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Kelsey McKinney

Media Meltdowns

Patrick McAfee You Are 37 Years Old

Patrick Redford

ESPN: LeBron James, On ESPN, To ESPN: “ESPN.”

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Drew Magary

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) talks with former teammate Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones (33) after the professional NFL football game between the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings on October 6, 2024 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England.

I Am Asking Aaron Rodgers, Once And For All, To Leave My Team The Fuck Alone

Tom Ley

(L-R) Bari Weiss, The Free Press Founder, Peter Thiel, and Matt Danzeisen attend Inauguration Eve hosted by Uber, X and The Free Press at Cafe Riggs on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Journalismism

They Should Call It The Free Piss

Albert Burneko

A mugger approaches two victims, holding out his hat, ostensibly to beg, but carrying a large club in his other hand, circa 1790. The image is captioned: 'Honest friend, I'll borrow a little silver of you. He who hath gold hath fear. He who hath none hath sorrow'.

This Is So Stupid

Not Enough People Are Taking The Wallet Inspector Seriously

d coach and FOX NFL Sunday Analyst Jimmy Johnson speaks to the media during FOX Sports Media Day at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on February 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jimmy Johnson Retires From Retirement

Why Did Adam Schefter Write “Composite Matchups” Like This?

Giri Nathan

Oratorical Uncles Bond Over Increasingly Reactionary Views

Dave McKenna

The building of the Washington Post newspaper headquarter is seen on K Street in Washington DC on May 16, 2019.

The Familiarity And Sadness Of Watching The Washington Post Go To Hell

A black-and-white image of some nerds doing computing and codebreaking at an IBM 7090 Data Processing System in the early 1960s.

One Weird And Unusual Trick To Deciphering And Decoding A Josina Anderson Report Or News Item

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 27: Skip Bayless is seen on October 27, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA.

Lawsuit Claims Skip Bayless Tried To Pay FS1 Hairstylist For Sex

Maitreyi Anantharaman

Elias Pettersson #40 and J.T. Miller #9 of the Vancouver Canucks discuss game play during the second period of their NHL game against the San Jose Sharks at Rogers Arena on December 23, 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Vancouver’s Favorite Sport Isn’t Hockey, It’s Talking About Locker-Room Beefs

David Roth

Malcolm Gladwell and Carlos Watson speak onstage during OZY Fest 2018 at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on July 22, 2018 in New York City.

Podcasts

Feeling Like Ozymandias, With Susie Banikarim

Year In Review

Presenting The 2024 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many

Alex Sujong Laughlin

Carlos Watson caught mid-speech in a press conference.

Carlos Watson Played The Wrong Game And Lost

Samer Kalaf

ESPN FC studio reacts to a fart-like noise

ESPN Soccer Show Once Again Derailed By Fart-Like Noise

31 January 2024, USA, Los Angeles: The Netflix logo can be seen on a building belonging to the video streaming provider. Photo: Andrej Sokolow/dpa

Netflix Can’t Even Do Commercials Right

Robert F. Kennedy looking like an old shrunken russet potato at some Trump rally.

What The Fuck Is A “Vaccine Skeptic”?

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - OCTOBER 23: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers looks on during a timeout against the Milwaukee Bucks in the first half at the Wells Fargo Center on October 23, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Joel Embiid Shoves Author Of Weird Column About Him Shaming The Memory Of His Dead Brother

Jeff Bezos Made Someone Else’s Business Decision

Barry Petchesky

Screengrab of TBS showing a bad score bug that makes it look like there's always a runner on second.

TBS’s Score Bug Is Dreadful

Tom Brady looks on prior to the game at AT&amp;T Stadium on September 15, 2024 in Arlington, Texas.

Funbag

We Must Address The Tom Brady Crisis (The Crisis Being That He Stinks)

A splitscreen image. On the left, New York magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi. On the right, former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Sending Horny Texts To RFK Jr. Is Not A Public Service

New York Magazine Suspends Olivia Nuzzi Over “Inappropriate Relationship” With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A man waves the Russian national flag as he arrives at the patriotic concert at the Red square in downtown Moscow ahead the Russia Day on June 11, 2023. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)