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College Basketball
Making Illinois And Loyola Bracket Neighbors Is A Devious Move And I Couldn’t Be More Excited
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Lauren Theisen
March 15, 2021
Defector Up All Night
Purdue Calls In Large Teen To Retrieve Ball
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Lauren Theisen
March 12, 2021
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College Basketball
The Team Formerly Known As The MSU Spartans Request That Everyone Stop Making Fun Of Their Awful Sponsored Name
316
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Lauren Theisen
March 12, 2021
Defector Up All Night
Cade Cunningham Plummets Down NBA Draft Boards After Blowing A Fast-Break Dunk
42
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Lauren Theisen
March 11, 2021
Better Hate An Owner
Dan Gilbert Demands Both Your Money And Your Undying Love
160
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Lauren Theisen
March 11, 2021
Pro Wrestling
NBA Arena Audio Somehow Invaded AEW’s Broadcast And Ruined A Match
47
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Lauren Theisen
March 11, 2021
NHL
Malfunctioning Horn Goes Off Every Minute, On The Minute, In Lightning–Red Wings
111
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Lauren Theisen
March 10, 2021
NHL
Avs Announcer Marc Moser Is A Land Of Contrasts
90
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Lauren Theisen
March 9, 2021
Pro Wrestling
Let’s Try To Make Sense Of That Awful, Hilarious AEW Pyro Screwup
71
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Lauren Theisen
March 8, 2021
NHL
So We’re Doing This Islanders Thing Again, Huh?
68
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Lauren Theisen
March 8, 2021
The Fights
Aljamain Sterling’s DQ Title Win Brought Out The Worst Of The UFC
71
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Lauren Theisen
March 7, 2021
NHL
R.I.P. Tom Wilson The Himbo. Long Live Tom Wilson The Goon.
98
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Lauren Theisen
March 7, 2021
NHL
The Ottawa Senators Have Drop-Kicked Yet Another Adversary Straight Into Hell
76
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Lauren Theisen
March 5, 2021
NHL
Even In Defeat, The Ottawa Senators’ Rampage Continues
62
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Lauren Theisen
March 3, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Candace Parker Explains Basketball To Shaq
195
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Lauren Theisen
March 3, 2021
NHL
The Flames’ Nerves Have Been Shattered By The Superior Mental Strength Of The Ottawa Senators
76
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Lauren Theisen
March 2, 2021
NHL
The Ottawa Senators Are Ruining Lives
89
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Lauren Theisen
February 26, 2021
NHL
The Blues Played The Longest Game Of Keepaway Ever And Lost
64
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Lauren Theisen
February 25, 2021
NHL
I’m Hearing That Brady Tkachuk Now Holds A Partial Ownership Stake In The Montreal Canadiens
81
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Lauren Theisen
February 24, 2021
NHL
Marc-Andre Fleury Isn’t Going Away That Easily
74
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Lauren Theisen
February 23, 2021
MLB
Mariners President Kevin Mather Shows Us What A Baseball Executive Really Thinks
255
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Lauren Theisen
February 22, 2021
NHL
Jacob Markstrom Got Too Antsy For His Own Good
36
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Lauren Theisen
February 18, 2021
Death To The NCAA
Jalen Johnson Broke Everybody’s Brains
73
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Lauren Theisen
February 17, 2021
NHL
The Maple Leafs Ate A Whole Plate Of Shit In Front Of Everyone
86
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Lauren Theisen
February 16, 2021
College Basketball
Hunter Dickinson Is Helping Michigan Dominate And Wow His Arms Are So Long
49
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Lauren Theisen
February 15, 2021
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