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Maye vs. Stafford, Week 18 Picks

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• 2 hr 27 min

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Predicting the Week 18 NFL Headlines

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• 30 min

Predicting the Week 18 NFL Headlines

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The 2025 Fantasy Football Awards: MVP, LVP, Biggest Leap, Hottest Take, Best Quote, and What Aged the Worst

The 2025 Fantasy Football Awards

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• 2 hr 13 min

The 2025 Fantasy Football Awards: MVP, LVP, Biggest Leap, Hottest Take, Best Quote, and What Aged the Worst

The 2025 Fantasy Football Awards

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NFL

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The Complete Cases For and Against the Steelers Firing Mike Tomlin

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NBA

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Oscars

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Noteworthy Reads

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Spotlight

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Shorts

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Sports

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Movies

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Pop Culture

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21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’

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The Greatest NBA Team to Never Make the Finals

The Best NBA Team to Never Make the Finals

Michael Pina • Oct. 8, 2025 • 7 min read

Movies

The 101 Best Movie Performances of the 21st Century

The 21st Century’s Best Movie Performances

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The Best Beefs of the 21st Century, Ranked

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21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’

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The Greatest NBA Team to Never Make the Finals

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The Ringer Fantasy Football Show

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Stranger Things

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There May Never Be Another Show Like ‘Stranger Things’

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Stranger Things

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That ‘Pluribus’ Finale Blew Our Minds

Pluribus

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College Football

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Collections

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