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NYC: Come To The Distraction LIVE On October 4

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Live Event

Samer Kalaf

A screenshot of Gizmodo Bot's author page, with one bad Star Wars blog

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Journalismism

G/O Media’s Bot-Written Blogs May Be Unreadable, But At Least They’re Incorrect

Patrick Redford

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 29: Bill Simmons is seen on March 29, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by gotpap/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Media Meltdowns

Bill Simmons Finds Himself In Row Across The Pond After Slagging Off Harry And Meghan

Lauren Theisen

The Athletic Decides Local News Doesn’t Pay


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High School Sports

Ted Silary Gave A Voice To High School Athletes

Israel Daramola

Arts And Culture

Cam’ron And Mase Argue About Sports Now, And It’s Working

Chris Thompson

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Brian Windhorst’s ESPN Article Wipes Detail About Stephen Silas Weeping After A Game

Barry Petchesky

Joe Martinez, MLB Vice President of On Field Strategy, explains the new bases to the media

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America’s Sportswriters Confirm: Bases Big

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This Is So Stupid

Shams Charania’s Metaphors Don’t Make Sense In A Drawing Either

Laura Wagner

Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe argue on the show Undisputed

Skip Bayless And Shannon Sharpe Bicker, But Not In The Rehearsed Way

Skip Bayless Hosts ‘Undisputed’ By Himself, Struggles To Explain Damar Hamlin Tweet

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