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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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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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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.

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Drew Magary

Licensing Expo 2016

Funbag

Let’s Remember Some Toys

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Patrick Redford

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder in action during the second half of a game against the Utah Jazz at Delta Center on February 21, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah. 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 Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)

Oklahoma City Thunder v Utah Jazz

The Thunder Need Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s Greatness To Be Enough

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Samer Kalaf

Palestinians walk through the destruction in Gaza.

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Interviews

Pankaj Mishra On Gaza, The Memory Of The Holocaust, And The “Very Dark World” To Come

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Israel Daramola

West & Trump In The White House

Arts And Culture

How Donald Trump Won Rap Back

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Tom Ley

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Life's Rich Pageant

The Cranks Next Door

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Lauren Theisen

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin during player introductions at the 2017 skills competition

NHL: JAN 28 All-Star Skills Competition

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Newcastle United's Alexander Isak celebrates scoring his side's fourth goal from the penalty spot during the Premier League match between Newcastle United FC and Nottingham Forest FC at St James' Park on February 23, 2025 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Newcastle United FC v Nottingham Forest FC – Premier League

Soccer

Alexander Isak Has Reached The Mountaintop

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Kelsey McKinney

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The Scorebug Snuggery: The Phillies Abandon “P00P”

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The Grim Reaper Is Headed To Philadelphia

Warhol's 'Ladies And Gentlemen' portraits in the Warhol Museum gallery

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Lost At The Warhol

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Dmitrii Bivol fights Artur Beterbiev as the headline act of Beterbiev v Bivol 2: The Last Crescendo at Kingdom Arena on February 22, 2025 in Riyadh.

Beterbiev v Bivol 2: The Last Crescendo – Fight Night

The Fights

We’ll Take More Bivol Vs. Beterbiev, Less Of Everything Else

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Charli XCX attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

67th Annual GRAMMY Awards – Red Carpet

Crosswords

The Crossword, Feb. 24: Counter

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Sabrina Imbler

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Top down image of a pile of dirty dishes and saucepans sitting on a countertop in a kitchen

Life Lessons

The Year Of No Dishwasher

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Ray Ratto

Ruben Amorim, Manager of Manchester United, reacts during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Manchester United FC at Goodison Park on February 22, 2025. He has his hand over his mouth and looks aghast.

Everton FC v Manchester United FC – Premier League

Does Manchester United Exist? Its Manager’s Answer May Surprise You

and Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors celebrate after Butler scored and was fouled on the shot against the Dallas Mavericks on February 23, 2025.

Dallas Mavericks v Golden State Warriors

The Warriors Might Be Onto Something

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he Colorado Rockies mascot performs before the MLB Spring Training baseball game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies on February 22, 2025 at Salt River Fields.

MLB: FEB 22 Spring Training Diamondbacks at Rockies

There Is Something Like Baseball On

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This Is The Last Thing You See Before You Die (If You Are A Crab)

Klay Thompson making the stink-face after hitting a three, being congratulated by an erased visual vacuum shaped exactly like Luka Doncic and with a Mavs logo where his head should be, in a frame from a since-deleted Mavericks hype video.

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Dallas Mavericks Oafishly Edit Hype Video, Then Delete Hype Video

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Who Gets To Determine A Hate Crime?

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Chris Kluwe Arrested At City Council Meeting For Calling Out Garish MAGA Plaque

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Ali Domrongchai

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AI Food

The Machines

Glossy, Gunky And Ready In Minutes: AI Meal Recipes Are Overrunning The Internet

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It’s Snowing Sea Cucumbers At The Bottom Of The Sea

Austin Wells in action, looks on from behind the plate vs Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium. Game 5. Big ol mustache on his upper lip.

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The New York Yankees No Longer Have To Look Like That, Will Still Be Acting Like That

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 28: Cash Cobain and Bay Swag attend Funk Flex Winter Fest on December 28, 2024 in New York City. Cobain is wearing a Yankees cap and sunglasses. He has a beard that's short and hit shis chin. He's in a blue hoodie. Bay Wag is wearing a big gold chain, sunglasses, a baseball hat, a very diamond-encrusted watch, and holding a plastic bottle of water in one hand and a microphone in the other

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Listening Habits

How Do You Make Sex And Party Music For An Era Uninterested In Both?

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - FEBRUARY 20: Connor McDavid #97 of Team Canada reacts after scoring the game-winning goal during the first overtime period of the 4 Nations Face-Off Championship game between Team Canada and Team United States at TD Garden on February 20, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Ben Jackson/4NFO/World Cup of Hockey via Getty Images)

NHL 4 Nations Face-Off – Championship

The Game Always Speaks For Itself

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