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Give Some Blogs, Get A Calendar:
Luis Paez-Pumar
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Soccer
Group F’s Final Matchday Was A Chaotic Grindhouse
40
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Luis Paez-Pumar
December 14, 2023
NBA
The Dream Of Dante Exum Is Alive Once Again
42
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Luis Paez-Pumar
December 13, 2023
The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock
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Soccer
Manchester United Couldn’t Even Manage A Whimper
49
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Luis Paez-Pumar
December 13, 2023
Soccer
Santos Suffers Historic, Agonizing Relegation For First Time In 111 Years
44
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Luis Paez-Pumar
December 7, 2023
Soccer
Tottenham Loves To Ruin Manchester City’s Day
95
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Luis Paez-Pumar
December 4, 2023
TV
The ‘Squid Game’ Reality Show Is A Brutal Adaptation Of Its Source Material
192
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 29, 2023
Soccer
Girona Is Thriving On The Edge Of A Knife
13
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 28, 2023
Soccer
Sergiño Dest Lost His Damn Mind
79
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 21, 2023
NBA
Chet Holmgren Is This Good This Early
55
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 19, 2023
Racing
Formula 1’s Las Vegas Fever Dream Was An Improbable Triumph
150
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 19, 2023
Soccer
Reunited With Kidnapped Father, Luis Díaz Took On Brazil And Won
25
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 17, 2023
NFL
No One Self-Destructs Like The Bills
218
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 14, 2023
Soccer
Aston Villa Might Be A Mirage, But It’s A Fun One
26
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
November 13, 2023
Video Games
‘World Of Warcraft’ Players Reach New Levels Of Degeneracy, Gardening
89
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 10, 2023
Soccer
Luis Díaz Delivered For Liverpool As Search For Kidnapped Father Continues
9
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Luis Paez-Pumar
November 6, 2023
Soccer
Saudi Arabia Will Host The 2034 World Cup
205
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 31, 2023
Racing
Sergio Pérez’s Season Cratered On Turn One
48
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 30, 2023
Soccer
Update: Sandro Tonali’s 10-Month Gambling Ban No Longer In Limbo
29
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 27, 2023
Music
Meet Us At Midnight For ‘1989’ (Defector’s Version)
160
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
,
Kelsey McKinney
,
Luis Paez-Pumar
, and
Abigail Segel
October 27, 2023
Pro Wrestling
Even At Half Speed, Kazuchika Okada Is The Main Event
45
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 26, 2023
Soccer
The Champions League’s ‘RedZone’ Had Its Crowning Moment
26
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 25, 2023
NBA
All Anyone Could Ever Hope To Know Or Learn About The 2023–24 NBA Season, Or Indeed About Anything, And Well In Advance Too
159
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Albert Burneko
,
Chris Thompson
,
David Roth
,
Giri Nathan
,
Justin Ellis
,
Luis Paez-Pumar
,
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Patrick Redford
,
Ray Ratto
, and
Tom Ley
October 24, 2023
Into The Woods
In ‘Under The Skin’, The Woods Are The Final Isolation
59
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 20, 2023
Soccer
Eden Hazard Deserved A Better Ending
49
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 10, 2023
MLB
Point/Counterpoint: Was The Phillies-Marlins Wild Card Series Good?
100
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Kelsey McKinney
and
Luis Paez-Pumar
October 5, 2023
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