defector-orange-no-empty-space

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Footer Legal

Header - Categories

Header Menu

The last good website.

Topics

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.

defector-no-empty-space

Defector

NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On July 15

ten-minute-quarters-3-2-final-real-maybe (1)

Live Event

IMG_3819

Tom Ley

Screen Shot 2022-04-10 at 12.55.14 PM

Sports Highlight Of The Day

There Are Perfect Games, And Then There’s What Roki Sasaki Just Did

Screen Shot 2022-04-10 at 10.28.03 AM

Exasperated Buck Showalter Is The Early Star Of The MLB Season

AJSfPYY9_400x400-1

Kelsey McKinney

Image-from-iOS-6

Zillowing Out

A $1.3 Million House To Help Erode The Soul Of A Town

150896222_10159099371879636_7101222369896621357_o

Laura Wagner

Screen Shot 2022-04-08 at 4.13.48 PM

Defector Up All Night

Poor Gio Reyna

<div class="author-header-content">
<p>Charles P. Pierce is a writer at <em>Esquire</em> and the author of four books, most recently <em>Idiot America</em>, and has been a working journalist since 1976. He lives near Boston with his wife but no longer his three children.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</div>
<div class="author-header-shares"></div>


XrjaOfP__400x400

Charles P. Pierce

Tiger Woods celebrates on the eighteenth green after winning the 1997 Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, on April 13 1997. Woods finished with a record eighteen-under-par. / AFP PHOTO / Timothy A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

GOLF-MASTERS-WOODS

Golf

Tiger Woods, But Not Me, 25 Years Later

Image from iOS (36)

Luis Paez-Pumar

Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels on Opening Day at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on April 07, 2022 in Anaheim, California.

Houston Astros v Los Angeles Angels

The Angels Have To Make It Happen

<p>Staff Writer</p>
<p>Find me on Signal @DefectorChris.09</p>


Profile Pic

Chris Thompson

Animals

I Hereby Beg All Outside Creatures To Please Remain Outside Of My Home


<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>


DFmBbTQF_400x400

Dan McQuade

phan-atv

The Real Phillie Phanatic Is Back

<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div>Casey Taylor is a writer living and working in Pittsburgh. He is currently writing a book for St. Martin&#8217;s Press about cannabis religions, Haile Selassie I, and the Cold War in the Caribbean. He also writes a free newsletter called <a href="https://weedchurch.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://weedchurch.substack.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709306863919000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1mVH2xiID6S0zvlyj6yHco">Weed Church</a> covering foolish spiritual things that occur to him. His work has appeared in The New Republic, WIRED, New York Magazine, and a sports blog he can’t currently recall the name of. You can <a href="mailto:caseyt7@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">email</a> him if you’d like.</div>
</div>
<div class="yj6qo ajU"></div>
</div>
<div></div>


casey

Casey Taylor

The statue of Saint George as he vanquishes the dragon of nuclear war is made of actual pieces of Soviet SS-20 and United States Pershing nuclear missles which were destroyed as a result of their historic disarmament treaty. AFP PHOTO TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

The 1990 Monument “Good Defeats Evil” by

Arts And Culture

This Family Has Tattooed The Holy Land For Centuries

authorpic1294q9q7qfnn

Soraya Roberts

Still image from the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once.

everythingall

Defector At The Movies

‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Is Where The Chaotic, Splintered Universes Of Modern Life All Collide

2019-01-01 00:15:14.989

Maitreyi Anantharaman

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 07: Matty Beniers #10 of the Michigan skates during the third period of the Frozen Four semifinal game between the Michigan Wolverines and Denver Pioneers at TD Garden on April 07, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts.

2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship

College Hockey

The Most Stacked Team In College Hockey Falls Short

<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>


drewkid-1-e1599592436888

Drew Magary

Father entertains five children with a toy airplane as mother carries in a tray of food circa 1950. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Playing With The Kids

Dadfector

34 Things I Say To My Kids A Million Times A Day

VictorPortraitWClaw

David Roth

Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets, seemingly looking at the Distraction logo.

New York Knicks v Denver Nuggets

Podcasts

The NBA Playoffs And Watching R-Rated Movies With Your Parents, With Rohan Nadkarni

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 26: Head coach Brian Flores of the Miami Dolphins looks on during the second half of a game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on September 26, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Raiders defeated the Dolphins 31-28 in overtime.

Miami Dolphins v Las Vegas Raiders

Brian Flores’s NFL Discrimination Lawsuit Is Gaining Steam

CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 28: A fan of the Chicago White Sox looks over his scorecard in the outfield during the last game of the season against the Toronto Blue Jays at U.S. Cellular Field on September 28, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. The Blue Jays defeated the White Sox 3-2.

Toronto Blue Jays v Chicago White Sox

Life Lessons

Keep A List Of Players You Like

IMG_6025-800

Albert Burneko

An old-timey photo of some kids gardening in New York City

GettyImages-81718819

Elder Wisdom

Grow A Little Herb Garden

Everton FC v Arsenal FC – Premier League

Soccer

How Do You Explain A Disaster Like Everton?

-b9trzb

Lauren Theisen

26Sep 1995: General view of outfield shadow during a San Francisco Giants practice at 3Com Park in San Francisco, California. Mandatory Credit: Otto Greule /Allsport

San Francisco Giants

MLB Says It’ll Expand Its Audience By Making Baseball Harder To Watch

Francis Coquelin of Villarreal CF celebrates a goal which was later disallowed after a VAR review during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Leg One match between Villarreal CF and Bayern München at Estadio de la Ceramica on April 06, 2022 in Villarreal, Spain.

Villarreal CF v Bayern München – Quarter Final Leg One – UEFA Champions League

Villarreal Took The Game To Bayern Munich, And Won

espresso machine that looks like Sen. Bernie Sanders

bernie

This Is So Stupid

This Looks Like Bernie

A picture taken on February 13, 2022 shows a cup of espresso coffee at the historic Gran Caffe Gambrinus in Naples, Italy. - A shot of dark, velvety coffee is more than just a quick caffeine hit: Italy's espresso is a prized social and cultural ritual the country considers a national heritage worthy of Unesco status. Gran Caffe Gambrinus is a historic cafe, pasticceria, and gelateria that opened in Naples in 1860. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

ITALY-HERITAGE-LIFESTYLE-TRADITION-COFFEE

Coffee: A Delayed Love Story

Camden Yards

The Orioles Mangled The One Nice Thing About Their Whole Shitty Baseball Operation

bh def prof pic

Billy Haisley

Gabriel Jesus, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish of Manchester City prepare to come on during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Leg One match between Manchester City and Atletico Madrid at City of Manchester Stadium on April 05, 2022 in Manchester, England.

The Players Make The Game

Lonzo Ball Is Done, And So Are The Bulls

Los Angeles Angels v Los Angeles Dodgers

Better Than The Last Inning Let’s Go

All Articles