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Wings Week
It’s No Longer Wings Week
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Tom Ley
July 19, 2024
Wings Week
It’s Time For You To Read ‘Lonesome Dove’
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Tom Ley
July 18, 2024
Remind Everyone That Your Team Sucks
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Wings Week
Remember When The Red Wings Celebrated Their Stanley Cup Victory With A Song About A Funny Little Guy Having Sex For The First Time?
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Tom Ley
July 17, 2024
Wings Week
Nikola Met A Bird
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Tom Ley
July 16, 2024
Wings Week
When Did Basketball Get Wings?
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Tom Ley
July 15, 2024
Wings Week
It’s Wings Week
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Tom Ley
July 15, 2024
Soccer
The Copa América Semifinal Ended With Uruguay Players Fighting Colombia Fans
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Tom Ley
July 11, 2024
Soccer
Barbra Banda And Temwa Chawinga Were Bigger Than The Season’s Biggest Game
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Tom Ley
July 8, 2024
Defector Up All Night
The Clarion Ledger, A Mississippi Newspaper Founded In 1837, Is Shutting Down Any Speculation That Archie Manning Is Not 75
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Tom Ley
July 3, 2024
Soccer
A Noisy Loss Is Still Just A Loss
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Tom Ley
July 2, 2024
NBA
Paul George And The Sixers Have To Make This Work
130
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Tom Ley
July 1, 2024
College Baseball
Texas A&M Baseball Coach Leaves For Texas, One Day After Scolding Reporter Who Asked If He Might Leave For Texas
172
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Tom Ley
June 26, 2024
WNBA
Angel Reese Is Not, In Fact, Too Small
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Tom Ley
June 24, 2024
Defector Up All Night
Who Says Contact Hitters Aren’t Fun?
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Tom Ley
June 18, 2024
NBA
The Celtics Were Built To Shine
256
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Tom Ley
June 18, 2024
Soccer
The NWSL Is There For Barbra Banda’s Taking
36
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Tom Ley
June 14, 2024
NBA
The Celtics Keep It Simple
282
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Tom Ley
June 13, 2024
NBA
Behold The Defector NBA Finals Mega-Preview
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Ray Ratto
June 6, 2024
NBA
Lakers’ Pursuit Of JJ Redick Gets Even Funnier, In That They Are Now Pursuing Dan Hurley
155
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Tom Ley
June 6, 2024
WNBA
Caitlin Clark And The Fever Are Going Through It
83
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Tom Ley
June 2, 2024
Defector Up All Night
Justice Delivered To Notable Yankees Fan
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Tom Ley
May 30, 2024
Announcements
Programming Notes
349
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Tom Ley
May 24, 2024
Death To The NCAA
The NCAA Settlement Should Be The Beginning, Not The End
104
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Tom Ley
May 24, 2024
NBA
Minnesota Has The Bedrock
296
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Tom Ley
May 20, 2024
This Is So Stupid
Officer’s Pants Tragically Struck Down In Confrontation With Scottie Scheffler
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Tom Ley
May 17, 2024
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