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Chris Thompson

The Utah Jazz Are Boldly Making Their Move Down The Standings

Albert Burneko

Hansi Flick holds a press conference for the match against Betis, corresponding to the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, in Barcelona, Spain, on January 14, 2025.

Soccer

A German Coach, The Spanish Media, And Google Translate Walk Into A Press Conference

Barry Petchesky

10 November 2024, Bavaria, Munich: American Football, NFL, Carolina Panthers - New York Giants, Matchday 10, Main Round at the Allianz Arena: Coach Brian Daboll of the New York Giants takes part in a press conference after the game. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)

History

New York Giants: Season In Review

Tom Ley

This Is So Stupid

I Lost My Coffee

Ronald McDonald and Hamburglar in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

I Would Not Take My Post-Assassination Meal At An Altoona McDonald’s, But I Guess I’m Built Different

Justin Ellis

Actor Timothee Chalamet answers questions on a press tour.

SHOCKER: This Handsome Actor Is In Fact A Ball-Knower

charismatic megafauna (they/them)

Sabrina Imbler

a mossy stick insect of the species Trychopeplus mashpiensis dangling from some moss

Creaturefector

Mossy Stick Insect STUNS In New Photos

A mixed protein drink, shaken to a pale green color.

I Can’t Stop Drinking This Fucked-Up Protein Shake

Let Me Push The Win Button

Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in a scene from the film 'Groundhog Day', directed by Harold Ramis, 1993.

You’re Stuck In A Time Loop. How Are You Helping Your Team Win A Game?

David Roth

A plaid Jacksonville Jaguars baseball cap available at Fanatics.com.

I Found That Jaguars Hat You Like

Kathryn Xu

Olympics, Paris 2024, before the triathlon, view of the murky water of the Seine after the second training session was cancelled due to poor water quality.

Olympics

I Will Only Swim In The Poop River If It Contains Fewer Than 1,000 Colony-Producing Units Of E. Coli Per 100 Milliliters Of Water

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft appears as a blazing meteor with a long trail of vapor as it launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5, 2024.

Do Not Say The Boeing Starliner Astronauts Are Stranded In Space, Which They Cannot Presently Return From Due To Problems With Their Spacecraft

Announcements

Everyone’s Been Competing To Post Defector’s 10,000th Blog And I Just Clicked Publish On This

The Official, Complete, Very Scientific Taxonomy Of Fishing Video Games

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CALGARY, CANADA - FEBRUARY 25: A view of the exterior of the Scotiabank Saddledome home of the NHL’s Calgary Flames with the city skyline in the background on February 25, 2016 in Calgary, Alberta. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***

A Useful, Clear-As-Day, Couldn’t-Be-Simpler Guide To Canada’s Hockey Arenas, Places, And Centres

Shohei Ohtani smacks a 473-foot home run.

Sunday’s Events Will Ring Out Through History

George Clooney, as Michael Clayton, talks into a cell phone while walking down a city street at night.

There Are Three Essential Lawyer Movies

Actors from "All My Children" at the Emmys.

Here Are Some MLB Draft Prospects Whose Names Would Be Right At Home On ‘All My Children’

Samer Kalaf

Klay Thompson #11, Andrew Wiggins #22, Jonathan Kuminga #00, and Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors look on from the bench during the game against the Sacramento Kings during the 2024 Play-In Tournament

An Attempt To Draw This Overstuffed Sentence About Klay Thompson Leaving The Warriors

The super yacht of Russian billionaire businessman and oligarch Roman Abramovich sitting in dock at the Marmaris Port in Turkey in December 2023.