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EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - OCTOBER 22: Dexter Lawrence II #97 and Kayvon Thibodeaux #5 of the New York Giants sack Sam Howell #14 of the Washington Commanders in the second quarter of the game at MetLife Stadium on October 22, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

Washington Commanders v New York Giants

Sam Howell Cannot Stop Getting Sacked

<p>Andre Kobayashi Deckrow is Post-Doctoral Associate in the Heritage Studies and Public History program and the Department of History at the University of Minnesota. He is currently working on a book about Japanese state-led migration to São Paulo in the 1920s and &#8217;30s. When not teaching or researching, he can be found rooting for Seattle sports teams or cooking Japanese food.</p>


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Pedro Okuda of Team Brazil celebrates a win over Panama in the WBC qualifiers in 2012.

World Baseball Classic Qualifier 3  Game 6: Team Panama v Team Brazil

How Baseball Became Brazilian

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


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Dan McQuade

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College Football

Michigan State: Sorry For Putting Hitler On Our Jumbotron

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Tom Ley

Jose Leclerc #25 of the Texas Rangers celebrates after striking out Jon Singleton #28 of the Houston Astros to end the eighth inning in Game Six of the American League Championship Series at Minute Maid Park on October 22, 2023 in Houston, Texas.

Championship Series – Texas Rangers v Houston Astros – Game Six

José Leclerc Stepped Away From The Void

Dave McKenna

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Music

You Too Can Score Cheap On The Open Market For Dead People’s (Hammond) Organs

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Albert Burneko

Arizona's Zac Gallen and Philadelphia's Bryce Harper watch Harper's sixth-inning home run soar into the night during Philadelphia's 6-1 win in Game 5 of the NLCS.

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Never Make Zac Gallen Face Kyle Schwarber And Bryce Harper In The Same Inning Ever Again

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Chris Thompson

Signage during the LIV Golf Invitational -Miami at Trump National Doral Miami on October 20, 2023 in Doral, Florida.

Golf

39,000 Steps At A LIV Golf Party In Trumpland

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The Fights

UFC Fave Volkanovski Takes Bad And Unnecessary Beating In Abu Dhabi

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Oh What The Heck, Here’s A Weekend Open Thread

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Robert Rubsam

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Arts And Culture

Charles Bissell Has Finally Moved On From The Wrens

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Lauren Theisen

Indiana v Michigan

Connor Stalions Implicated In Latest Alleged Scheme Carried Out By Jim Harbaugh


<p>Corey Atad is a freelancer writer based in Toronto with an unhealthy Air Bud obsession.</p>


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Corey Atad

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Defector At The Movies

The Survival Of Independent Cinema Begins With The Belief Of Those Who Make It

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Luis Paez-Pumar

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Into The Woods

In ‘Under The Skin’, The Woods Are The Final Isolation

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Barry Petchesky

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Dare You Traverse The Tricky Trail?


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Sabrina Imbler

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When The Legs Are A Lie

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Onterrio Smith of the Minnesota Vikings diving for some extra yards in a NFL Playoff Game against the Eagles in January of 2005.

NFC Divisional Game: Minnesota Vikings v Philadelphia Eagles

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Holiday In Onterrio

<p>Mark Dent is a writer at The Hustle. His work has appeared in <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>Texas Monthly</em>, Vox, <em>Wired</em>, <em>The Kansas City Star</em>, and elsewhere. He lives in Dallas.</p>


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<p>Rustin Dodd is a writer at The Athletic and a 2023-24 Knight-Wallace fellow at the University of Michigan. He previously worked as a sportswriter at <em>The Kansas City Star</em> from 2010 to 2017. He lives in Brooklyn.</p>


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Mike Garrett of the Kansas City Chiefs rushing against the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I, on Jan. 15, 1967.

Mike Garrett in Football Action

Book Excerpts That Don't Suck

The Scout Who Integrated The Kansas City Chiefs

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Alysha Clark #7 of the Las Vegas Aces helps teammate Jackie Young #0 up off the court in the second quater against the New York Liberty during Game Four of the 2023 WNBA Finals at Barclays Center on October 18, 2023 in New York City.

2023 WNBA Finals – Game Four

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The Aces Are The Aces Are The Aces

<p>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 <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


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Drew Magary

JAPAN, TOKYO - MARCH 17 : Sumo Wrestler Training in Sumida. Sumo wrestlers training in the Azumazeki-beya, located at Higashi–Komagata, Sumida. The sumo-beya, aka heya ('room') is an organization of sumo wrestlers where they train and live. All wrestlers in professional sumo must belong to one. There are currently 43 heya on MARCH 17, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Life With Manboobs

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Israel Daramola

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Carrie Brownstein, Janet Weiss and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney perform at Barnsdall Art Park as part of ArthurFest on September 4, 2005.

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Defector Music Club Gets Lost In Sleater-Kinney’s ‘The Woods’

The cover of Esther Yi's novel Y/N, featuring a woman dancing near a mirror.

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Defector Reads A Book

Defector Reads A Book Is Getting Low-Key Parasocial With It

Max Scherzer of the Texas Rangers looks unhappy as he watches Jose Altuve's home run fly into the left-field stands.

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Cars and horseback riders share a packed country road in 1935.

Life's Rich Pageant

Freakin’ Traffic Is Ruining My Life!

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I Resent My Accursed Allergy Shots, Unless They Work, In Which Case I Love Them!

P.J. Tucker#17 James Harden #1 and Tyrese Maxey #0 of the Philadelphia 76ers during an open scrimmage on October 14, 2023 at Chase Fieldhouse in Wilmington, Delaware.

Philadelphia 76ers Open Scrimmage

James Harden Has Made His Next Move

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