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Enter Our Raffle To Win A Visit And Home-Cooked Meal From Drew Magary

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Dave McKenna

Somali sprinter Nasro Abukar Ali jogs to the finish line.

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Life's Rich Pageant

Sprinter’s Slothful Stroll Scandalizes Somalia

Neon sign welcomes visitors to Bakersfield. Country western star Buck Owens, built a $10million 'Buck Owen's Crystal Palace' at Highway 99, right next to the Crystal Palace is the huge Yellow and black BAKERSFIELD sign of Sillect street that we all see from the 99 freeway Bakersfield is a city increasingly popular with Southern California families because its houses are affordable and its schools good and it still has a smalltown feel. (Photo by Spencer Weiner/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Neon sign welcomes visitors to Bakersfield. Country western star Buck Owens, built a $10million ‘B

Arena Football

Arena Football League Relaunch Comes As Surprise To Cities That Will Allegedly Have Teams 

Sinead O'Connor singing at a recent UFC fight

UFC 189: Mendes v McGregor

Music

Sinead O’Connor Was A Rebel With A Cause

Armagh v Monaghan – GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

Internationals

Monaghan’s Thrill-Filled Quest For An All-Ireland Football Championship Is Sponsored By A Bronx Flooring Company

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Giri Nathan

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Patrick Redford

TOPSHOT - Jumbo-Visma team's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey (C), Jumbo-Visma team's Belgian rider Wout Van Aert wearing the sprinter's green jersey (C) and Jumbo-Visma team's American rider Sepp Kuss (R) celebrate with champagne as they cycle during the 21st and final stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 115,6 km between La Defense Arena in Nanterre, outside Paris, and the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, on July 24, 2022. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / various sources / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Cycling

What Can Hardcore Fans And Curious Newbies Learn From ‘Tour de France: Unchained’?

Andre Jackson

High School Sports

In Praise Of Andre Jackson, A Dunker From The Gods

Giuliani Receives Major Endorsement In Washington

Politics

Pat Robertson, Anti-Gaming Crusader And Horse Racing Enthusiast, Is Dead

A story in the Wright State Daily Guardian about Robert Pollard's no-hitter for Wright State University on March 11, 1978.

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Celebrating Robert Pollard’s No-Hitter And The Rock-Jock Nexus

Washington Commanders soon-to-be ex-owner Dan Snyder on the field before his team lost the Dallas Cowboys in 2022.

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Owner Of Newspaper That Dan Snyder Tried To Put Out Of Business Now Owns Snyder’s Football Team

The guitar as it appeared on Craigslist and the guitar as it's being repaired, split screen

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Elder Wisdom

Happiness Is Fixing A Guitar

Charlie Edwards Media Workout

Life Lessons

Requiem For An Overweight

TEMPE, AZ - SEPTEMBER 21: A Colorado Buffaloes helmet on the field during the college football game between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Arizona State Sun Devils on September 21, 2019 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

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College Football

He Was A Colorado Recruit. Then Dozens Of Women Came Forward

BOSTON - 1969: Bill Russell #6 of the Boston Celtics poses for a portrait in 1969 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1969 NBAE (Photo by Dick Raphael/NBAE via Getty Images)

Portrait Of Boston Celtics’ Bill Russell

FBI Releases Bill Russell Investigation Files, Slanders The Dead

James Dolan, in a velvet blazer and a dumb hat, singing his heart out.

16th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference – Day 1

James Dolan And Me, Face To Face

Cows stand behind a fence, but in front of a picturesque view of County Mayo in Ireland.

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Things We Actually Like

A Yank Walks Into A Pub

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A Jingle That Will Not Die

Players fight to earn the ball during the Guinness Six Nations third round, Italy vs Ireland at the Olympic Stadium of Rome. Ireland won the match with a score of 34-20. (Photo by Pasquale Gargano/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The players fight to earn the ball during the Guinness Six

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Ireland Has The Best Rugby Team In The World? How’d That Happen?

Eva Cassidy

The Never-Ending Resurrection Of Eva Cassidy

Actress Angie Dickinson watching her husband composer

Burt Bacharach, The Genius Who Got Punks To Admit Elevator Music Was Cool, Is Dead

16 Year Old Fatally shot By Maryland State Trooper

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Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Cop Who Killed Peyton Ham

David Crosby And Graham Nash Perform In Amsterdam

And This Byrd Can Sing: David Crosby, 1941-2023

Orioles CEO John Angelos Honors A Civil Rights Icon Through A Fit Of Bullying

A view of RFK stadium during a football game

New York Giants v Washington Redskins

A Dead Fan’s Notes

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Pete Philo Is Back In Court. His First Victim Never Got A Second Chance

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Duckpin Bowling Loses Its Home