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Death To The NCAA
Dan Mullen Was Embittered, And That Is Good Enough For Me
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Chris Thompson
December 13, 2020
Media Meltdowns
Notorious Jets Beat Reporter Manish Mehta Fired At Long Last
94
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Chris Thompson
December 10, 2020
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Interviews
A Student-Debt Researcher Fucks Me Up With America’s Broken Promises
336
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Chris Thompson
December 8, 2020
NFL
Solid Marital Fundamentals Will Lift The Eagles Out Of The Shitter
105
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Chris Thompson
December 4, 2020
NFL
When The Football Is Meaningless, What’s Left?
132
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Chris Thompson
December 3, 2020
NFL
We Have Reached The Absurdist Stage Of The NFL’s Pandemic Failure
223
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Chris Thompson
December 1, 2020
NFL
The Chargers May Not Totally Grasp The Concept Of Time
103
Comments
Chris Thompson
November 30, 2020
Science
President-Elect Joe Biden Must Direct The National Ignition Facility To Fire 192 Lasers At My Solar Plexus
149
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Chris Thompson
November 24, 2020
NFL
Was Tom Brady Crud Tonight?
109
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Chris Thompson
November 24, 2020
Death To The NCAA
Dabo Swinney Is The Perfect Shitbrained Coach For These Shitbrained Times
217
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Chris Thompson
November 23, 2020
NFL
Dear God, Will Someone Please Fire Matt Patricia
173
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Chris Thompson
November 22, 2020
NFL
Taysom Hill Goes Deep And Checks Down On The Same Throw
39
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Chris Thompson
November 22, 2020
NFL
The Hoarse, Mucousy, Ashen-Faced Texans Do Not Have COVID-19
37
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Chris Thompson
November 22, 2020
NBA
John Wall Wants The Wizards To Trade Him, Just As I Want The ESO’s Gigantic Quad-Laser To Vaporize My Corporeal Self
75
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Chris Thompson
November 22, 2020
Staff Chat
Join Us For A Friday Staff Chat
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Chris Thompson
November 20, 2020
NBA
The Knicks Did Something Cool That Probably Will Not Ever Matter, But Still
44
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Chris Thompson
November 19, 2020
NBA
Bogdan Bogdanović Is A Hero For Nuking A Ho-Hum Sign-And-Trade
79
Comments
Chris Thompson
November 19, 2020
Media Meltdowns
Maybe People Care About Watching Sports Exactly As Much As They Should
153
Comments
Chris Thompson
November 17, 2020
Science
They Made An Interactive Virtual Tokamak And Buddy, It Rules
70
Comments
Chris Thompson
November 13, 2020
Interviews
An Astrophysicist Explains The Challenges Of De-Juicing The Baseball
66
Comments
Chris Thompson
November 13, 2020
NBA
Sports Leagues Have Stopped Even Pretending To Give A Shit
215
Comments
Chris Thompson
November 12, 2020
Interviews
A Medieval Historian Explains Why The Magna Carta Has Nothing To Do With COVID-19
170
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Chris Thompson
November 10, 2020
NBA
No More Black NBA Uniforms, Please
157
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Chris Thompson
November 10, 2020
MLB
Red Sox Rehire Alex Cora, HEY LOOK OVER THERE
91
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Chris Thompson
November 6, 2020
Life's Rich Pageant
Look At These Dorks
168
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Chris Thompson
November 4, 2020
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