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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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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Live Event

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Patrick Redford

Justin Herbert winding up before unloading.

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Justin Herbert Touched The Sky With This Pass

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Tom Ley

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Logan Roy Is An American

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

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Giri Nathan

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 12: Race winner and 2021 F1 World Drivers Champion Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing celebrates with his team after the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit on December 12, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi

Racing

Let’s Banter About The Finish At The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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Samer Kalaf

South Dakota teachers scrabble on a canvas for dollar bills during a hockey game

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Capital

Hockey Team And Mortgage Company Partner Up To Humiliate Local Teachers

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Ray Ratto

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This Is So Stupid

The Time Has Come For Us To Turn Sports Over To The Animals

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Ben Tippett

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Magnus Carlsen And Ian Nepomniachtchi Brought Classic Sports Drama To Chess

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - DECEMBER 12: Head coach Urban Meyer of the Jacksonville Jaguars reacts after the game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on December 12, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Jacksonville Jaguars v Tennessee Titans

Do Not Fire Urban Meyer. Do Not Give Him What He Wants.

Kalyn Kahler

Baltimore Ravens v Pittsburgh Steelers

Ravens Waste Justin Tucker’s First Successful Onside Kick With A Short Slant

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Dan McQuade

Urban Meyer Postgame Physical chart, and the red is circling around multiple times

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How Is Urban Meyer Feeling Today?

Red Bull driver Max verstappen celebrates with teammates

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F1’s Controversial Finale Would Make A Really Good TV Show

Jacksonville Jaguars v Los Angeles Rams

Did Urban Meyer Only Hire “Losers?” An Investigation

Matisse Thybulle celebrates with his arms out

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Matisse Thybulle Blocked Steph Curry’s Shots Into The Delaware River

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Albert Burneko

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Chefector

A Pot Of Beans, By Any Other Name

F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi – Qualifying

Defector Up All Night

You! There! Come Join The Weekend Open Thread!

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David Roth

The extremely unmemorable guy Chad Hutchinson, seen here calling a play against the Eagles in 2002.

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Remembering Chad Hutchinson In Public, With Kelsey McKinney

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - MAY 23: George Bello #21 of Atlanta United against Alex Roldan #16 of Seattle Sounders during the first half at Lumen Field on May 23, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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What Is This USMNT Guy’s Deal: George Bello

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A highly venomous Golden Lancehead snake is seen at the Butantan Institue -which supplies the Ministry of Health, with many snakes' venom for its ditribution countrywide- in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2019. - In 2018 nearly 29,000 people were bitten by snakes in Brazil, of which over a hundred were killed. Most of the cases were in the vast and remote Amazon basin, far away from hospitals stocked with antivenom. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Lynlee Renick Found Guilty In Snake King Murder Trial

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Luis Paez-Pumar

General view of a Tottenham sign under the arch outside the stadium before the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Watford FC at Wembley Stadium on January 30, 2019 in London, United Kingdom.

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Tottenham’s COVID-19 Outbreak Is Worrying

CALGARY, AB - NOVEMBER 24: Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans and a single Hamilton Tiger-Cats fan rally their team prior to the 107th Grey Cup Championship Game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats during at McMahon Stadium on November 24, 2019 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Derek Leung/Getty Images)

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Grey Cup Week Is The Anti-NFL At Its Best

Ron Harper Jr. celebrates after his buzzer beater lifted Rutgers

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College Basketball

Rutgers Finally Hit Some Threes, Including One Really Big One, To Beat Purdue

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Chris Thompson

The Lake Show Is Awful Television

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Barry Petchesky

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Chase Claypool Perhaps Loves His “Little First-Down Point” A Bit Too Much

Fran Hoepfner is a writer and teacher.

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Fran Hoepfner

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Life Lessons

My Brush With Puzzle Brain

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Laura Wagner

New York Times Seeks Buyouts Before Imposing Layoffs

Media Meltdowns

Wirecutter Union Files Labor Grievance After “Vindictive” New York Times Withheld Holiday Pay

Minnesota Vikings v Detroit Lions

The Vikings’ Defense Specializes In Blowing It At The Worst Possible Time

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