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Dan McQuade

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Two Nationals Players Tagged Out At Third On Same Play

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Policing

Georgia Cops Attempt Futile Drug Bust On Delaware State Lax Team, Then Lie About It

Arnold Palmer celebrates two video game characters getting it on

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Golf

This 1989 Arnold Palmer Video Game Was Shockingly Horny

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Local Car Dealer Catches Courtside Snooze During Sixers Playoff Win

J.T. Realmuto #10 of the Philadelphia Phillies reacts after lining out to end the bottom of the second inning against the New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park on May 5, 2022 in Philadelphia,

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Phillies’ Ninth-Inning Choke Is Just The Latest, Biggest Indignity

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This Is So Stupid

Rudy Gobert’s Own Bees Sting Him In Face

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Doc Rivers And I Both Sound Terrified The Sixers Are Going To Choke

Two trucks are separated by a tow truck. They're stuck together.

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Racing

The Trucks Got Stuck Together!

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The Real Phillie Phanatic Is Back

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College Basketball

Cue The Smoke Machine! La Salle Has Hired A 73-Year-Old Basketball Coach

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Men’s College Basketball Isn’t Played In Quarters Because Some Coaches Got Upset In 1954

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I Fixed The Fake Ty Cobb Statue At The Tigers’ Spring Training Stadium

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Losing Teams In The NCAA Tournament Should Get To Deface The Coca-Cola Logo

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Shaheen Holloway Makes This Face A Lot

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North Carolina Saw You Laughing. Who’s Laughing Now?

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More Like Ain’t Peter’s

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Holy Heck, Saint Peter’s Won Again

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Can Saint Peter’s Really Keep This Going?

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Phillies Defense Already In Midseason Form

BELGRADE, SERBIA - MARCH 20: Grant Holloway of The United States USA, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde of France FRA and Wilhem Belocian of France FRA compete during the Men's 60 Metres Hurdles Final on Day Three of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 at Belgrade Arena on March 20, 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Track And Field

Grant Holloway Is A Hurdler To Watch

Wheel of Fortune board: RENTING A PEDA_ BOAT. Someone guessed W.

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Requiem For A Pedaw Boat

Spencer Dinwiddie and the Mavs celebrate after a game-winner

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Spencer Dinwiddie Doesn’t Look Like Dead Weight Anymore

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Pro Wrestling

Scott Hall Knew The Value Of Losing

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MARCH 10: Ben Simmons #10 of the Brooklyn Nets walks on the court during halftime against the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center on March 10, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Brooklyn Nets defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 129-100.

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For Ben Simmons’s Return, Philadelphia Was Ready But The Sixers Weren’t

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WNBA Team Fined $500K For Not Making Its Players Fly Next To Schmucks Like You In Commercial