Parents discuss why rich parents spend thousands of dollars annually on their children’s sports teams: ‘If you’re wealthy then $20K is a small price to pay’

If you didn’t grow up doing expensive travel sports, you probably underestimate how much it sets families back. The average extracurricular activity is a couple of hundred dollars a semester. Sure, spending $300 so your kid can play a puppy in 101 Dalmatians The Musical might sound like an exorbitant price to some families, but …
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20+ Best Super Bowl LIX Memes and Tweets That Are Probably Funnier Than This Year’s Commercial Breaks

Super Bowl 59 has come to a close with the Eagles winning by 18 points. If you’re not much of a sports fan but watch because you have a severe case of FOMO, you’re not alone. The KC Chiefs have recruited Swifties on top of the already-large Chiefs fan base—so Eagles fans might have felt …
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21 Very Philly Tweets and Memes That Cheer ‘Go Birds!’ for Eagles Fans Watching Super Bowl LIX

If you’re a Chiefs fan, then, I’m sorry, you have come to the wrong place. This is a list of funny tweets and memes that only true Eagles fans will love and relate to—even some Swifties are choosing to shout, «GO BIRDS!» (Which is surprising, in case you live under a rock and don’t know, …
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‘With Arms Wide Open’: How Memes Resurrect Long-Lost Lore Through Nostalgification and Elevate Old Trends That Deserve an Encore

What do Creed and Shrek have in common? Of course, both embody the post-grunge anthems of the early 2000s, but more recently, these two icons are forming a new fandom with Gen Z, earning a delayed round of applause through memeification.  As you’ve probably noticed, the resurgence of 2000s trends are relentless.  We’re constantly dodging …
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‘The SEC is undefeated in hypothetical matchups’: Why bitter college football fans prefer the results of imaginary games to facing the reality that their team is no longer on top

If you’re a sports fan, you’ve dabbled in pondering hypotheticals surrounding the possible outcome of games. Countless games in the history of sport could’ve ended completely differently if only one referee call went in the other direction—or if the wide receiver had managed to hang onto that 4th down pass during the final drive of …
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Expecting dad tries to name his son ‘Josh Allen’ after NFL quarterback behind his wife’s back, gets angry at his best friend when he points out the connection: ‘I assumed she knew about the player and didn’t care’

I don’t understand the urge to name your kid after a prominent figure. Some exceptions work, like Martin Luther King Jr., but I’m sure even he was annoyed by people jokingly asking him, «How was the Protestant Reformation?» before he made a name for himself. There was a girl at my high school named Amelia, …
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22 Fantasy Football Memes for NFL Fans Who Are Virtually Tossing Around the Ol’ Pigskin This Season

Every sports fanatic’s favorite season is football season. Watching big dudes tackle and juke one another is pretty entertaining, especially when you’re betting with a group of your closest friends. I mean, if you’re watching football this fall and you know what you’re talking about, why not try and make a coin or two out …
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High school football coach mocks parents for wanting more water breaks for their sons practicing in the Texan summer heat: ‘I believe in WORK, not WOKE!’

If there’s one thing I learned from growing up in Texas, it’s that a high school football coach is never wrong. We all know that isn’t true, but it might as well be true if you’re in a community that values football above all else. Like in universities across America, football coaches are often the …
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37 Fumble-Free Super Bowl LVIII Memes for Fans Who Are Just Here for the Tea and the Halftime Show (2024)

Go sportsball! Although the lore of watching sports is intriguing, not everybody gets excited to watch one millionaire throw a ball to another millionaire, while we are sitting on the couch eating 7-layer dip and wondering why we still don’t have healthcare. But alas, at least when it comes to the Super Bowl, folks who …
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The Funniest Sports Tweets of All Time (February 9, 2024)

There are so many different sides to Twitter, and finding the right side for you is the best way to have a good experience on the X app. Before Elon Musk took over, the #1 complaint I heard about Twitter was that it was difficult to cultivate your feed, and beginners did not know who …
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