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Internationals
The Quest To End A 73-Year-Old Gaelic Football Curse Starts In The Bronx
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Dave McKenna
April 4, 2024
MLB
That Time A D.C. Prep School Cast Away Nats Phenom James Wood
72
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Dave McKenna
March 29, 2024
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Stories
When The Night You Didn’t Die Never Ends
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Dave McKenna
March 20, 2024
NBA
Miserable Wizards Conjure The Ghost Of Agent Zero
109
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Dave McKenna
March 17, 2024
Rugby
Ireland Wins Six Nations Rugby Championship While Team From Imperialist Nation Where Rugby Was Invented Finishes Way Back In Third
114
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Dave McKenna
March 17, 2024
History
Farewell, TGI Fridays Where Rod Strickland And Chico DeBarge Threw Hands On 9/11
140
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Dave McKenna
February 18, 2024
College Basketball
Lefty Driesell, Who Brought Winning To D.C. Sports, Has Died
83
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Dave McKenna
February 18, 2024
Hurling
The Wasting Of The Green: A Hurling Commentator’s Righteous Stadium Rant
51
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Dave McKenna
February 15, 2024
Life Lessons
I Have Become The Dr. Frankenstein Of Amps
71
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Dave McKenna
February 15, 2024
Journalismism
Debating The Finer Points Of Nepotism With Ex-SI Boss Ross Levinsohn
175
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Dave McKenna
February 1, 2024
Media Meltdowns
ESPN Busted In Dumb Scheme To Score Bogus Emmys For On-Air Stars
185
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Dave McKenna
January 11, 2024
NFL
Tommy DeVito Eats Crow, Dough To Quash Quarrel With New Jersey Pizzeria
115
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Dave McKenna
December 20, 2023
NBA
Ex-NBA Scout Pete Philo Convicted Of Sexual Assault Charges In North Carolina
31
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Dave McKenna
December 15, 2023
The Fights
Conor McGregor And The Politics Of Mean
140
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Dave McKenna
December 8, 2023
The Fights
Katie Taylor Always Lives Up To The Hype
33
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Dave McKenna
November 29, 2023
High School Sports
Be True To Your Shitty School
143
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Dave McKenna
November 8, 2023
MLB
Frank Howard Was The Only Senator Who Mattered
86
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Dave McKenna
October 31, 2023
Music
You Too Can Score Cheap On The Open Market For Dead People’s (Hammond) Organs
92
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Dave McKenna
October 22, 2023
The Fights
UFC Fave Volkanovski Takes Bad And Unnecessary Beating In Abu Dhabi
37
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Dave McKenna
October 22, 2023
Swimming
Diana Nyad’s Swimming Brought Her Glory, Fame, And An Adversary Dedicated To Exposing Her Lies
380
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Dave McKenna
October 4, 2023
NBA
Hey James Dolan: Quit Your Job
100
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Dave McKenna
September 21, 2023
Dadfector
In Praise Of Food Tourism
247
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Dave McKenna
September 7, 2023
NFL
Moron Pushing Petition To Rename Commanders Has Long History Of Being A Moron
273
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Dave McKenna
August 23, 2023
Life Lessons
Consider The Mystery Delivery Cake Dilemma
239
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Dave McKenna
August 13, 2023
MLB
Recalling “The Pickoff Game,” Forty Years Later
100
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Dave McKenna
August 13, 2023
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