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Barry Petchesky
April 7, 2024
MLB
The Elbows Are Exploding
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Barry Petchesky
April 7, 2024
College Basketball
See The Subject Beyond The Frame
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
April 5, 2024
Soccer
USWNT Stars Past And Present Condemn Rising Star Korbin Albert’s Noxious Internet Habits
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Patrick Redford
April 5, 2024
This Is So Stupid
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Defector Staff
April 5, 2024
College Basketball
50 Years Later, My First Final Four Is Still The Best
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Charles P. Pierce
April 5, 2024
MLB
How To Fix Chicago’s White Sox–Shaped Black Hole
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Annie Howard
April 5, 2024
Arts And Culture
The Defector Guide To Making A Celebrity Sports Documentary
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Israel Daramola
April 5, 2024
MLB
The A’s And Sacramento Will Pretend Not To Know Each Other
221
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Ray Ratto
April 5, 2024
MLB
The More Random The Pitcher, The Better The No-Hitter
123
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David Roth
April 5, 2024
Podcasts
Subtraction By Subtraction, With Ray Ratto
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David Roth
April 4, 2024
Arts And Culture
The Surreal Life Of ‘Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’
28
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Israel Daramola
April 4, 2024
NBA
Mat Ishbia Revealed To Be Familiar Kind Of Asshole
126
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Patrick Redford
April 4, 2024
NBA
Sure, Yeah, Malachi Flynn Scored 50
27
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Giri Nathan
April 4, 2024
MLB
The Wandering Athletics Right-Size Their Operation To A Rinky-Dink Minor-League Park In Sacramento
237
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Chris Thompson
April 4, 2024
Margin Of Error
Voting For Gaza
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Tom Scocca
April 4, 2024
Life Lessons
It Happened To Me: I Thought I Bought People Treats But They Were Dog Treats
173
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Barry Petchesky
April 4, 2024
Death To The NCAA
College Football “Super League” Likely To Join Its European Cousin In The Graveyard Of Ideas
140
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Ray Ratto
April 4, 2024
Internationals
The Quest To End A 73-Year-Old Gaelic Football Curse Starts In The Bronx
23
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Dave McKenna
April 4, 2024
NBA
Jerry West Is The Basketball Hall Of Fame’s Three-Headed GOAT
102
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Ray Ratto
April 4, 2024
Arts And Culture
Víkingur Ólafsson Plays The Familiar And Makes It His Own
69
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Kevin Koczwara
April 4, 2024
NHL
Highlight Of Devils’ Season Is Line Brawl
74
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Barry Petchesky
April 4, 2024
Creaturefector
It’s Time For God’s Ugliest Little Bugs To Be Represented In The Beautiful Tradition Of Haiku
62
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Sabrina Imbler
April 4, 2024
NBA
Joel Embiid Didn’t Get The Officiating Memo
58
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Giri Nathan
April 3, 2024
Capital
The Chiefs And Royals Got What They Deserved
260
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
April 3, 2024
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