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Horse Racing
You Simply Must Hoot And Holler At The Zooming Horse
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Chris Thompson
May 8, 2022
Racing
A Brief Investigation Into Where Exactly Lewis Hamilton Is Pierced
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Chris Thompson
May 8, 2022
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NBA
Giannis Simplifies Things
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Chris Thompson
May 8, 2022
Golf
Phil Mickelson Sure Loves To Gamble, Possibly To His Own Detriment
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Chris Thompson
May 6, 2022
NBA
Gary Payton II’s Elbow Injury Is A Huge Bummer
73
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Chris Thompson
May 4, 2022
NBA
Doc Rivers Has Picked One Hell Of A Hill To Die On
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Chris Thompson
May 3, 2022
MLB
Baseball Is So Fucking Hard, Man
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Chris Thompson
May 2, 2022
Birdfector
Don’t You DARE Miss Out On Primo Birding Season
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Chris Thompson
April 29, 2022
NBA
The Wrong Jazz Players Ate Shit
109
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Chris Thompson
April 29, 2022
NBA
Trae Young And The Hawks Went Down Easy
82
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Chris Thompson
April 27, 2022
NBA
The Celtics Made Sure Kevin Durant Had The Playoffs From Hell
63
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Chris Thompson
April 26, 2022
Media Meltdowns
In The Game Of Basketball, One Must Be Careful To Avoid Sitting On A Whoopee Cushion While Laying An Egg
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Chris Thompson
April 25, 2022
NBA
That Was Painful
134
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Chris Thompson
April 22, 2022
Life's Rich Pageant
Did The U.S. Military Almost Shoot Down A U.S. Military Plane For Participating In A Military Appreciation Night Stunt In The U.S. Capital? No. Nothing To See Here.
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Chris Thompson
April 21, 2022
MLB
By God, The Time To Beat The Shift Is Upon Us
128
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Chris Thompson
April 20, 2022
NBA
Jalen Brunson Torched Utah’s Shabby Playoff Defense
30
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Chris Thompson
April 19, 2022
MLB
The Kids Are Cool, And Possibly Alright
81
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Chris Thompson
April 15, 2022
MLB
Introducing Steven Kwan, Your New Favorite Baseball Guy
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Chris Thompson
April 12, 2022
NBA
The Lakers Have An Opening For A Fall Guy
125
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Chris Thompson
April 11, 2022
Animals
I Hereby Beg All Outside Creatures To Please Remain Outside Of My Home
251
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Chris Thompson
April 8, 2022
MLB
The Orioles Mangled The One Nice Thing About Their Whole Shitty Baseball Operation
194
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Chris Thompson
April 7, 2022
NBA
Lonzo Ball Is Done, And So Are The Bulls
122
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Chris Thompson
April 6, 2022
Life's Rich Pageant
Give It Up For The Heroic Barf-Cleaner
116
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Chris Thompson
April 5, 2022
NBA
The Lakers Are Now All But Dead
163
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Chris Thompson
April 4, 2022
NBA
The Heroic Spurs Must Send The Vile Lakers Spiraling Into Hell
100
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Chris Thompson
March 30, 2022
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