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NFL
Derek Carr And The Raiders Begin Their Awkward Little Dance
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Tom Ley
January 12, 2023
NFL
Why Does Jeff Saturday Even Want This Job?
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Tom Ley
January 10, 2023
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Transactions, January 9
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Tom Ley
January 9, 2023
NFL
Aaron Rodgers Needled The Lions And It Bit Him In The Ass
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Tom Ley
January 9, 2023
NFL
Damar Hamlin Is Awake And Talking
145
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Tom Ley
January 6, 2023
Life's Rich Pageant
Draymond Green Seems To Have An Odd Definition Of Remorse
40
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Tom Ley
January 5, 2023
NFL
Damar Hamlin Is Making Progress
140
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Tom Ley
January 5, 2023
NFL
NFL Exec Troy Vincent Claims League Never Intended To Restart Bills-Bengals Game
155
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Tom Ley
January 3, 2023
This Is So Stupid
This Is Why You Never Count Out The Bucs
65
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Tom Ley
January 2, 2023
NFL
How Many Snow Angels Is Too Many Snow Angels When A Guy Is Writhing In Pain Next To You?
102
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Tom Ley
January 2, 2023
NFL
Ron Rivera Went Down With His Chosen Scrub
157
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Tom Ley
January 2, 2023
Defector Up All Night
It’s A New Year’s Weekend Open Thread
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Tom Ley
December 30, 2022
Defector Up All Night
It’s A Holiday Weekend Open Thread
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Tom Ley
December 23, 2022
MLB
Steve Cohen Got All The Babies Crying
242
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Tom Ley
December 22, 2022
NFL
Willie McGinest On Crystal-Clear Video Of Him Jumping Some Guy: “Things Aren’t Always How They Seem”
92
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Tom Ley
December 21, 2022
NBA
Damian Lillard Is Mr. Portland
132
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Tom Ley
December 20, 2022
Life's Rich Pageant
This Emmanuel Macron Guy Is A Real Piece Of Work
160
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Tom Ley
December 19, 2022
MLB
The Mookie Betts Trade Just Keeps Getting Worse
172
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Tom Ley
December 15, 2022
Defector Up All Night
Is ‘Dog Gone,’ Out January 13, About Whether Gonker Lives Or Dies, Or Is It About The Unique Ability Dogs Have To Bring Out The Very Best In Every Person They Meet?
380
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Tom Ley
December 13, 2022
NFL
Matt Patricia Keeps Getting Away With It
167
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Tom Ley
December 13, 2022
Soccer
Gregg Berhalter’s Off-The-Record Oopsie Puts Heat On Gio Reyna
245
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Tom Ley
December 12, 2022
Defector Up All Night
Josh Reddick Has An Epiphany
384
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Tom Ley
December 7, 2022
Journalismism
What Are The Twitter Files, And Do You Need To Care About Them?
455
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Tom Ley
December 7, 2022
College Football
Hugh Freeze Is Thinking Massively
180
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Tom Ley
December 6, 2022
Soccer
Brazil Finally Started Dancing
78
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Tom Ley
December 5, 2022
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