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MLB
Fans Successfully Distracted From Team
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Ray Ratto
July 5, 2022
Soccer
Cristiano Ronaldo And Kevin Durant Can Choose To Leave, But Not What Comes Next
78
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Ray Ratto
July 3, 2022
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NHL
The NHL Season Doesn’t End Until The Lightning Tell Everyone How Banged Up They Were
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Ray Ratto
June 28, 2022
MLB
The Senate Is Once Again Waving Its Cane At MLB
38
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Ray Ratto
June 28, 2022
MLB
Everybody And Their Interpreter Got Suspended For Mariners-Angels Brawl
91
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Ray Ratto
June 28, 2022
MLB
The Yankees Killed Baseball For About An Hour
93
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Ray Ratto
June 26, 2022
MLS
Gareth Bale To LAFC Is Just Another Business Arrangement
94
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Ray Ratto
June 26, 2022
NFL
Nobody Wins In The Deshaun Watson-NFL Hearings
211
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Ray Ratto
June 26, 2022
NBA
Fine, Let’s Talk About Kevin Durant All Summer
98
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Ray Ratto
June 24, 2022
NFL
Who Can Actually Get Rid Of Dan Snyder?
134
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Ray Ratto
June 24, 2022
MLB
Worse Umpiring Requires More Creative Paths To Ejection
71
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Ray Ratto
June 23, 2022
NFL
Now The Browns Want A Billion Dollars
189
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Ray Ratto
June 21, 2022
NBA
Seven Totally Baseless Guesses Why Warriors Assistant Kenny Atkinson Snubbed The Hornets
113
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Ray Ratto
June 19, 2022
NHL
John Tortorella Is What The Flyers Want To Be, For Better Or Worse
90
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Ray Ratto
June 17, 2022
NBA
The Warriors Answered Every Question
288
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Ray Ratto
June 17, 2022
MLB
My Homer Editor Assigned Me This Blog On How Good The Yankees Are
99
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Ray Ratto
June 16, 2022
MLB
What Sort Of Mind Chooses Royals-Giants?
72
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Ray Ratto
June 14, 2022
MLB
Joe Maddon Rally Mohawk, Never Unveiled
62
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Ray Ratto
June 13, 2022
NHL
The Lightning Will Bow Out When They’re Good And Ready
39
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Ray Ratto
June 10, 2022
Animals
Local Dog Update
131
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Ray Ratto
June 10, 2022
MLB
Let Joan Adon Chase Immortality, You Cowards
83
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Ray Ratto
June 9, 2022
NBA
Robert Williams Was Everywhere
137
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Ray Ratto
June 9, 2022
NBA
The NBA’s Actual Ref Problem, Explained
109
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Ray Ratto
June 8, 2022
NHL
The Rangers Played Fast And Free
79
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Ray Ratto
June 2, 2022
NBA
These NBA Finals Don’t Need To Be About Anything More Than Who Gets A Parade
196
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Ray Ratto
June 2, 2022
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