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Soccer
This Is A Whole Different USMNT
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Patrick Redford
November 3, 2020
Politics
The Fight Over The Future Of Work Starts With Prop 22
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Patrick Redford
November 2, 2020
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The Great Outdoors
The Biggest National Forest In The Country Is Now On The Chopping Block
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Patrick Redford
October 30, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Report: “Tony La Russia” “Disturbing”
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Patrick Redford
October 29, 2020
NBA
J.R. Smith Wasn’t Very Fond Of Sam Dekker As A Teammate
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Patrick Redford
October 27, 2020
The Fights
It Sucks That Khabib Nurmagomedov Vs. Tony Ferguson Never Happened
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Patrick Redford
October 27, 2020
NFL
D.K. Metcalf’s Lung-Busting Chasedown Of Budda Baker Was So Goddamn Cool
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Patrick Redford
October 26, 2020
Death To The NCAA
College Sports Are Built To Enable Abusive Freaks Like Gregg Marshall
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Patrick Redford
October 23, 2020
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
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Patrick Redford
October 13, 2020
Cycling
The Giro d’Italia Is Losing Its Fight Against COVID
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Patrick Redford
October 13, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Mario Is Real And He’s A Lakers Fan
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Patrick Redford
October 12, 2020
Chess
Chess Grandmaster Serving Ban For Toilet Cheating Caught Competing Under New Name
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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
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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
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Patrick Redford
October 5, 2020
Chess
Let Me Explain This Amazingly Petulant Chess Drama To You
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Patrick Redford
October 5, 2020
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