are So Back

Mikko Rantanen celebrates his goal with teammates

They Should Call Them The Dallas Even More Stars

Tom Wilson #43 of the Washington Capitals scores in overtime

Alex Ovechkin Is Getting All The Help He Needs

ELMONT, NEW YORK - MARCH 04: (EDITORS NOTE: This image was created using in-camera multiple exposure). The New York Islanders skate in warmups prior to the game against the Winnipeg Jets at UBS Arena on March 04, 2025 in Elmont, New York.

I Love Watching Warm-Ups

Gays Against Guns contingent at the pride march.

Don’t Buy A Gun, Even If It Comes In Rainbow

Zack Ostapchuk #38 of the Ottawa Senators and Moritz Seider #53 of the Detroit Red Wings battle during a game

A Quick And Dirty Guide To The Eastern Conference Wild Card

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin during player introductions at the 2017 skills competition

A Pittsburgh Pilgrimage

Warhol's 'Ladies And Gentlemen' portraits in the Warhol Museum gallery

Lost At The Warhol

Interior of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, showing orchestra in foreground and audience in back

Silence Brings Us Together

Hell Yeah: Shohei Ohtani Throws Baseball 14 Times

J.T. Miller #10 of Team USA and Colton Parayko #55 of Team Canada fight

Canada Still Alive In 4 Nations Despite Pugnacious Defeat In Montreal

The Scorebug Snuggery: Super Bowl 59 Goes Big And Brutalist

Bob Dylan plays a Fender Jazz bass with the harmonica around his neck while recording his album 'Bringing It All Back Home' on January 13-15, 1965 in Columbia's Studio A in New York City,

You Can Only Catch Bob Dylan With Time

Pro Wrestling

Some Wrestling Matches I Liked In 2024

Still from Carmelita Tropicana. A person in sunglasses and a person in leather holding a neon plunger interrogate a man tied to a chair.

‘Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!’ Seizes The Full Potential Of The Theater

Dylan Cozens #24 of the Buffalo Sabres is driven toward the net