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Mr. Right

I LOVE DICK’S

And the smell of balls

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John Loftus
Feb 20, 2026
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The other day, I happened to drive by a Dick’s Sporting Goods store. I hadn’t been inside one in years, maybe even decades, yet I felt an uncontrollable urge to che…

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