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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Tom Ley

Am I A Bug To You?

Jae Towle Vieira [they/them] works as a producer for Normal Gossip. Their fiction has been published in The Normal School, New England Review, Carve Magazine, Passages North, Fairy Tale Review, and elsewhere.

Jae Towle Vieira

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Make It Nice

Make It Nice: How Much Can One Room Do?

Ray Ratto

Przemyslaw Adam Frankowski (29) of Galatasaray receives yellow card during Turkish Super Lig week 33 football match between ikas Eyupspor and Galatasaray at Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium in Istanbul, Turkiye on April 27, 2025.

Gambling

Turkish Soccer Is Eating America’s Lunch When It Comes To Gambling Suspensions

<a href="http://www.ddavisla.com">David Davis </a>is the author of Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans From World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation and Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Marty Reisman, holder of 18 International and US National table tennis titles, and author of the 1974 book "The Money Player" in which he described his life traveling the world, playing high-stakes matches. Reisman won the 1997 United States National Hardbat championship. Now at age 77, he is probably the oldest person ever to win an open US national title in a racquet sport. (Photo by Neville Elder/Corbis via Getty Images)

Table Tennis

The Real Marty Supreme

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

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Big Words Are Big Fun

Kelsey McKinney

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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Is Flawed Because His Creature Is Not

Lauren Theisen

Connor McDavid #97 of the Edmonton Oilers carries the puck in the offensive zone

Connor McDavid Broke The Blue Jackets

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Chris Thompson

Nico Harrison Is Toast

Louisiana State Tigers head coach Brian Kelly yells to an official during a game between the Vanderbilt Commodores and Louisiana State Tigers, October 18, 2025.

College Football

There Is No One To Cheer For In The Case Of Brian Kelly v. LSU

Luis Paez-Pumar

Andrew Wiggins #22 of the Miami Heat dunks the ball in overtime to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers at Kaseya Center on November 10, 2025 in Miami, Florida.

The Heat And Cavs Played The Wildest Eight Seconds Of The Season

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Sabrina Imbler

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Let Us Now Celebrate Our Extinct Short King, Nanotyrannus

Israel Daramola

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Everybody Stand Down: New Yorker Columnist’s Child Doesn’t Care About Sports Gambling

Giri Nathan

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Tennis

Elena Rybakina Reigned Over A Tour That Suspended Her Coach For Abuse

Patrick Redford

Kings head coach Doug Christie looking confused.

The Kings Are An Abomination

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The New York Giants Finally Saw Enough From Brian Daboll

Deion Sanders sitting at a table during a press conference.

What’s Left For Deion Sanders And Colorado?

Kathryn Xu

Emmanuel Clase #48 of the Cleveland Guardians celebrates the team's 8-6 win over the Athletics.

What’s One Rigged Pitch?

Brian Brobbey of Sunderland AFC scores a late equalizing goal for Sunderland during the Premier League match between Sunderland and Arsenal at the Stadium Of Light in Sunderland, England, on November 8, 2025.

Soccer

Sunderland Doesn’t Need To Die To Get To Heaven

Donald Trump smiles woodenly from the owner's box at the Nov. 9 Commanders game.

Booooooo! Boooooooo!!!

Maitreyi Anantharaman

Paul Skenes #30 of the Pittsburgh Pirates throws during a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on September 24, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Crosswords

The Crossword, Nov. 10: What’s In A Name?

Emmanuel Clase #48 of the Cleveland Guardians reacts after striking out Patrick Bailey #14 of the San Francisco Giants in the bottom of the ninth inning to end the game at Oracle Park on June 18, 2025 in San Francisco, California. The Guardians won the game 4-2

Emmanuel Clase And Luis Ortiz Indicted For Elaborate Pitch-Rigging Scheme

Fox Sports play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson before a college basketball game between the St. John's Red Storm and the Connecticut Huskies at Madison Square Garden on February 23, 2025 in New York City.

At Last, Gus Johnson Meets An Octave He Cannot Defeat

U.S. President Donald J. Trump (R) talks with Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris before a state dinner at the Lusail Palace on May 14, 2025, in Doha, Qatar. The visit underscores the strategic partnership between the United States and Qatar, focusing on regional security and economic collaboration.

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