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Soccer
A Modest Suggestion Regarding The Art Of The Soccer Highlight Reel
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Patrick Redford
October 23, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Pretty Horses Briefly, Gloriously Become Pro Cyclists
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Patrick Redford
October 21, 2020
NFL
Odell Beckham Jr. Says He And COVID-19 Have Reached A Truce
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Patrick Redford
October 21, 2020
Soccer
Gio Reyna Is Picking Up Steam
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Patrick Redford
October 21, 2020
NFL
Mark Your Calendars For The Bengals-Ravens Grudge Match, Which Will Probably Take Place At Noon On A Wednesday In January
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Patrick Redford
October 15, 2020
The Great Outdoors
U.S. Government, To Duck Stamp Artists: Make Sure Everyone Knows Ducks Can Be Shot
133
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Patrick Redford
October 14, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Dan Mullen Tempted Fate And Fate Couldn’t Resist
156
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Patrick Redford
October 13, 2020
Cycling
The Giro d’Italia Is Losing Its Fight Against COVID
49
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Patrick Redford
October 13, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Mario Is Real And He’s A Lakers Fan
59
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Patrick Redford
October 12, 2020
Chess
Chess Grandmaster Serving Ban For Toilet Cheating Caught Competing Under New Name
86
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Patrick Redford
October 12, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Adam Wainwright Lets Slip That Half His Cardinals Teammates Are Flat-Earthers
113
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Patrick Redford
October 8, 2020
Interviews
ESPN’s Tony Reali Tells Us About Helping Rescue A Downed Peregrine Falcon
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Patrick Redford
October 8, 2020
NBA
Former Kings Announcer Grant Napear Attempts A Comeback, But Shows He’s Learned Nothing
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Patrick Redford
October 7, 2020
NBA
If There’s Going To Be A Rockfight, Have The Biggest Rock
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Patrick Redford
October 7, 2020
NBA
Lawyers For Cop Who Shoved Masai Ujiri Claim He Was Trying To Stop Another Munich Massacre
133
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Patrick Redford
October 6, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Dusty Baker Gets Mic’d Up Just In Time To Marvel At An A’s Dinger
46
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Patrick Redford
October 5, 2020
Chess
Let Me Explain This Amazingly Petulant Chess Drama To You
102
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Patrick Redford
October 5, 2020
NFL
New York Jets Reach New, Embarrassing Low
86
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Patrick Redford
October 2, 2020
The Great Outdoors
William Perry Pendley, America’s Most Zealous Crusader Against Public Lands, Finally Gets The Boot
90
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Patrick Redford
October 2, 2020
MLB
The Oakland A’s Overcame A Monstrous Dinger, Wildfire Smoke, And Being The Oakland A’s To Finally Win A Damn Series
62
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Patrick Redford
October 1, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Ramon Laureano Blesses Dumb In-Game Interview With Immediate Profanity
31
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Patrick Redford
October 1, 2020
Soccer
Eric Dier’s Bizarre Mid-Game Piss Break Motivates Tottenham To Victory
39
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Patrick Redford
September 29, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Jeff Passan Interacts With Baseball Fan
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Patrick Redford
September 29, 2020
NFL
The Titans’ Positive Coronavirus Tests Could Expose The Limitations Of The NFL Schedule
86
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Patrick Redford
September 29, 2020
The Fights
Israel Adesanya KOs Paulo Costa, Extends The Feud By Humping His Opponent
38
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Patrick Redford
September 28, 2020
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