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Lauren Theisen

Technical Difficulties

Our Newsletter Has Broken Containment And Entered Our Website

The Angels Are Done, Shohei Is Hurt, And Yet He’s Still Blasting Monster Dingers

The Hurricanes Try To Save Their Summer With Petty Spite

For One Night, The Orioles Were Better Than Shohei Ohtani

It Sucks That The Padres Are Getting Crushed This Bad

Life Lessons

Every Casino Game Is Out To Get You. Even The Free One.

Go Away, Rain!

Woosh

The Weird Baseball Is Upon Us

All Of A Sudden, The Devils Seem Cool As Hell

Olympics

The U.S. Men’s Relay Woes Continued

Michael Brantley watches as a bat girl removes an inflatable trash can

I Guess Dodgers Fans Are Still Mad

Pro Wrestling

I’m Mad About How Badly I Want This Frickin’ Wrestling Cowboy To Win This Frickin’ Made-Up Championship

Canada Finally Got One Over On The USWNT

The Ghosts Of 2012 Haunt This Year’s U.S.-Canada Semifinal

Bobby Finke Pulled Off Another Unbelievable Comeback

The Hurricanes Took A Turn For The Worse Real Fast

Yukiko Ueno And Japan Denied USA Softball Its Revenge

It’s Time For The USWNT To Hit Reset

Team USA’s Softball Walk-Off Is Just The Appetizer

Just Pick Someone Else

Maitreyi Anantharaman

Alex Nedeljkovic #39 of the Carolina Hurricanes looks on during the second period in Game Five of the Second Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Tampa Bay Lightning at PNC Arena on June 08, 2021 in Raleigh, North Carolina.