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Kathryn Xu

Willi Castro #50 of the Minnesota Twins catches a home run sausage after hitting a two run home run during the seventh inning against the Washington Nationals.

The Twins’ Summer Sausage Has Not Yet Expired

Tom Ley

Gordon Hayward #33 of the Oklahoma City Thunder arrives to the arena before the game against the New Orleans Pelicans during Round 1 Game 4 of the 2024 NBA Playoffs on April 29, 2024 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Gordon Hayward Is The Low-Effort King Of The Playoffs


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Bradley Beal #3, Josh Okogie #2, Isaiah Thomas #4 and Thaddeus Young #30 of the Phoenix Suns react on the bench during the second half of game four of the Western Conference First Round Playoffs at Footprint Center on April 28, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. They all look very sad.

A Post-Season Debrief With The World’s (Still) Most Pessimistic Suns Fan

A large summer sausage in the Twins' dugout

The Eldritch Power Of The Twins’ Home Run Sausage Must Be Handled With Care

Hensley Meulens #31 of the Colorado Rockies poses for a photo during the Colorado Rockies Photo Day at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on Friday, February 24, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

There Are Several Reasons Not To Let Anyone From The Colorado Rockies Into An Airplane Cockpit

Racegoers fight each other as they scuffle on the second day of the Grand National Festival horse race meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north-west England, on April 12, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Life's Rich Pageant

Please Enjoy These Photos Of Drunk People At An English Horse Race

Boban Marjanovic #51 of the Houston Rockets smiles before the game against the LA Clippers on April 14, 2024 at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California.

Boban Delivered The Chicken

Torrey Craig and Andre Drummond fuck up a dunk

This Is About As Wrong As 15 Seconds Of Basketball Can Go

Kelsey McKinney

photo of brick building with missing brick

This Is So Stupid

BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE/MUST CREDIT KELSEY: They Cut The Wire

Aaron Rodgers #8 of the New York Jets looks at a Microsoft Surface tablet during the second half against the Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium on December 28, 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Report: Aaron Rodgers Being Considered For Dream Job As Attention-Getting Loser

A Marshall player lays on the floor with the ball at the end of regulation.

Women's Basketball

JMU And Marshall Played The Funniest Basketball Game Of The Season

Race winner Doriane Pin of France and PREMA Racing (28) celebrates on the podium during Round 1 Jeddah race 2 of the F1 Academy at Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

Racing

Doriane Pin Penalized For Not Realizing Race Was Over, Winning Too Hard

missing brick showing wire going through the building

Hmmm … Something Is STILL Not Right Here

Dave McKenna

Tommy DeVito Eats Crow, Dough To Quash Quarrel With New Jersey Pizzeria

black and white photo of a building under construction

Hmmm … Something Is Not Right Here.

Giri Nathan

Chet Holmgren of the Thunder unsuccessfully posts up Chris Paul of the Warriors

Enjoy The Visual Tableau Of Chet Holmgren Unsuccessfully Posting Up Chris Paul


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Dan McQuade

Conor Stalions stands on the sidelines at a Michigan game last year. He's in all blue, holding a big piece of paper. It's a split image, because on the right is a watermarked Photobucket photo asking God to "please make it stop" with a child praying. Stalions responds that someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

College Football

It Appears Connor Stalions Was A Teenage Michigan Football Blogger

Ray Ratto

Evan Neal #73 of the New York Giants looks on following an NFL football game between the Arizona Cardinals and the New York Giants at State Farm Stadium on September 17, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona.

Lion Cowed By Sheep

Luis Paez-Pumar

Victor Osimhen of Napoli looks on during the Serie A TIM match between Bologna FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on September 24, 2023 in Bologna, Italy.

Soccer

Napoli Shitposted Its Way Into A War With Its Own Best Player

Jim Tomsula stands with his players after winning the 2023 ELF title

Things We Actually Like

Jim Tomsula Is A Goddamn Champion

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In Praise Of Food Tourism

James Harden, Hanging Out On A High School Sports Field, Says Relationship With Sixers Is Beyond Repair

Sean Payton Is Sorry For Saying His Predecessor Is A Huge Failure

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