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College Football

UNC Places Mike Lombardi On Administrative Leave

Cape Verde supporters cheer on their team

Soccer

Cape Verde Deserved Better Than Whatever The Hell JP Dellacamera Was Doing

Media Meltdowns

Punk-Ass Loser Nick Bilton Fires Scott Pelley For Daring To Ask Him Questions

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Drew Magary

Gloria Caulfield delivers her commencement address

The Machines

Wow! America’s Graduating Seniors Really Fucking Hate AI!

Tony Dokoupil at the 2026 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner

Tony Dokoupil Flew 8,000 Miles Just To Eat More Shit

The Pittsburgh Steelers stand in a darkened tunnel

Steelers, Longing For A Quiet Death, Willing To Wait For Aaron Rodgers

Politics

Report: Unflattering Pictures Of Pete Hegseth Got Photographers Banned From Pentagon Briefings

Kash Patel watches the gold medal hockey game

Olympics

Internal Schedule Confirms Kash Patel Went To Olympics To Be World’s Most Special Little Guy

Kash Patel Thinks He’s On The Team

Owner Terry Pegula of the Buffalo Bills looks on prior to the NFL 2025 game between New Orleans Saints and Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on September 28, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York.

Jamboroo

Terry Pegula Is A Big Disgrace And An Even Bigger Fucking Loser

Michele Tafoya Won’t Rest Until She Finds A Bigger And Better Way To Annoy Everyone

Tony Dokoupil Eats Heaps Of Shit In First Week As CBS News Anchor

Journalismism

CBS News Hitches Its Wagon To These Two Duds

Samer Kalaf

UNC head coach Bill Belichick in a big puffy coat

Bill Belichick’s First Season At UNC Ends With A Mumble

New York Mayor Eric Adams sits with Independent candidate former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after Cuomo participated in the second debate for the upcoming mayoral election on Wednesday evening during the game between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden on October 22, 2025 in New York City.

Defeat Isn’t Enough For Andrew Cuomo And His Pack Of Lunatics

Good Thing Nobody In Charge Of A Newspaper Wanted To Make Olivia Reingold A Video Star

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson looks on prior to an NFL football game between the New York Jets and the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on September 15, 2024 in Nashville, TN.

Woody Johnson Doesn’t Think Anyone Could Win With The Pile-Of-Shit Quarterback He Signed

Israel Daramola

You Can Have Money Or Sympathy, But Not Both

Chris "Mad Dog" Russo and Michael Lombardi attend the SiriusXM's Chris "Mad Dog" Russo Broadcast From Bar A at The Jersey Shore Bar Anticipation on July 26, 2024 in Lake Como, New Jersey.

Please Spend Some Time Imagining Mike Lombardi Begging For Money In Saudi Arabia

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends

The Indiana Fever down in the second half of the game against The Los Angles Sparks at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.

WNBA

Lamest Members Of Society Claim Responsibility For WNBA Dildo-Throwing Epidemic

(L-R) U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) react during the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 16, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milwaukee for the annual convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place from July 15-18.

This Party Sucks

A dejected Brenton Doyle #9 of the Colorado Rockies sits on the ground after a go-ahead two run home run off the bat of Alec Bohm of the Philadelphia Phillies flew over his glove in the eighth inning at Coors Field on May 19, 2025 in Denver, Colorado.

Rockies Fans’ Best Hope Might Be More Losses

Ray Ratto

Oneil Cruz #15 of the Pittsburgh Pirates celebrates with teammates after scoring during the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park on May 22, 2025 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.