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Throwback Thursday: Danny Gardella’s Forgotten Challenge to Baseball’s Reserve Clause

02.18.16

By Michael Weinreb
Sports

RIP Monte Irvin, Baseball Player And Legend, In That Order

01.13.16

By Steven Goldman
Sports

The Forgotten Men Who Broke Baseball’s Color Line With Jackie Robinson

04.15.15

By W.M. Akers
Sports

How Wall Street Strangled the Life out of Sabermetrics

10.22.14

By Jack Moore
Sports

Liverpool FC Came to the US in 1946 to Beat Americans at Soccer and Eat

07.30.14

By Grant Czubinski

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Amazon Is Still Selling the PlayStation 5 at Its Old, Lower Price

I don’t often urge people to run, run, run and buy a deal, but if you want a PS5 before the price hike kicks in, I wouldn’t wait long past lunch.

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This ‘Healthy’ Ingredient You’re Probably Eating Might Give You a Stroke

If you’ve had a protein bar that wasn’t inedible, it’s probably because of erythritol. It’s just too bad that it might give you a stroke.

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By Luis Prada
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Remembering Sugar the Surfing Dog, World Champion Dog Surfer

RIP Sugar.

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By Luis Prada
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Why Scientists Think This Asteroid Is the Core of a Dead Planet (and Extremely Valuable)

Scientists think this asteroid may be the metal-rich core of a failed planet, making it one of the most valuable objects in space.

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By Luis Prada
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How One Man Lowered the Price of Guinness by Using AI to Call 3,000 Pubs

Good things come to those who… research?

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By Luis Prada