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CJ McCollum dribbles past Karl-Anthony Towns

Madison Square Garden Has A Reluctant New Villain

A side by side photo of Jorginho and Chappell Roan

Life's Rich Pageant

Chappell Roan And Jorginho Are No Longer Beefing

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts to making the winning putt, on the 18th green, during the final round of Masters Tournament

Golf

Rory McIlroy Held On Just Long Enough

General view inside of the Levi's Stadium on June 3, 2024 in Santa Clara, California.

Soccer

Poor Suckers Who Ponied Up For Expensive World Cup Tickets Boned By FIFA

Journalismism

Free Press Dipshit Humiliates Herself In Public Again

Politics

I Guess We’re Just Waiting Around To See If This Demented Psychopath Kills Everyone

Angel Reese lays on her back during a game

WNBA

The Chicago Sky Cost Themselves Angel Reese

Puka Nacua Is In Rehab

C.B. Bucknor stands with his arms crossed

C.B. Bucknor Fucking Up All Over The Place

Chappell Roan And Jorginho Are Beefing

College Basketball

St. John’s Won Funny

Cam Skattebo Sorry For Saying CTE And Asthma Are Fake

Rob Martin Will Always Be A Short King Of March

High Point Is A Deeply Weird School

Manager Mark DeRosa #9 takes the game ball from Paul Skenes #30 of Team USA during the 2026 World Baseball Classic WBC game

Mentally Ill Former Navy SEAL Inspires Team USA To WBC Final

Report: Unflattering Pictures Of Pete Hegseth Got Photographers Banned From Pentagon Briefings

Media Meltdowns

Is Nellie Bowles The Worst Writer In America?

We Have Obtained More Footage Of Kash Patel Falling Down While Playing Hockey

Donald Trump wearing his stupid hat in the situation room at Mar-a-Lago

Donald Trump Can’t Even Pretend To Explain The Plan For Iran

Kash Patel watches the gold medal hockey game

Olympics

Internal Schedule Confirms Kash Patel Went To Olympics To Be World’s Most Special Little Guy

Kash Patel Thinks He’s On The Team

Sam Darnold Is A Normal Super Bowl Champion

Peter Attia at the Featured Session "Peter Attia: The Science and Art of Longevity" during SXSW Conference &amp; Festivals in the Hilton Austin Downtown on March 8, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (

Bari Weiss’s Handpicked CBS Contributor Peter Attia Sent Jeffrey Epstein Gross Emails

Steve Tisch at "An Unforgettable Evening" 2025 Gala held at The Beverly Hilton on April 28, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Giants Co-Owner Steve Tisch Says His Creepy Emails With Jeffrey Epstein Were About “Adult Women”

Dan McQuade sits in a blue chair, which is big and fake leather-ish, and has big arms on it. He has his head resting on his left arm, which is on the left arm of the chair. He has long light brown hair, a beard cropped to his face, and I dunno I'd say he's pretty handsome, but I am biased as I am the subject of the photo. Dan is wearing a red shirt with a grey and white tabby cat's face on it, with a rose under (and patially covering) the cat. Under that it says DEFECTOR with the 4 degrees slant logo. He has on blue shorts or pants (they're shorts, I know they're shorts), they're not jeans but they're not sweats, like a sort of inbetween situation. There's a hospital admit bracelet on his left arm. His right arm is on the other arm of the couch.