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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Dana Evans #11 of the Chicago Sky reacts against the Washington Mystics at Wintrust Arena on May 26, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.

WNBA

The Chicago Sky Taught Me It Was OK To Win Now

Tom Ley

Paul Moller's very first prototype, the M200X, is a sort of vertical-takeoff flying saucer.

Journalismism

It’s Time To Show Ship

Alek Manoah #6 of the Toronto Blue Jays watches recording on the iPad in the dugout after getting pulled from the game in the first inning against the Houston Astros in their MLB game at the Rogers Centre on June 5, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Alek Manoah Blew His Way Out Of The Majors

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Chris Thompson

A rainbow over a mostly empty Oakland Coliseum.

The Athletics’ Las Vegas Dreams Are At Least Temporarily On Hold

Patrick Redford

Gollum looks around; where are the buttholes?

Video Games

The Video Game Where You Play As A Tortured Wretch Isn’t Very Fun

Israel Daramola

A scoreboard at the LIV Golf event at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma on May 13.

Golf

The PGA Tour Has Suddenly Merged With LIV Golf

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

WUHAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: (CHINA OUT) Zhang Juncai, one of China's tallest men, who measures 2.42 metres in height, walks through the streets on November 23, 2004 in Wuhan, China. Zhang, from Shanxi province, is in Wuhan to seek treatment for his overweight problem. (Photo by China Pix/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Zhang Juncai

Funbag

The World Still Isn’t Designed With Tall People In Mind

Casey Plett is the author of A Dream of a Woman, Little Fish, A Safe Girl to Love, the co-editor of Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy From Transgender Writers, and the Publisher at LittlePuss Press. She has written for The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, the Winnipeg Free Press, and other publications. A winner of the Amazon First Novel Award, the Firecracker Award for Fiction, and a two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award, her work has also been nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Casey Plett

Drawing of a group of people helping each other over a labyrinth

Histories Of Transition

How One Dumb Woman Got On HRT In 2010

Lauren Theisen

Brett Howden scores against Sergei Bobrovsky

Some Goalies Just Can’t Handle Vegas

Albert Burneko

La Liga

Barcelona’s Pursuit Of Lionel Messi Is A Degrading Farce

Kelsey McKinney

The Phillies Finally Had Some Fun

‘The Idol’ Isn’t Good Enough To Be Shocking

There’s No Bottom In Oakland

Soraya Roberts

Helene Yorke and Drew Tarver in The Other Two

Why ‘The Other Two’ Is So Good

Luis Paez-Pumar

Duncan Robinson (55) of the Miami Heat flexes after a strong finish as Nikola Jokic (15) and Denver Nuggets teammates head to the bench for a timeout in the fourth quarter of Miami's 111-108 win during Game 2 of the NBA Finals at Ball Arena in Denver on Sunday, June 4, 2023

A Little Duncan Robinson Can Go A Long Way

David Roth

PITTSBURGH, PA - APRIL 25: Noah Syndergaard #43 of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks on from the dugout in the fifth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on April 25, 2023 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

Twilight Of The Thunder God

DENVER, CO - JUNE 4: Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat looks on during Game Two of the 2023 NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets on June 4, 2023 at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2023 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

Miami Punches Back

The Fights

Claressa Shields Is As Great As It’s Possible To Be

Horses race in the 2023 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs

Horse Racing

Horse Racing To Hide Somewhere Else Until Storm Blows Over

Linesman Jonny Murray separates Nicolas Hague #14 of the Vegas Golden Knights and Matthew Tkachuk #19 of the Florida Panthers during a fight

Vegas Will Tolerate No Rats In The Cup

Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals, looking sad

Extremely Depressing Report: Stephen Strasburg’s Body Is A Wreck

Zillowing Out

A $700,000 House Where We Can Go Creek Mode

The 'Oath of the Tennis Court' painted by Auguste Clouder. The painting commemorates the meeting of the Third Estate in France in which all bar one of the 600 deputies swore an oath not to separate until a constitution had been established, June 20, 1989.

Staff Chat

Come Hurl Your Questions At The Defector Staff

Ray Ratto

Miami's Duncan Robinson argues with referee Eric Davis during Game 1 of the NBA Finals

The Heat Have Bigger Problems Than The Refs

DENVER, COLORADO - JUNE 01: Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets reacts after a 104-93 victory against the Miami Heat in Game One of the 2023 NBA Finals at Ball Arena on June 01, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)