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As Bellator MMA Dies, PFL’s Own Doomsday Clock is Ticking

As expected, the Professional Fighters League euthanized the brand whose roster it acquired in 2023 — but how strong are PFL’s vital signs…

Jan 14

As Bellator MMA Dies, PFL’s Own Doomsday Clock is Ticking

Jan 14

The Media Industry Hellscape Just Got Hellscapier

Yet another round of layoffs at Vox — and something similar reportedly in the works at Condé Nast — drives another nail into the…

Dec 5, 2024

Dec 5, 2024

Nick Saban: When Keeping it Real With NIL Goes Wrong

Why the now-former Alabama football coach’s Capitol Hill remarks on college athlete compensation are willfully obtuse

Mar 12, 2024

Photo of former Alabama football coach Nick Saban speaking at a name, image, and likeness (NIL) roundtable on athlete compensation in college sports on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC

Mar 12, 2024

Derrick Lewis: Fight Wraith

Through the use of dark magic, the UFC’s “Black Beast” has the ability to render his opponents’ fighting styles scarily irrelevant.

Feb 25, 2021

Derrick Lewis: Fight Wraith

Feb 25, 2021

100 Replacements for Gina Carano on “The Mandalorian”

SPOILER ALERT: Nobody’s beating Joan Cusack.

Feb 16, 2021

100 Replacements for Gina Carano on “The Mandalorian”

Feb 16, 2021

How to Blow Up MLS and Start Over Again in 50 Easy Steps!

It’s a crappy league, folks. Let’s build something less crappy.

Feb 10, 2021

How to Blow Up MLS and Start Over Again in 50 Easy Steps!

Feb 10, 2021

The Repression Insurrection

Sex, violence, and the Capitol siege

Jan 14, 2021

The Repression Insurrection

Jan 14, 2021

On Amazon’s “The Boys,” the Only Supervillain is Capitalism

It’s second season drives one point home harder than a speedboat t-boning a whale: when everything is a product, everyone gets consumed.

Oct 19, 2020

On Amazon’s “The Boys,” the Only Supervillain is Capitalism

Oct 19, 2020

Requiem for an Analogy

I don’t remember when I started listening to the TrueHoop podcast. I recall that it wasn’t so long before the time WaPo’s Tim Bontemps fell…

Aug 8, 2017

Requiem for an Analogy

Aug 8, 2017

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GO, PRO: 10 Professional Athletes That Might Be Pokémon

It’s a Pokémon Go world, and they’re possibly living in it. Do you have what it takes to capture these superstars?

Jul 11, 2016

GO, PRO: 10 Professional Athletes That Might Be Pokémon

Jul 11, 2016

Sam Dunn

Sam Dunn

Just a system quarterback. samxdunn [at] gmail [dot] com. @RealFakeSamDunn on Twitter. @SamOneAndDunn on IG, Bluesky, Threads

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