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David Roth

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Podcasts

One Last $12 Hot Chocolate For 2021

Soraya Roberts

Cold Comforts

‘Elle’ Is The Kind Of Dark, Twisted, Sexy Christmas Movie Only Paul Verhoeven Could Dream Up

Maitreyi Anantharaman

Staff Writer
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Chris Thompson

What The Hell Is This Company The 76ers Just Partnered With?

Patrick Redford

Barcelona's US defender Sergino Dest controls the ball during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and Deportivo Alaves at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on October 30, 2021. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP) (Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)

Soccer

Sergiño Dest Is Probably Moving On Up From Barcelona And It Feels Terrible

Lauren Theisen

I Grant You Permission To Care About These Boys At The World Juniors

Kelsey McKinney

If You Defend Davante Adams Like A Coward, He Will Show Everyone The Screenshots

Tom Ley

English Premier League

Premier League Managers Are Fed Up

Joe Johnson Scored A Bucket In An NBA Game In 2021

Lori Teresa Yearwood is a trauma-aware and trauma-sensitive journalist currently covering the U.S. housing crisis for The Economic Hardship Reporting Project. A former reporter for the Miami Herald, the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Syracuse Newspapers, she has always written stories about people from populations that have been marginalized.

Lori Teresa Yearwood

How Are You Coping With That?

Facing Trauma When Your Parent Is Homeless

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 01: Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide walks on the field, masked prior to the 2021 College Football Playoff Semifinal Game at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Capital One against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at AT&amp;T Stadium on January 01, 2021 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

College Football

The New College Football Playoff Protocols Leave Zero Wiggle Room

Ganymede Global Geologic Map and Global Image Mosaic

Science

NASA Would Like You To Check Out These Spooky Space Noises

Interviews

Swole Woman Casey Johnston Wants To Teach You What Your Body Is For

Infinite Replay

The Lightning Strike That Rewired My Brain

The NBA Has Initiated The Joe Johnson Protocols

Leon Draisaitl of Germany skates against United States during the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Slovakia group A game between Germany and United States at Steel Arena on May 19, 2019 in Kosice, Slovakia.

Some Dreams Of Mine That Have Died Due To NHL Players Not Going To The Olympics

Barry Petchesky

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 28: T.J. Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals goes after the puck against Adam Fox #23 and Chris Kreider #20 of the New York Rangers in the second period at Capital One Arena on March 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

NHLers Won’t Go To The Olympics Thanks To This Damn Omicron

Do Not Show Me Garrett Gilbert

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

Dan McQuade

Buck Showalter and his wife against an all white background

Defector Up All Night

Buck Showalter: “Let’s Go Mets, Let’s Go!” [This Meeting Has Been Ended By Host]

Iranian chess prodigy Alireza Firouzja (L), 17-years-old, plays against Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, 30-years-old, in the first round of the international chess tournament TataSteel Chess Tournament 2021 in Wijk aan Zee on January 16, 2021. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Chess

Magnus Carlsen Says He’ll Only Defend His Title Against Teenage Genius Alireza Firouzja

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

PASADENA, CA, DECEMBER 17: Candy Cane lights and a projected "Happy Holidays" wish adorn a house on December 17, 2003 in Pasadena, California. Many of southern California's better holiday lights displays are in Pasadena. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Funbag

Candy Canes Are Shit

Ray Ratto

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 20: Alec Martinez #23 of the Vegas Golden Knights defends the net against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first period of their game at T-Mobile Arena on February 20, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Golden Knights defeated the Lightning 5-3. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

One Last Hockey Game, For All The Spike Proteins

Joel Embiid Tramples Freedom

Albert Burneko

Bruce Arians Debased Himself Because That’s His Job

Laura Wagner

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - MARCH 26: The closed box office is shown at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on March 26, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees Opening Day game scheduled for today, along with the entire MLB season, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

An MLB Network Freelancer Talks Life In Lockout Limbo

Life's Rich Pageant

Let Me Be A Ham Sniffer

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