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Soccer

Croatia Will Say Goodbye To A Legend In Qatar

Alvaro Morata of Spain celebrates scoring Spain goal during the UEFA Nations League League A Group 2 match between Portugal and Spain at Estadio Municipal de Braga on September 27, 2022 in Braga, Portugal.

It Is Illegal To List Spain Among The World Cup Favorites

Tunisia players celebrate during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia group G match between Panama and Tunisia at Mordovia Arena on June 28, 2018 in Saransk, Russia.

Tunisia Has The Coolest Nickname In The Whole World Cup

France's national football team forwards Kylian Mbappe (C) and Karim Benzema (R) attend a training session at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki on November 15, 2021, on the eve of the FIFA 2022 World Cup Qatar qualifying Group D football match between Finland and France.

Internationals

The Defending World Cup Champs Are Still Absolutely Loaded

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Chefector

Let’s Make The Chili That, Uh, I Made This Week

Kyrie Irving gives Ben Simmons a thumbs-up

How’s This Gonna Work?

Twitter logo is seen through the broken glass in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 28, 2020. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)

The Machines

Here Are All Of The Keywords I Have Muted On Twitter

Seven old-timey hoopers in white outfits and high socks

A Thorough 2022–23 NBA Season Preview, In Case They Have One (Not Decided Yet)

Mark Zuckerberg on a laptop screen with Meta logo

More Like Megaworse

A Delicious Thing To Do With Some Mushrooms

The NBA’s Aura Is Dumpster-Juice Green Right Now

This Is So Stupid

Please Welcome Defector’s New Chief Metaverse Officer, Devin The Dugong

Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver

Woke Cancel Culture Now Forcing Robert Sarver To Become Several Billion Dollars Richer

A rope's eye view of an approaching Bryson DeChambeau

Golf

OK, You Wise-Asses, Who The Fuck Made Bryson DeChambeau Light Himself Up With A Gallery Rope?

Green Action!

Media Meltdowns

More Like Turdle

Pedri, Barcelona, reacts to some bad stuff happening in the Champions League

Pedri Did Everything Right, Except For The Most Important Thing

Prince Charles, or I guess he is the king now

Politics

I Don’t Have A King

How To Stay Out Of The Right-Wing Outrage Machine

Funbag

We Must Protect Soccer From Grubby Rule-Mongers

Aristides Aquino Unleashed The Throw Of The Year, And They Let Us See It

NBA superstar Steph Curry in a white turtleneck

Which NBA Players Are Household Names, According To Defector Moms?

A bowl with some messy blueberry cobbler in it

You Can Throw Together A Cobbler, No Sweat

Real Madrid's David Alaba celebrates scoring Madrid's second goal in a 2-1 La Liga win over UD Almeria