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Pat McAfee Declares Himself A “Girl Dad” In Apology To Harassed College Student
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Tom Ley
July 24, 2025
Media Meltdowns
An Anatomy Of The Doping Story That Has The Tour de France Press Room Buzzing
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Patrick Redford
July 21, 2025
Bills Week
Bill Skarsgard In His Nude ‘Nosferatu’ Getup Would’ve Been A Better MLB All-Star Week Host Than Pat McAfee
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Tom Ley
July 14, 2025
Journalismism
The New York Times Had To Work With A Eugenicist So They Didn’t Get Scooped By A Bigot
337
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Samer Kalaf
July 8, 2025
Politics
Kirsten Gillibrand Has A Racist Meltdown Over Zohran Mamdani On Public Radio
388
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Samer Kalaf
June 27, 2025
Arts And Culture
Call Her On Her Bullshit
262
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Brandy Jensen
June 27, 2025
Media Meltdowns
ESPN’s NBA Finals Coverage Was A Pretty Rough Watch
188
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Patrick Redford
June 24, 2025
Politics
Nobody Wants To Talk About John Fetterman And Buzz Bissinger’s Pricey Memoir Project
344
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Alex Shultz
June 23, 2025
Politics
This Party Sucks
453
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Tom Ley
June 11, 2025
Media Meltdowns
Curious, I’m No Longer Hearing Much Chatter From The Many Haters Who Claimed That LeBron James’s Podcast Would Never Become “#8 On Trending” And “#9 On Trending”
161
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Tom Ley
June 5, 2025
Media Meltdowns
Christine Brennan Won’t Rest Until Caitlin Clark’s Muscle Strain Is Treated As A National Crisis
292
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Samer Kalaf
May 28, 2025
The Machines
Chicago Sun-Times And Philadelphia Inquirer Publish Huge Summer Insert Of Pure, Uncut Chatbot Slop [UPDATE]
322
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Albert Burneko
May 20, 2025
Media Meltdowns
Bill Belichick Gives Proof Of Life, Stops By Another Morning Show
101
Comments
Samer Kalaf
May 16, 2025
Life's Rich Pageant
Paul Pierce Turns Grim Men’s Wager Into Pleasant Men’s March
146
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Tom Ley
May 9, 2025
This Is So Stupid
Allowing For Various Metaphors
218
Comments
Albert Burneko
May 8, 2025
College Football
Bill Belichick’s Shit Isn’t Flying Anymore
387
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Samer Kalaf
May 1, 2025
Media Meltdowns
Bill Belichick Brings His Trademark Charm To Excruciating CBS Interview
154
Comments
Samer Kalaf
April 27, 2025
Media Meltdowns
Seal Up The Pit That Contains Fox Sports 1
160
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Samer Kalaf
April 25, 2025
Media Meltdowns
Shannon Sharpe Stepping Away From ESPN Following Sexual Assault Lawsuit
188
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Tom Ley
April 24, 2025
Media Meltdowns
Henry Blodget Invents, Hires, Sexually Harasses, Blogs About Nonexistent AI Subordinate
219
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Albert Burneko
April 22, 2025
Golf
Jim Nantz Is Being Weird About The Masters Again
251
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Drew Magary
April 10, 2025
Media Meltdowns
Patrick McAfee You Are 37 Years Old
417
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Kelsey McKinney
April 4, 2025
NBA
ESPN: LeBron James, On ESPN, To ESPN: “ESPN.”
115
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Patrick Redford
March 27, 2025
NFL
I Am Asking Aaron Rodgers, Once And For All, To Leave My Team The Fuck Alone
208
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Drew Magary
March 19, 2025
Journalismism
They Should Call It The Free Piss
248
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Tom Ley
March 12, 2025
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