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Dave McKenna

Charlie Edwards Media Workout

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Requiem For An Overweight

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Albert Burneko

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Uncleanliness Is Next To Godliness

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Elder Wisdom

What Can A Hoop Do?

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Drew Magary

1970s SENIOR COUPLE SITTING ON PORCH ROCKING CHAIRS MAN READING NEWSPAPER WOMAN SHOUTING AT HIM (Photo by D. Corson/ClassicStock/Getty Images)

1970s SENIOR COUPLE…

A Lesson In Marital Free Association

Felix Kent

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Shoppers Looking at Records at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard

Music

The Lost Art Of Being Stuck With An Album

American alpine skier Madi Springer-Miller races against the clock on the slopes of Bald Mountain, Sun Valley, Idaho, 28th November 1951. Springer-Miller is training with other hopefuls for the United States Olympic ski team ahead of the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

1952 Winter Olympics – Ski Training

There Is A Coach In Me

Lightning

Blow Off The Stink

A view of RFK stadium during a football game

New York Giants v Washington Redskins

A Dead Fan’s Notes

A grizzled prospector sits in front of a hovel in an old black-and-white photo

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This Is So Stupid

In My Day You Couldn’t Fake-Die For Two Years Without Real Commitment

An image of Colts owner Jim Irsay standing in front of the Washington Monument. On each side of him are two rockers with guitars. Irsay is leaning on the tree and singing, yup, Bob Dylan's "Blowin in the Wind." There's text confirming this in the lower left corner, like you used to see in music videos all the time.

Jim Irsay Blowin in the Wind

Killin’ Dylan: The Fascinating Horrors Of Jim Irsay’s “Blowin’ In The Wind”

Tobias Ludvigsson of Sweden, Clement Davy of France, Lars Van Den Berg of Netherlands, Kevin Geniets of Luxembourg, Valentin Madouas of France and Team Groupama - FDJ - Yellow Leader Jersey and a general view of the peloton passing through the feed zone area during the 82nd Skoda Tour Luxembourg 2022, Stage 3 a 188,4km stage from Rosport to Diekirch on / #skodatour / September 15, 2022 in Diekirch, Luxembourg

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Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle! I Want To Ride My Bicycle!

(From L to R) Roger Riffard, Lise Granvel, Armand Babel, Jean-Pierre Dutour, Catherine Sotha, Romain Bouteille, Leo Campion, Jacques Prevert and Jacques Barbier look at the IBM computer which will find the title of the new play written by Romain Bouteille (4thR with glasses), on November 13, 1965 in Paris. (Photo by - / AFP) (

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Here Is How The Defector Staff Uses Social Media

A tourist practices with a paddleboard during a sunset in Philippine's Boracay island on April 24, 2018, ahead of its closure. - Police with assault rifles patrolled entry points to Boracay island on April 24 just days before a six-month shutdown and clean-up of one of the Philippines' top tourist attractions. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP) (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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A Middle-Aged Person Takes Up A Hobby

Jack Crosbie

Swiss Marines

For Your Consideration: Diet Coke For Breakfast

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Ray Ratto

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After A Great Deal Of Serious Debate, We Have Figured Out What Makes A Great Sports Town

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My Weird Australia Thing

TELFORD, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: A Japanese Bantam is seen at the National Poultry Show on November 20, 2016 in Telford, England. The annual event continues to grow with around 7000 entries this year from all around the world. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Chickens On Display At The 2016 Poultry Show

And So, After All These Years, We Meet Again, My Greatest Enemy: Chicken

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 2: A model of COVID-19, known as coronavirus, is seen ahead of testimony from Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), during a US Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the plan to research, manufacture and distribute a coronavirus vaccine, known as Operation Warp Speed, July 2, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

Government Health Officials Testify On Coronavirus Vaccine Development

COVID-19: The Drew Magary Review

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The Coach Who Made Fencing Fun

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Grow A Little Herb Garden

A picture taken on February 13, 2022 shows a cup of espresso coffee at the historic Gran Caffe Gambrinus in Naples, Italy. - A shot of dark, velvety coffee is more than just a quick caffeine hit: Italy's espresso is a prized social and cultural ritual the country considers a national heritage worthy of Unesco status. Gran Caffe Gambrinus is a historic cafe, pasticceria, and gelateria that opened in Naples in 1860. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

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Coffee: A Delayed Love Story

What’s So Funny?

The Little Font That Could

circa 1955: Portrait of a teenage girl lying on a sofa with a bottle of ginger ale and a telephone. A box of popcorn sits in front of her.

Telephone Snacks

The Drunkest Generation

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Defector At The Movies

Down With Sympathetic Villains

American vaudeville actor Ray Bolger (1904 - 1987) prepares for the opening of WJZ-TV by the American Broadcasting Company at the Palace Theater in New York City, 10th August 1948. (Photo by Graphic House/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

An Audience Of One

The Best Time To Watch A Movie Is First Thing In The Morning