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The Purpose Of A Bathroom Law
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Lauren Theisen
November 27, 2024
Olympics
What Will It Take To Fix SafeSport?
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Diana Moskovitz
April 9, 2024
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Olympics
Ex-Union Chief Donald Fehr Says Olympic And Paralympic Athletes Need Their Own Type Of Union
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Diana Moskovitz
September 7, 2023
Golf
Golf’s Emerging Behemoth Might Be Too Big To Exist And Too Rich To Stop
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Chris Thompson
June 16, 2023
Overexplained Lists
The 10 Dumbest Congressional Caucuses, Ranked
167
Comments
Rafi Schwartz
February 17, 2023
Death To The NCAA
Charlie Baker Is The NCAA’s Attempt To Put The Horses Back In The Barn
191
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Charles P. Pierce
January 18, 2023
This Is So Stupid
Do We Suspect, To Our Horror, That There May Well Be Some Frankenstein Coalition Created From This Impasse, An Abhorrent Manifestation Of House Rule That America Has Never Witnessed And The American People Have Never Authorized?
419
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Chris Thompson
January 5, 2023
NFL
So Whatever Happened With That Dan Snyder Deposition?
64
Comments
Dave McKenna
August 17, 2022
NFL
Who Can Actually Get Rid Of Dan Snyder?
134
Comments
Ray Ratto
June 24, 2022
NFL
Congress Can’t Even Make A Chump Like Roger Goodell Squirm
142
Comments
Chris Thompson
June 22, 2022
NFL
Congressional Report Shows Dan Snyder Is Sneakier Than Previously Known, Still Awful
169
Comments
Dave McKenna
June 22, 2022
NFL
Congress Asks FTC To Investigate If Dan Snyder Acted Like Dan Snyder
134
Comments
Dave McKenna
April 13, 2022
NFL
Do We Dare To Dream Of A Dan Snyder Scandal With Actual Consequences?
172
Comments
Tom Ley
April 1, 2022
Olympics
Congress Won’t Fund The Commission It Created To Fix Olympic Sports
69
Comments
Diana Moskovitz
September 27, 2021
Gymnastics
Congress Has Little More Than Apologies For Larry Nassar’s Victims
73
Comments
Diana Moskovitz
September 15, 2021
Politics
Bring Forth The Checks
423
Comments
Albert Burneko
February 5, 2021
Politics
It Took Tommy Tuberville Four Days To Prove Himself One Of America’s Worst Senators
226
Comments
Ray Ratto
January 7, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Jason Whitlock Made Some Important Points In Front Of Congress Today
113
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Patrick Redford
September 24, 2020