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Patrick Redford
August 9, 2023
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That’s What The Angels Get For Trying
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Tom Ley
August 8, 2023
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Ray Ratto
July 13, 2023
College Basketball
Bob Huggins’s Attorney Claims Resignation Was A Wife-Based Email Misunderstanding
130
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Tom Ley
July 9, 2023
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Barry Petchesky
July 2, 2023
NBA
Isiah Thomas Will Always Find A New Situation To Fuck Up
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Ray Ratto
June 21, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Everyone Who Knows What Elizabeth Holmes Did Wrong, Step Forward (Not So Fast, The New York Times)
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Albert Burneko
May 8, 2023
This Is So Stupid
LIV Golf’s “Team Finder” Knows Which Of Four Sandwiches Describes Your Values As A Sports Fan
308
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Chris Thompson
March 13, 2023
College Basketball
Mark Adams Has Some Top-Notch Excuses For Saying Racist Stuff And Spitting On One Of His Players
324
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Tom Ley
March 6, 2023
Soccer
Goodbye To Nathan Jones, The Premier League’s Least Normal Man
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Tom Ley
February 12, 2023
MLB
Joe West Spending His Retirement Going To War With Wikipedia Editors
191
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Tom Ley
February 10, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Pizza Boy Wants His Pizza Right Now!
341
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Samer Kalaf
February 5, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Bryan Goldberg Becomes Latest Rich Asshole To Kill Gawker
256
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Laura Wagner
February 1, 2023
NBA
Seventeen Minutes Of James Dolan Is Too Much James Dolan
130
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Tom Ley
January 26, 2023
Soccer
Everton Is Beyond Broken
70
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Tom Ley
January 17, 2023
NFL
Why Does Jeff Saturday Even Want This Job?
131
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Tom Ley
January 10, 2023
MLB
End-Stage Loser Brain Is Ditching Your Favorite Team Because It Wants To Be Good Now
233
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Albert Burneko
December 21, 2022
Life's Rich Pageant
This Emmanuel Macron Guy Is A Real Piece Of Work
160
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Tom Ley
December 19, 2022
Media Meltdowns
Newspaper Owner Slaps Union Organizer With Burger Bag At Ohio Rest Stop Amid Labor Strike
199
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Laura Wagner
November 22, 2022
Politics
Matt Birk Eats Shit Then Compares Himself To Jesus
357
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Laura Wagner
November 11, 2022
NBA
Perfectly Average Knicks Season Ends
29
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Giri Nathan
November 10, 2022
NFL
Jack Easterby Could Only Fool People For So Long
228
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Barry Petchesky
October 17, 2022
NFL
Motherfuck Brett Favre
294
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Drew Magary
September 28, 2022
NFL
Nathaniel Hackett’s Increased Focus Somehow Made The Broncos’ Offense Worse
157
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Tom Ley
September 26, 2022
College Football
Scott Frost Must Get Himself Fired Before The End Of The Month [Update]
224
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Tom Ley
September 11, 2022
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