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ShortCenter: Jalen Rose Gets Emphatic About the Heat, Then Asks You Out
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ShortCenter: ESPN Manufactures One Last Tim Tebow Story Before The Year Is Out
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A Plea For TV Networks To Show People Running Onto The Field
Big thank you to Drew for letting me guest this Funbag. Normally my day is filled with exploiting my elderly father for money (see: Shit My Dad Says), so it was a welcome diversion. I also used to write for the TV show of the same name, until America was like, "GOD FUCKING STOP THIS SHIT TAKE IT OFF...

ShortCenter: Drew Brees's Record Inspires A Lot Of Man Love
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ShortCenter: Examining The Colts' Options, With No Hyperbole Whatsoever
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ShortCenter: Kobe Bryant Hurts His Wrist, And ESPN Needs Two Doctors For One Diagnosis
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Counterpoint: Charlie Brown Is Bigger Than Jesus
Gosh, somebody is taking a supposedly beloved holiday ritual and saying it's really awful and depressing. Who ever had that idea before? Oh, right: Charlies Schulz....

Fuck You, Charlie Brown
Every year you watch A Charlie Brown Christmas, and every year you come away depressed. You're a real asshole, Charlie Brown. Originally published Dec. 9, 2010. Read Tom Scocca's counterpoint: "Charlie Brown Is Bigger Than Jesus."...

ShortCenter: Rachel Nichols Does Shtick
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Christmas Hype Will Drive Your Children To Insanity
Christmas is four days away. I know this because my kids have been counting down the days since, I dunno, LAST goddamn Christmas. Children have boring lives. They have to go to school all day. They have to listen to adults tell them what to do. They can't watch porn. It blows. Christmas is one of th...

ShortCenter: Marcellus Wiley Advocates For The Needle
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ShortCenter: ESPN Covers The Penn State Scandal, Goes All Court TV On Us
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ShortCenter: An Unhinged Stephen A. Smith Breaks Down The CP3 Trade
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ShortCenter: Jerry Jones Sells Some Snake Oil
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ShortCenter: Jerry Sandusky? "C'mon, Man!"
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ShortCenter: Herm Edwards Rides The Crazy Train
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ShortCenter: Workshopping The Nixed Chris Paul Deal
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ShortCenter: The Winter Meetings Get Their Own Theme Music, With Glockenspiel
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Just In Time For Army-Navy: An Army Assistant Coach Is Accused Of Being A Deadbeat Dad
A woman claims Black Knights defensive tackles coach Clarence Holmes, who is married to someone else, is the father of her 22-month-old son. She says Holmes has provided little in the way of child support and has not added the boy to his health insurance, leaving her stuck without a way to pay for ...

Confessions Of A Terrible Father; Or, How To Fight That Urge To Put Your Kid Through A Wall
I got an email this week from a reader named Chris that made me think about the times when parenthood can leave you a shriveled-up, emotional wreck of a human being. This was his email....