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Soccer
Tim Weah Is Still Here
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Billy Haisley
December 17, 2020
Soccer
All Hail Daniel Podence, The Premier League’s Reigning Short King
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Billy Haisley
December 15, 2020
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Soccer
Rooting For Sheffield United Must Suck Incredible Amounts Of Ass Right Now
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Billy Haisley
December 14, 2020
Soccer
Neymar Is Finally The Best Player In The World
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Comments
Billy Haisley
December 10, 2020
Defector At The Movies
‘La Grande Bouffe’ Knew Exactly How To Make Arthouse Accessible: Lots Of Fart Gags
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Billy Haisley
December 7, 2020
Soccer
Romelu Lukaku Has Put Inter On His Back
32
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Billy Haisley
December 2, 2020
Soccer
Eden Hazard’s Time At Real Madrid Is Only Getting Bleaker
43
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Billy Haisley
November 30, 2020
Soccer
Lionel Messi Pays Homage To Diego Maradona After Scoring Goal
21
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Billy Haisley
November 29, 2020
Soccer
Barcelona Is A Total Mess, But At Least Sergiño Dest Is Killing It
35
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Billy Haisley
November 25, 2020
Soccer
Tottenham Has Found Its Missing Ingredient
54
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Billy Haisley
November 23, 2020
Soccer
Phil Foden And Jack Grealish Are England’s Least English Stars
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Billy Haisley
November 20, 2020
Soccer
Modern Soccer Was Invented For Erling Haaland To Destroy It
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Billy Haisley
November 6, 2020
Soccer
Marcus Rashford’s Hat Trick Was A Ball-Striking Fetishist’s Wet Dream
25
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Billy Haisley
October 29, 2020
Soccer
All These Good-Ass Strikers Have Turned The Premier League Upside Down
58
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Billy Haisley
October 26, 2020
Soccer
Watch Ajax Hogtie VVV-Venlo, Strap Them To A Rocket Ship, Launch The Ship Into Outer Space, Load Up Another Rocket With Nukes, And Fly The Second Rocket Into The First, Causing An Explosion Of Gory Radiance The Likes Of Which The Eredivisie Has Never Before Seen
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Billy Haisley
October 25, 2020
Soccer
Real Madrid, Once The King Of Europe, Is Now Pure Ass
46
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Billy Haisley
October 22, 2020
Soccer
Harry Kane Is Back On His Bullshit
50
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Billy Haisley
October 19, 2020
Soccer
Coronavirus Is Once Again Coming For European Soccer
32
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Billy Haisley
October 8, 2020
Defector At The Movies
‘Hollywood Shuffle’ Brought An Independent Spirit To Black Cinema That’s Become All Too Rare
15
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Billy Haisley
October 2, 2020
Soccer
Barcelona Just Signed Sergiño Dest (He’s American! Seriously! An American! On Barcelona!), And I’m Losing My Mind
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Billy Haisley
October 1, 2020
Soccer
Ansu Fati Has Barcelona Looking Back To The Future
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Billy Haisley
September 29, 2020
Soccer
Luis Suárez Gave Barcelona Just As Much As It Gave Him
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Billy Haisley
September 25, 2020
Soccer
Phil Foden Has A Chance To Give Manchester City The One Thing Money Can’t Buy
37
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Billy Haisley
September 23, 2020
La Liga
Watch Barcelona’s Lionel Messi Score A Rare Yet Familiar Right-Footed Golazo, For Maybe The Last Time
53
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Billy Haisley
September 17, 2020
Ligue 1
PSG Lose Season Opener Thanks To Goalie Boner And Disease-Ridden Partying
52
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Billy Haisley
September 11, 2020
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