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Defector Up All Night
The Search For Javy Báez’s Earring Continues
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Samer Kalaf
September 2, 2021
This Is So Stupid
It’s Now Illegal To Draw Any Conclusions From Ben Simmons Workout Videos
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Samer Kalaf
August 22, 2021
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Media Meltdowns
ESPN Soccer Show Briefly Derailed By In-Studio Fart
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Samer Kalaf
August 22, 2021
College Football
Washington State Coach Nick Rolovich Is Running Out Of Excuses To Not Get Vaccinated
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Samer Kalaf
August 22, 2021
MLB
Padres Fail To Beat Pitcher With Diarrhea
141
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Samer Kalaf
August 18, 2021
NFL
Dan Campbell Is Fired Up For The Football Fellas Getting Chippy
161
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Samer Kalaf
August 4, 2021
NFL
T.J. Ward Essentially Blames Ron Rivera For Having Cancer
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Samer Kalaf
July 28, 2021
Life Lessons
Consider The Pizza Dilemma
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Samer Kalaf
July 23, 2021
College Football
Deion Sanders Must Only Be Referred To As “His Coachness”
106
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Samer Kalaf
July 21, 2021
MLB
Sonny Gray Self-Reports Gunk On His Pants, Rubs His Butt On Pitcher’s Mound
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Samer Kalaf
July 19, 2021
MLB
Christian Yelich Was Furious, But John Libka’s Call Was Justified
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Samer Kalaf
July 11, 2021
Olympics
Nigeria’s Upset Of Team USA Calls To Mind A Bewildering Malcolm Gladwell Tangent
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Samer Kalaf
July 11, 2021
Journalismism
The Current Version Of Deadspin Can’t Even Eat Shit Correctly
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Samer Kalaf
July 7, 2021
Politics
What A Ceasefire Really Means
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Samer Kalaf
May 28, 2021
Senators Week
Let’s Remember Some Senators
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Samer Kalaf
May 6, 2021
Senators Week
What Has Guy Boucher Been Up To Since His Players Joked In A Car About How Much The Senators Sucked?
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Samer Kalaf
May 4, 2021
Senators Week
ESPN’s Marvel-Themed NBA Game Was The Sweatiest, Most Painfully Shoehorned Crossover Event By Any Sports Media Company This Week
140
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Samer Kalaf
May 4, 2021
Defector Up All Night
Due To Popular Demand, Here Is Your Monday Night Jets-Sens Open Thread
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Samer Kalaf
May 3, 2021
MLB
Royals Win On Crotch-Assisted Walk-Off Pickoff
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Samer Kalaf
April 14, 2021
MLB
Today’s Marlins-Mets Game Lasted A Whopping Seven Minutes
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Samer Kalaf
April 11, 2021
NBA
Miles Bridges Dunks Clint Capela Into Another Realm
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Samer Kalaf
April 11, 2021
MLB
Joe Musgrove Threw His No-Hitter With The Urgency Of A Man Who Really Had To Piss
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Samer Kalaf
April 11, 2021
MLB
Cleveland Reliever James Karinchak Has Some Neat Thoughts About Vaccines And Nazis
138
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Samer Kalaf
April 6, 2021
NHL
Nathan MacKinnon Got Ejected For Bonking A Guy With His Own Helmet
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Samer Kalaf
April 1, 2021
MLB
This Is One Powerful Post From The Mariners’ Director Of Player Development
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Samer Kalaf
March 31, 2021
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