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kerry wood

Kerry Wood Reminds Twitter that Umpire Joe West Sucks

During Monday night's epic Cubs–Cardinals matchup, Joe West managed to needlessly remind everyone he was umpiring a baseball game, so Kerry Wood reminded everyone that West is the worst.
Joseph Flynn
9.13.16
Nice Job!

Sweating on the Inside: We Talked to People Who Worked as Mascots

Drunk dads want to fight you, kids are both enamoured and terrified, and, occasionally, women want to give you their number.
Tiffy Thompson
9.13.16
Politics

The ‘Automated Public/Private Intel Sharing System’ That Enables CISA

The privacy-killing Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act was renamed and snuck into a budget bill at the end of 2015. This is the software that sends 'cyber threats' to the Department of Homeland Security.
Jason Koebler
9.13.16
FIGHTLAND

Weighing the Options of Fabricio Werdum After UFC 203

Regrettably, Fabricio Werdum's wacky win over Travis Browne did very little to convince fans that he deserves a heavyweight title shot. So where does he go from here?
Tom Taylor
9.13.16
football statues: shit or not shit?

Rating Statues of Footballers Purely On Artistic Merit

With Alan Shearer’s new statue at Newcastle being widely compared to Dale Winton, we have decided to rate football’s most famous sculptures on artistic merit alone.
Will Magee
9.13.16
Crime

US Sailor Accused of Stabbing Transgender Woman 119 Times

Dee Whigham was brutally murdered in July, 2016, but the true extremity of the violence committed against her was just revealed this week. The Navy seaman accused of killing Whigham was on active duty as of the end of July, and police believe the two...
Diana Tourjée
9.13.16
Features

Clubbing in Majority White Spaces Taught Me More About My Blackness and Queerness Than Daily Life

Finding QTPOC communities helped me overcome racial oppression and self-doubt.
Max Mohenu
9.13.16
The Project

The Cult: Alex Zanardi

In 2001, racing driver Alex Zanardi lost both of his legs in a high-speed crash. Now the owner of two Paralympic gold medals, he considers the accident to be "one of the greatest opportunities of my life."
Jim Weeks
9.13.16
COLORADO

Colorado is Trolling Michigan and Very Serious Football Man Jim Harbaugh

Will Jim Harbaugh's head explode from Colorado's trolling? Hard to tell, he's generally so calm.
Kevin Trahan
9.13.16
gun violence

Chicago has had 3,000 shootings so far this year — hitting a two-decade high

By the early hours of Monday, more than 3,029 people had been shot – surpassing 2015's end-of-year total of 2,980.
Tess Owen
9.13.16
North Korea

Hillary Clinton's probably too late to keep her word about North Korea's nukes

Clinton says she would “not allow” Kim Jong-un to develop a nuclear warhead, but experts say that will happen soon if it hasn’t already.
Keegan Hamilton
9.13.16
Stuff

Why the Oxford English Dictionary Declared 'YOLO' and 'Clickbait' to Be Words

We talked to the editor of the New Words department about how the staff determines which words to include each year.
Morgan Harries
9.13.16
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