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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets celebrates as he leaves the court after the fourth quarter of the Nuggets' 94-89 NBA Finals clinching win at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday, June 12, 2023.

Nikola Jokic Just Wants To Go Home

charismatic megafauna (they/them)

Sabrina Imbler

Two firefighters attempt to free a red squirrel, whose head is stuck inside a manhole cover

Creaturefector

History Repeats: Red Squirrel Gets STUCK In Manhole Cover In Germany, Just Four Years After Similar Squirrel’s Manhole Stranding

Tom Ley

Soccer

Now Coming Onto The Pitch For West Ham: Wife

Barry Petchesky

Who Needs Umpires, Anyway?

Israel Daramola

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 08: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers takes the field for player introductions prior to a game against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on January 08, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Lions defeated the Packers 20-16.

This Is So Stupid

Aaron Rodgers’s Darkness Diary

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Chris Thompson

Spring Training Speech Turns Terry Francona Into Mr. Bean

Laura Wagner

Four tweets from Chargé 'Affaires Karen Decker (@USAmbKabul) As I reflected on his legacy this week, it occurs to me to ask -Who is Afghanistan's MLK? What Afghan person, driven by their faith and a desire for peace, can lead the Afghan people "to the mountaintop?" Are Afghans familiar with #BlackGir|Magic and the movement it inspired? Do Afghan girls need a similar movement? What about Afghan Women? Teach me, ready to learn. #BlackHistoryMonth®® @Beyonce @lizzo @ReginaKing Abe Lincoln born today in 1809. He did some stuff. It's also NAACP Day - home of grassroots activism, inclusive communities and making sure Black voices are heard. What does that look like for Afghans struggling to be heard? #BlackHistoryMonth • @NAACP @LincolnsCottage Super Bowl LVII. 2 elite QBs who happen to be Black made history in epic showdown. Congrats to @Chiefs for thrilling victory! Afghans - what's the most exciting sports match you remember? #BlackHistoryMonth°

Life's Rich Pageant

U.S. Ambassador To Afghanistan Celebrates Black History Month With Deranged Tweets

Kelly Conaboy

Rihanna is seen out and about on July 07, 2021 in New York City. And then we photoshopped her purse into a giant NFL football

If Rihanna Songs Were About Football, Ranked

Ray Ratto

The NBA Is Good When It’s Goofy

Samer Kalaf

Possible Fart Briefly Disrupts Vancouver Canucks Broadcast

Lauren Theisen

Video Games

What Sports Video Game Intro Will Never Leave Your Head?

College Football

Hugh Freeze Is Thinking Massively

What’s Your Go-To Doodle?

Maybe A Few More Steph Curry Technical Fouls Will Fix The Warriors

Soraya Roberts

Music

The Internet’s Biggest Jack Antonoff Hater Explains Himself

Politics

Relegation-Bound United Kingdom Sacks Liz Truss

Wife Needs Crudités!

Mate, You’ve Gone And Named Your Stand After A Bloody Serial Murderer!

This Is The Only Good Use Of A Team Twitter Account

Patrick Redford

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 13: Rebekah Vardy arrives at Royal Courts of Justice, Strand on May 13, 2022 in London, England. Coleen Rooney, wife of Derby County manager Wayne Rooney, and Rebekah Vardy, wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, are locked in a libel battle dubbed by the media as the "Wagatha Christie" trial. The case centres around accusations that Mrs Vardy leaked false stories about Mrs Rooney's private life to the press. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Rebekah Vardy Loses Libel Suit Against Coleen Rooney

EUGENE, OREGON - JULY 18: Athletes in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final run around a cameraman on the track on day four of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 18, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)