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Make It Nice

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Why Your Team Sucks

Why Your Team Sucks 2026: Detroit Lions

College Football

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John Saward

Actor James Gandolfini in scene from HBO TV drama series The Sopranos.

Arts And Culture

James Gandolfini Had A Lot In His Bag

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Owen Lewis is a former Defector intern and has written for The Guardian, The Second Serve, The Athletic, and other publications.

Owen Lewis

Interviews

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Patrick Redford

Music

Charli XCX Made A Beautiful Monument To Impermanence

Mike Kinsella of American Football performs onstage during a concert at O2 Academy Leeds.

American Football Is Still Making Magic

Annie Berke

The Sports Idiot Is Dead, Long Live The Sports Idiot

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Grace Byron

Books

Claire Stapleton Helped Write The Myth Of Google, But Now She’s Trying To Tell The Truth

Nick Martin

Danny McBride Leaves You Wandering

Natalie Weiner

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Can Men Stop Hating Women?

Annie Geng

‘I Want Your Sex’ Is A Raunchy Plea For Young People To Have More Fun

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25 Rap Songs For America’s 250th

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David Roth

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Podcasts

Folkways Of The Contemporary Sex Idiot, With Kelsey McKinney And Alex Sujong Laughlin

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Soccer

Alexi Lalas Has Already Worn Out His Welcome

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