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David Roth

Aaron Rodgers being unbearable during an interview with Pat McAfee in front of a bunch of Steelers fans at training camp. McAfee looks pink and kind of boiled; Rodgers is slouching and pinching his fingers together.

We’re Just Going To Keep Doing 2020 Again Until All The Wrong Stuff Is True

Tom Ley

Media Meltdowns

ESPN Just Keeps Getting Smaller And Louder

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Drew Magary

Funbag

The Hot Take Industrial Complex Cannot Be Killed By Conventional Means

Pat McAfee Is Intolerable

Samer Kalaf

Don’t Let The Shills Tell You The Commercial-Free Service Should Have Commercials

Pat McAfee Declares Himself A “Girl Dad” In Apology To Harassed College Student

Bills Week

Bill Skarsgard In His Nude ‘Nosferatu’ Getup Would’ve Been A Better MLB All-Star Week Host Than Pat McAfee

Kelsey McKinney

Patrick McAfee You Are 37 Years Old

Patrick Redford

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

Bigots Need Their Useful Idiots

Maitreyi Anantharaman

Elizabeth Cambage of Sichuan reacts during Game 5 of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association WCBA league Finals between Sichuan and Inner Mongolia in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 22, 2024.

WNBA

Only One Person Can Save Us From Terrible WNBA Takes

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - APRIL 25: Marvin Harrison Jr. celebrates after being selected fourth overall by the Arizona Cardinals during the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft at Campus Martius Park and Hart Plaza on April 25, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Marvin Harrison Jr. Sued By Fanatics For Breaching Contract, Speaking To Pat McAfee

Ray Ratto

ESPN’s Paying How Much For This?

Pat McAfee Dons Formal Sleeves As He Tries To Explain Away Aaron Rodgers’s Comments About Jimmy Kimmel

Aaron Rodgers And ESPN Are A Match Made In Desperation

Giri Nathan

Pat McAfee conducts an interview with Adam Silver

Adam Silver Can’t Resist Praising Henry Kissinger On ‘The Pat McAfee Show’

Journalismism

A.J. Hawk’s Role On ‘The Pat McAfee Show’ Seems To Be Easily Deceivable NPC