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Tom Ley
February 22, 2023
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The Search For The Real Jason Heyward Continues
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Tom Ley
February 21, 2023
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Tom Ley
February 20, 2023
Defector Up All Night
You’ll Never Forget Hearing Patrick Mahomes Say “The Chainsmokers” For The First Time
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Tom Ley
February 15, 2023
MLB
Where The Ghost Runner Fails
414
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Tom Ley
February 14, 2023
NFL
Jalen Hurts Did Everything Right, Except For One Thing
179
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Tom Ley
February 13, 2023
NFL
The NFL Still Isn’t Done Exploiting Pat Tillman
162
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Tom Ley
February 13, 2023
Soccer
Goodbye To Nathan Jones, The Premier League’s Least Normal Man
34
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Tom Ley
February 12, 2023
Defector Up All Night
Here’s A Super Bowl Weekend Open Thread
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Tom Ley
February 11, 2023
MLB
Joe West Spending His Retirement Going To War With Wikipedia Editors
191
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Tom Ley
February 10, 2023
NBA
Here Is Your 2023 NBA Trade Deadline Roundup
164
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Tom Ley
February 9, 2023
NBA
Stephen Silas May Not Be Getting A Callback
45
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Tom Ley
February 7, 2023
Media Meltdowns
You Cannot Defeat Stephen A. Smith In Mind Combat
167
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Tom Ley
February 6, 2023
College Basketball
Caitlin Clark Knows When To Start The Show
32
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Tom Ley
February 3, 2023
NFL
David Tepper Has A Lot Of Nerve
200
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Tom Ley
February 1, 2023
NFL
The Broncos Do Some More Dumb Shit To Get Sean Payton
198
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Tom Ley
January 31, 2023
Life's Rich Pageant
There’s No Law Against Having Fun While Posing As A Teen Girl In A JV Basketball Game
174
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Tom Ley
January 31, 2023
Defector Up All Night
The Colts Are So Weird
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Tom Ley
January 26, 2023
NBA
Seventeen Minutes Of James Dolan Is Too Much James Dolan
130
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Tom Ley
January 26, 2023
NFL
The Cowboys Have Full Confidence In Brett Maher. Maybe. Possibly Not So Much.
203
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Tom Ley
January 19, 2023
Announcements
Welcome To Our New Website
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Tom Ley
January 17, 2023
Soccer
Everton Is Beyond Broken
70
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Tom Ley
January 17, 2023
NFL
Tyler Huntley Did The Bad Thing
144
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Tom Ley
January 16, 2023
Announcements
Programming Notes
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Tom Ley
January 13, 2023
This Is So Stupid
As A Son And A Brother, I Think We Should Cut Jadeveon Clowney Some Slack
124
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Tom Ley
January 13, 2023
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