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MLB
Pete Rose, All-American
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Ray Ratto
October 1, 2024
NFL
Sam Darnold?! Uh, Yeah. Sam Darnold.
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Ray Ratto
September 29, 2024
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NBA
The Knicks And Wolves Made The Confusing Trade We Expect From Them
101
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Ray Ratto
September 29, 2024
College Football
The Best College Football Game Of The Year Has Happened
88
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Ray Ratto
September 29, 2024
MLB
Woof, The Angels
163
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Ray Ratto
September 27, 2024
MLB
Never Forget What Killed The Oakland A’s
206
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Ray Ratto
September 26, 2024
MLB
The Chaos Option Is Alive In MLB’s Wild Card Races
114
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Ray Ratto
September 24, 2024
NFL
Antonio Pierce Abruptly Realizes He Is Coaching The Raiders
194
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Ray Ratto
September 23, 2024
NFL
Derek Carr Is Officially Too Racy For The NFL
81
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Ray Ratto
September 20, 2024
NFL
Nick Sirianni Put Himself On The List
165
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Ray Ratto
September 17, 2024
MLB
Here’s To The Pitching Panda Of Staten Island
71
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Ray Ratto
September 16, 2024
NFL
Hey, Look! It’s Points!
85
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Ray Ratto
September 16, 2024
NFL
Squeamish Is The New Game Face
139
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Ray Ratto
September 15, 2024
College Football
The Pac-12’s Raid On The Mountain West Is Only The Beginning
202
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Ray Ratto
September 13, 2024
NFL
Bill Belichick, America’s Sweetheart
147
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Ray Ratto
September 12, 2024
NFL
It’s A Field Goal League Now
148
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Ray Ratto
September 10, 2024
Soccer
The World’s Worst Soccer Team Is Finally Something Else
57
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Ray Ratto
September 8, 2024
NFL
Who’ll Stop The Reign?
290
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Ray Ratto
September 6, 2024
MLB
What Defector Saw At “The Janson Junk Game”
64
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Ray Ratto
September 5, 2024
MLB
The Angels Walked Shohei Ohtani To Face Mookie Betts. What Happened Next Will Shock You.
72
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Ray Ratto
September 4, 2024
MLB
West Sacramento Just Needs To Let The A’s Come To Them
120
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Ray Ratto
August 30, 2024
Life's Rich Pageant
A Bocce Loser’s Guide To Losing At Bocce
118
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Ray Ratto
August 28, 2024
MLB
August Is For Weird Baseball
124
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Ray Ratto
August 27, 2024
MLB
The Last Word On Pete Rose Is Deeply Unpleasant
248
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Ray Ratto
August 23, 2024
MLB
Joey Votto Just Got It
103
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Ray Ratto
August 22, 2024
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