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Patrick Redford

Belgian Wout Van Aert of Team Jumbo-Visma celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 21 and last stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 108,4 km from Chatou to Paris in France, Sunday 18 July 2021. This year's Tour de France takes place from 26 June to 18 July 2021.

CYCLING TOUR DE FRANCE 2021 LAST STAGE 21

Cycling

Wout van Aert Brought The Tour de France To Life

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Tom Ley

Media Meltdowns

Perhaps We Have Run Out Of Sports Documentary Subjects

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Samer Kalaf

Reds pitcher Sonny Gray rubs his butt against the mound during Sunday's game.

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Sonny Gray Self-Reports Gunk On His Pants, Rubs His Butt On Pitcher’s Mound

Patrick Wyman is the host of the Tides of History podcast, which is currently covering prehistory from the dawn of humanity to the Bronze Age. Prior to that, he was the host of the Fall of Rome podcast, which you might remember from Deadspin back in the day, where he also contributed pieces on mixed martial arts. In previous lives, he wrote about MMA for Bleacher Report and the Washington Post, and completed a PhD in History at the University of Southern California.

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Patrick Wyman

Medieval Arms And Armor

Book Excerpts That Don't Suck

Götz von Berlichingen Had A (Literal) Iron Fist And A Front-Row Seat To The Military Revolution

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Barry Petchesky

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Laura Wagner

1934: Profile view of French actor Maurice Chevalier drinking a glass of water while seated in a folding chair on the set of director Ernst Lubitsch's film, 'The Merry Widow'. Chevalier wears a military uniform.

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Life Lessons

Barry And Laura Recommend: Glass Of Water

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Lauren Theisen

Eric Haase avoids a high and inside pitch

Cleveland Indians v Detroit Tigers

HBPs Are Out Of Control

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JULY 23: A general view of the Space Needle as the Seattle Kraken team flag is hung from above on July 23, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. The NHL revealed the franchise's new team name today. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)

Future Home Of NHL Team Seattle Kraken Climate Change Arena

The Seattle Kraken Can Win Right Away, But At What Price?

New York Mets v Pittsburgh Pirates

Do Not Ever Expect The Mets To Be Completely Normal

Investigations Editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

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Diana Moskovitz

The FBI seal is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, DC on July 5, 2016.

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Gymnastics

All The Times The FBI Did Not Seriously Investigate Larry Nassar But Did Try To Cover Its Ass

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Kelsey McKinney

Coming back from collect water, a woman, deprived of drinking water in her house, pushes a wheelbarrow containing a large pitcher of water on August 03, 1990 in Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, France.

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Kelsey And Diana Recommend: Giant Water Bottle

An image of Gritty in the dark looking vaguely strange and scary, if you did not know it was Gritty.

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Imagine You Are Camping And Encounter This

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Shooting Reported Near Nationals Park In Washington DC

Stop Acting Surprised By Gun Violence

2021 NBA Finals – Game Five

Giannis, Oh My God

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Zillowing Out

A $4 Million Home Some Rich People Ruined With Their Bad Taste

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Liz Cambage (C) of the Las Vegas Aces attends an exhibition game between Nigeria and the United States at Michelob ULTRA Arena ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games on July 10, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Liz Cambage Makes A Mysterious Exit From The Olympic Team

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Chris Thompson

LeBron James and Bugs Bunny.

Defector At The Movies

‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Is A Hell Known Only To The Undead

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What Exactly Did The Blazers Investigate?

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Ray Ratto

Team USA Basketball Training Session

It Might Just Not Be Our Quadrennial

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Defector Verifies Thomas Chatterton Williams

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

Triptych of Usain Bolt, the Peloton leaderboard (Usain wins 435-311) and me, Dan McQuade

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This Is So Stupid

I Lost To Usain Bolt In A Bike Race Next To My Bedroom

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Golf

A Big Day For Bellyachers

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Defector Up All Night

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Woman Watching A Sports Highlight

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David Roth

Giannis Antentokounmpo attempts a pass while being fouled by Chris Paul in Game 4 of the NBA Finals

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Podcasts

Talking About The Federal Limewire Enforcement Agency And The NBA Finals, With Gabe Fernandez

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Luis Paez-Pumar

Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in Marvel Studios' LOKI

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‘Loki’ Was Marvel’s Biggest Gamble, And It Almost Paid Off

Triptych of McGruff, an ad promoting McGruff's album, and McGruff again

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History

This McGruff Drug Album Might As Well Be By Weird Al

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