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Arts And Culture

Emerald Fennell Now Going Moor-To-Moor Trying To Shock People

Bryce Harper Is Still Grouchy About Dave Dombrowski’s Loose Ponderings

Miles Bridges, Moussa Diabate, and Jalen Duren brawl

Pistons Pissed, Hornets Stung, Beef Stew Beefs, Too

Giannis Antetokounmpo Jumps In Bed With Sleazy Prediction Market

Journalismism

The Washington Post Lays Off A Third Of Its Workforce, Is Dead

Patriots And Broncos Stink On Ice

Vikings play-by-play guy Paul Allen talks into a microphone.

Media Meltdowns

Oops! Vikings Play-By-Play Moron Chooses Yesterday’s Right-Wing Lie For Wisecrack About Minneapolis Protesters

Giannis Antetokounmpo looks bummed on the sideline.

Make Hay While The Sun Is Shining, By Losing In Earnest While Giannis Is Injured

Jimmy Butler’s Injury Thrusts Steve Kerr And Jonathan Kuminga Once More Into The Hell Of Working Together

Giannis Antetokounmpo Is Curdling

This Is So Stupid

How Much Is Eight Dollars?

Politics

Which Lives Are Worthy Of The Media’s Protection?

Philip Rivers Had A Grand Old Time Leading The Colts Into Their Grave

Bari Weiss Keeps CBS News Groveling At The Feet Of Donald Trump

A screenshot of the "defector browser", which is just a simple looking browser but with slanted top and bottom like the Defector logo, and it's on a pale blue background, and the webpage up is a pixel art of an office that's an Athletic Director's office

Creator Of Athletic Director Simulator Supremely Chill About ESPN Copying His Idea

The front entrance of the Washington Post's offices in D.C.

Law Enforcement Teams Up With Washington Post To Make A Mess Of Investigation Into Brown University Shooting

Philip Rivers in a Colts uniform, from 2020

Colts Audition Philip Rivers In Possible Act Of Elder Abuse

The Clippers Checked Out Early From Chris Paul’s Retirement Tour

Deni Avdija Kicks Mondo Ass Now

Can Anything Make The Hornets Make Sense?

Victor Wembanyama sits court-side in street clothes.

Basketball Is Too Hard For All This Soft Tissue

Tom Ley

(L-R) Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and musician Michael Bolton pose for a portrait during a party at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000.

Capital

Jeffrey Epstein’s Inbox Was A Place To Complain, Talk Shit, And Make Boomer-Grade Jokes