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Albert Burneko

Mr. Met stands on the dugout at a Mets game

End-Stage Loser Brain Is Ditching Your Favorite Team Because It Wants To Be Good Now

Lauren Theisen

Jaccob Slavin and Pyotr Kochetkov are interviewed after a win

Playing Against The Hurricanes Sucks

Ray Ratto

Bars of gold in the vault of the Bank of New York. (Photo by michael norcia/Sygma via Getty Images)

This Is So Stupid

All This Spending Is Destroying The Sport

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

Hater's Guide

The 2022 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog

Tom Ley

Willie McGinest On Crystal-Clear Video Of Him Jumping Some Guy: “Things Aren’t Always How They Seem”

Investigations Editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

Diana Moskovitz

A menorah on a "happy Chanukah" plate. In front of it are dreidels and CRYPTO GELT: Chanukah Coins for the new age.

Arts And Culture

Hanukkah Doesn’t Need A Hip Rebrand

Pittsburgh Steelers' running back Franco Harris is mobed by fans at Three Rivers Stadium after scoring the winning touchdown, nicknamed the "Immaculate Reception," during the American Football Conference (AFC) semi-final game against Oakland. Harris made the touchdown, one of the most famous single plays in the history of professional American football, on a tipped pass from quarterback Terry Bradshaw to Frenchy Fuqua to Harris for the score in the fourth quarter in Pittsburgh.

They Don’t Make Fame Like Franco Harris’s Anymore

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - OCTOBER 05: Carlos Correa #4 of the Minnesota Twins looks on against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on October 05, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Carlos Correa Eloped With The Mets

Billy Haisley

Lionel Messi right winger of Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain with the World Cup trophy after the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium on December 18, 2022 in Lusail City, Qatar.

Soccer

The World Cup Belongs To The Dreamers

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Chris Thompson

A view of a green pin flag at The Masters.

Golf

The Masters Blesses LIV Tour Players With Access To Golf’s Biggest Stage

Laura Wagner

Media Meltdowns

New York Times Reporter Suggests Entitled Reader Culture Has Become Dangerous And Unacceptable

Patrick Redford

Report: Robert Sarver To Sell Suns To Mat Ishbia For $4 Billion

A Caravaggio-esque photo of a tree frog being stung inside the mouth by the two-pronged genital spines of a wasp. Ouch!

Creaturefector

I Messed Up

Kelsey McKinney

Underexplained Lists

Ways To Reply To “Thank You,” Ranked

High School Students Writing at Desks (Photo by �� William Gottlieb/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Funbag

Writing Longhand Is For Suckers

A baby, blonde hair, pretty cute, but not like incredibly cute, sititng on a chair with a tan blanket draped over it. the baby is wearing a leather jacket. there's a bunch of money in front of him. it all kinda looks real except for one $100 bill which looks so fake so pretend that bill looks real too

It’s Not Nepotism; It’s Wealth.

Barry Petchesky

People watch the landing of NASA's InSight spacecraft on the planet Mars on television screens at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California on November 26, 2018. - Cheers and applause erupted at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a $993 million unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on the Red Planet and managed to send back its first picture. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Science

Goodbye To InSight, The Lander That Uncovered Mars’s Innermost Secrets

Nobody Is Scarier Than Kylian Mbappé

Damian Lillard Is Mr. Portland

AL RAYYAN, QATAR - NOVEMBER 30: General view outside the stadium prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group D match between Tunisia and France at Education City Stadium on November 30, 2022 in Al Rayyan, Qatar. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

Capital

A World Cup Of Blood And Gold

Deni Avdija of the Washington Wizards celebrates in the first quarter against the Charlotte Hornets

A Suggestion For How To Watch Your Puke Team Without Puking

Samer Kalaf

Turkish chef Salt Bae poses with World Cup trophy.

Life's Rich Pageant

Salt Bae Thinks He’s On The Team

Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.

Nicholas Russell

Hey It's That Guy

Sean Harris Leans Into The Pain Of Being A Creep

This Emmanuel Macron Guy Is A Real Piece Of Work

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 18: Mac Jones #10 of the New England Patriots reacts after losing to the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on December 18, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Getty Images)

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