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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Alyssa Thomas #25 of the Connecticut Sun celebrates with DeWanna Bonner #24 after converting a steal in the fourth quarter against the Las Vegas Aces during Game Three of their Third Round playoff at Feld Entertainment Center on September 24, 2020 in Palmetto, Florida.

WNBA

Alyssa Thomas Pays The Price

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Staff Chat

Come Chat With The Defector Staff

David Roth

Salvador Perez congratulates his teammates, all of whom are somehow much smaller than him.

Salvador Perez Is Putting Up The Performance This Dumb Season Deserves

Patrick Dubuque is a writer and editor at Baseball Prospectus.

Patrick Dubuque

Baseball Was Already Broken

Lauren Theisen

Colorado Rockies players celebrate after their win against the San Francisco Giants

The National League Is A Toilet That Still Needs To Be Unclogged

Samer Kalaf

Bailiff dives over staircase railing as he fails to apprehend drug offender

Sports Highlight Of The Day

The Sports Lowlight Of The Day Is This Bailiff Tumbling Down The Stairs As He Tries To Uphold A Broken System

Life Lessons

Are You The “What?” Person In Your Relationship?

Billy Haisley

Barcelona's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (L) celebrates after scoring the 1-2 during the UEFA Champions League Final football match between Juventus and FC Barcelona at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on June 6, 2015.

Soccer

Luis Suárez Gave Barcelona Just As Much As It Gave Him

Jamal Murray Found Out Just How Much It Sucks To Run Into LeBron James

Patrick Redford

Defector Up All Night

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Chris Thompson

Patriots owner Robert Kraft wears a protective mask with "We Are All Patriots" stamped next to a Patriots logo.

Just Like That, Robert Kraft’s Solicitation Case Is Kaput

Media Meltdowns

Jason Whitlock Made Some Important Points In Front Of Congress Today

Some delicious flat-leaf Italian parsley to look at.

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Frank Talk About Parsley, With Tim Marchman

Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.

Dan McQuade

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This Chonky Cat Is 29.5 Pounds

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Drew Magary

Jamboroo

Fuck Adam Schefter

Cycling

Chloe Dygert’s Grisly Crash Was Particularly Cruel

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Barcelona's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez arrives at the Joan Gamper Ciutat Esportiva in Sant Joan Despi near Barcelona for a training session on September 8, 2020.

Italian University Under Investigation For Helping Luis Suárez Cheat On Citizenship Test

Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer smiles during a pregame interview.

Trevor Bauer Should Just Admit It

Dave McKenna

The Story Behind Brian’s Song, The Biggest Sports Movie In TV History

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Medwyn and Gwenda Williams pose in front of their award-winning display at the 2019 Chelsea Flower Show

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An Interview With Competitive Gardener Medwyn Williams, King Of The Vegetable Realm

Nikita Kucherov #86 of the Tampa Bay Lightning scores a goal past Anton Khudobin #35 of the Dallas Stars

You Can’t Make Things Easy For The Lightning

Tyler Herro #14 of the Miami Heat and Goran Dragic #7 of the Miami Heat react after their win over the Boston Celtics in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals.

20-Year-Old Rookie Tyler Herro Brought The Heat To The Brink Of The NBA Finals

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David Chao speaks onstage during day 2 of SiriusXM at Super Bowl LIV on January 30, 2020 in Miami, Florida.

David Chao Shares The Only Expertise He Has By Weighing In On A Chargers Doctor’s Screwup

Manchester City's English midfielder Phil Foden (C back) shoots to score his team's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City at the Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, central England on September 21, 2020. (Photo by Stu FORSTER / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by STU FORSTER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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