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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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DeChambeau begins his interview with Collins, minutes before he gets to the 9/11 stuff

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Golf

The LIV-PGA Shit-Eating Tour Is A Marvel To Behold

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.

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Podcasts

Vibesmithing Via Committee

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Albert Burneko

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Lionel Messi Chooses Inter Miami

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Tom Ley

Steve Clemons screams at a climate activist

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Media Meltdowns

Semafor Shithead Screams At Climate Activists

Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.

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Dan McQuade

Tik Tok screenshots of "Livvy Rizzed Baby Gronk"

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This Is So Stupid

Livvy Rizzing Up Baby Gronk, Explained

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Dana Evans #11 of the Chicago Sky reacts against the Washington Mystics at Wintrust Arena on May 26, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.

Washington Mystics v Chicago Sky

WNBA

The Chicago Sky Taught Me It Was OK To Win Now

Paul Moller's very first prototype, the M200X, is a sort of vertical-takeoff flying saucer.

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Journalismism

It’s Time To Show Ship

Alek Manoah #6 of the Toronto Blue Jays watches recording on the iPad in the dugout after getting pulled from the game in the first inning against the Houston Astros in their MLB game at the Rogers Centre on June 5, 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Houston Astros v Toronto Blue Jays

Alek Manoah Blew His Way Out Of The Majors

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Chris Thompson

A rainbow over a mostly empty Oakland Coliseum.

The Athletics’ Las Vegas Dreams Are At Least Temporarily On Hold

Gollum looks around; where are the buttholes?

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Video Games

The Video Game Where You Play As A Tortured Wretch Isn’t Very Fun

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Israel Daramola

A scoreboard at the LIV Golf event at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma on May 13.

LIV Golf Invitational – Tulsa – Day Two

The PGA Tour Has Suddenly Merged With LIV Golf

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

WUHAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: (CHINA OUT) Zhang Juncai, one of China's tallest men, who measures 2.42 metres in height, walks through the streets on November 23, 2004 in Wuhan, China. Zhang, from Shanxi province, is in Wuhan to seek treatment for his overweight problem. (Photo by China Pix/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Zhang Juncai

Tall Man Zhang Juncai Seeks Treatment in Wuhan

Funbag

The World Still Isn’t Designed With Tall People In Mind

Casey Plett is the author of A Dream of a Woman, Little Fish, A Safe Girl to Love, the co-editor of Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy From Transgender Writers, and the Publisher at LittlePuss Press. She has written for The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, the Winnipeg Free Press, and other publications. A winner of the Amazon First Novel Award, the Firecracker Award for Fiction, and a two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award, her work has also been nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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Casey Plett

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Histories Of Transition

How One Dumb Woman Got On HRT In 2010

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Lauren Theisen

Brett Howden scores against Sergei Bobrovsky

2023 NHL Stanley Cup Final – Game Two

Some Goalies Just Can’t Handle Vegas

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La Liga

Barcelona’s Pursuit Of Lionel Messi Is A Degrading Farce

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Kelsey McKinney

Detroit Tigers v Philadelphia Phillies

The Phillies Finally Had Some Fun

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‘The Idol’ Isn’t Good Enough To Be Shocking

Oakland Athletics v Miami Marlins

There’s No Bottom In Oakland

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Soraya Roberts

Helene Yorke and Drew Tarver in The Other Two

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Why ‘The Other Two’ Is So Good

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Duncan Robinson (55) of the Miami Heat flexes after a strong finish as Nikola Jokic (15) and Denver Nuggets teammates head to the bench for a timeout in the fourth quarter of Miami's 111-108 win during Game 2 of the NBA Finals at Ball Arena in Denver on Sunday, June 4, 2023

DENVER NUGGETS VS MIAMI HEAT, NBA PLAYOFFS

A Little Duncan Robinson Can Go A Long Way

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PITTSBURGH, PA - APRIL 25: Noah Syndergaard #43 of the Los Angeles Dodgers looks on from the dugout in the fifth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on April 25, 2023 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

Los Angeles Dodgers v Pittsburgh Pirates

Twilight Of The Thunder God

DENVER, CO - JUNE 4: Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat looks on during Game Two of the 2023 NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets on June 4, 2023 at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. 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. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2023 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

2023 NBA Finals – Miami Heat v Denver Nuggets

Miami Punches Back

Claressa Shields v Maricela Cornejo

The Fights

Claressa Shields Is As Great As It’s Possible To Be

Horses race in the 2023 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs

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Horse Racing

Horse Racing To Hide Somewhere Else Until Storm Blows Over

Linesman Jonny Murray separates Nicolas Hague #14 of the Vegas Golden Knights and Matthew Tkachuk #19 of the Florida Panthers during a fight

2023 NHL Stanley Cup Final – Game One

Vegas Will Tolerate No Rats In The Cup

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