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College Basketball
Forgot About The Pac-12, Did Ya?
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Patrick Redford
March 22, 2021
Soccer
Tottenham Embarrassed By Team Whose Coach Was Sentenced To Prison This Week
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Patrick Redford
March 18, 2021
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NBA
Meyers Leonard Banished To And Then Immediately From Oklahoma City
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Patrick Redford
March 17, 2021
NBA
SnellWatch: The Promise Of A New World
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Patrick Redford
March 15, 2021
Sports Highlight Of The Day
The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Brave Photographer’s Fight Against Authority
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Patrick Redford
March 15, 2021
NBA
Meyers Leonard Suspended By NBA, Banned By Twitch For Heated Gaming Moment
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Patrick Redford
March 11, 2021
Soccer
Savor All The Dramatic Turns Of Porto’s Shocking Champions League Win Over Juventus
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Patrick Redford
March 10, 2021
NBA
Meyers Leonard Has Heated Gaming Moment, Finds Out He’s In Trouble Live On Stream
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Patrick Redford
March 9, 2021
Cycling
Mathieu van der Poel’s Attack At Strade Bianche Was Cycling At Its Best
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Patrick Redford
March 9, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Papa John: For 20 Months I Have Worked To Excise Racial Slur From My Vocabulary
244
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Patrick Redford
March 8, 2021
College Basketball
Jim Boeheim Was A Real Prick To A Reporter
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Patrick Redford
March 4, 2021
Capital
Prolific Sneaker Reseller Turns Out To Have A Mom Who’s An Executive At Nike
148
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Patrick Redford
March 3, 2021
MMA
Dana White And Chechen Dictator Meddle With UFC Fighter Who Wants To Retire Due To Lasting COVID-19 Effects
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Patrick Redford
March 2, 2021
Defector Up All Night
Champion Horse Trainer On Photo Of Him Sitting On A Dead Horse: I Had To Take A Call, My Bad
72
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Patrick Redford
February 28, 2021
Soccer
U.S. Soccer, Several USWNT Stars Condemn Council Member After Seven-Minute Rant Against Anthem Kneeling
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Patrick Redford
February 28, 2021
The Great Outdoors
The Dark Legacy Of The CIA’s Bungled Plot To Have Famous Climbers Plant Nuclear-Powered Sensors In The Himalayas
142
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Patrick Redford
February 28, 2021
Soccer
The USWNT Is Crushing Everyone
115
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Patrick Redford
February 25, 2021
Better Hate An Owner
The DeVos Family Is The Face Of American Oligarchy
258
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Patrick Redford
February 25, 2021
Defector Up All Night
Here Is A Delightful Surprise Message From Julius Randle’s Mom
54
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Patrick Redford
February 24, 2021
Science
Boston Dynamics: Robot Cop Dog Should Not Be Used To Intimidate
137
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Patrick Redford
February 24, 2021
NBA
PokuWatch: Proof Of Concept
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Patrick Redford
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Giri Nathan
February 22, 2021
NBA
Wolves Assistant David Vanterpool Couldn’t Even Get The Interim Gig
51
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Patrick Redford
February 22, 2021
NBA
Damian Lillard Is Unstoppable Right Now, As Usual
89
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Patrick Redford
February 19, 2021
NBA
Kings Righteously Pissed After Jonas Valanciunas’s Tornado Slam Broke Chimezie Metu’s Wrist
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Patrick Redford
February 18, 2021
NBA
Masai Ujiri’s Outrageous Legal Saga Is Finally Over
84
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Patrick Redford
February 16, 2021
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