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Olympics
Eileen Gu Is An American
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Laura Wagner
February 15, 2022
Tennis
Peng Shuai Says Again Her Allegations Were Misunderstood, Retires From Tennis
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Laura Wagner
February 7, 2022
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Media Meltdowns
More Women Say Barstool Founder Dave Portnoy Subjected Them To Violent Sex, Filmed Encounters Without Consent
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Laura Wagner
February 3, 2022
NBA
Helpful Kevin Porter Jr. Nudges Steph Curry Out Of His Slump
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Laura Wagner
February 1, 2022
Sports Highlight Of The Day
The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Drunk Pig Rolling Down A Hill
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Laura Wagner
January 28, 2022
Media Meltdowns
I Am Begging The Substack Bosses To Can It Already
189
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Laura Wagner
January 27, 2022
NBA
Nets Assistant Coach Contributes “Horseshit” Steal In One-Point Win Over Wizards
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Laura Wagner
January 20, 2022
College Football
University Of Michigan To Pay $490 Million To More Than 1,000 Survivors Of Sexual Abuse
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Laura Wagner
January 19, 2022
Media Meltdowns
Darren Rovell Says He’s Not Racist Because He Has Black Friends And MLK Jr. Memorabilia
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Laura Wagner
January 18, 2022
Media Meltdowns
Quiz! Which New Media Company With An Innovative Solution For Fixing The News Industry Said This?
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Laura Wagner
January 14, 2022
Underexplained Lists
Michigan Snow Plow Names, Ranked
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Laura Wagner
January 11, 2022
Tennis
Novak Djokovic Is Loose In Australia, For Now
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Laura Wagner
January 10, 2022
Journalismism
“No One Knows Anything”: Staffers At The Athletic Wait In The Dark Following NYT Deal
201
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Laura Wagner
January 7, 2022
MLB
Turns Out There Are Some Issues With MLB’s State Media Apparatus
215
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Laura Wagner
January 6, 2022
MLB
An MLB Network Freelancer Talks Life In Lockout Limbo
44
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Laura Wagner
December 21, 2021
Sports Highlight Of The Day
The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Roma Teen Pretending He Scored A Goal
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Laura Wagner
December 14, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Wirecutter Union Files Labor Grievance After “Vindictive” New York Times Withheld Holiday Pay
78
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Laura Wagner
December 9, 2021
NBA
KyrieWatch: Waiting For Vegan Vaccine, Apparently
193
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Laura Wagner
December 6, 2021
Politics
The Supreme Court Is Working As Designed
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Laura Wagner
December 2, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Let’s All Laugh At Andrew Cuomo’s Pathetic Crisis Team
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November 30, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Seriously, What The Fuck Is Wrong With Adam Schefter?
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Laura Wagner
November 10, 2021
NFL
Aaron Rodgers And The Logical Endpoint Of “My Body, My Choice”
216
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Laura Wagner
November 7, 2021
College Football
The Arizona Bowl Is “Closely Monitoring” Its Barstool Sports Partnership
116
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Laura Wagner
November 5, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Dear God, Bill Simmons Is Talking About Cancel Culture Again
193
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Laura Wagner
November 4, 2021
Journalismism
This Is Just The Same Old Shit
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Laura Wagner
November 3, 2021
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