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Justin Gaethje is not going to last terribly long as a top-level UFC fighter, though you really only need to see the…
Once they reached the raccoon’s lair, the scuzzy little rodent turned and asked Leach why he’d followed him all this way. Read more
Personally, I am glad that female staffers who have had abortions at the Atlantic will not have to sit next to a man…
Deadspin sure likes to talk a big game and get on its high horse but deep down you know they’re just jealous of the way Barstool has disrupted the online game by...*checks notes* having pictures of girls in bikinis. Read more
Just like $2.5 trillion worth of companies around the world, the company publishing the story you are now reading is …
Jon Rothstein is a real person. He was born in a town at the very outermost edge of what could be called exurban New…
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Thirty-one years ago, WWE (then the WWF) held the third and still the most legendary WrestleMania at the Pontiac…
There are a lot of TV shows out there. Lots of shows. Good shows. “The Golden Age of Television,” they call it.…
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counterpoint: do not do this, you weaken the entire industry by creating the precedent that the fruits of your labor should come for free. if someone is profiting off your work, you should not do it without compensation. Read more
Four hours west of Albuquerque, over the mud brown desert hills, past the impossibly expansive golden plains strewn…
12th man hates 13th amendment. Read more
Civil society requires the toleration of the expression of opposing viewpoints, no matter how personally…
It’s pretty hard to stay invested in a bad team under those circumstances, and the promise of neutral fandom doesn’t do much for me, personally. Read more
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In November 2016, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia decided to start investing in sports. Its government ordered the…
To this day I just don’t understand how an entertainment company can be so bad at marketing superstars. They have tons of personality and potential on their roster, but absolutely nobody knows how to market it. You’ve got current champions who are probably better than any champions they’ve ever had before, and it’s… Read more
By several different metrics, the UFC’s audience is declining. Read more
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I really like MMA but the whole pay-per-view thing just kills it for me. I understand why they do it but I am too cheap to shell out $50 bucks (or whatever it is) for a card and going to a bar showing a fight sounds like hell to me. If they were like other sports and just put their product on regular TV I would watch… Read more
My interest in MMA declined sharply after PRIDE went away. Read more