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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.

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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Baseball!

Ted Leonsis talks into a Wizards-branded microphone.

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Ted Leonsis Finally Abandons Glenn Youngkin’s Doomed Virginia Gambit

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Joe Mazzulla Must Disobey The NBA And Continue To Block Meaningless Shot Attempts

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Set Max Verstappen’s Car On Fire More Often, For Morale

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Whew! A-Rod’s Ownership Team Finally Secured Someone Else’s Money To Buy The Timberwolves

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Sockdolager Is The New Dinger

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EPCOT in Disney World

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A Disney World Pervert’s Take On: The Existential War Of Investor Aggression

Ted Leonsis’s Suburban Arena Scam Is Nearly Kaput

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Ben Simmons Is Back In Hell

How Much Will Red Bull Racing Endure To Stand By Christian Horner?

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Dallas Mavericks v Cleveland Cavaliers

You Need Someone To Huck It On Up There

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Vice’s Avaricious Stewards Finally Succeeded At Bleeding It Dry

Think Your Rinky-Dink Three-Horse Flyover Burg Can Host An NBA All-Star Weekend? Think Again

Would Anyone Miss The NBA All-Star Game?

Ted Leonsis’s Suburban Dreams Are Drowning In Glenn Youngkin’s Big Fat Mouth

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The First Half Of The Super Bowl Was No Fun For Anyone

Jusuf Nurkic and Draymond Green fall together.

Jusuf Nurkic And Draymond Green Might Never Be Pals

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The Bulls Are Parked In Mediocrity

Here Is An NBA Trade Deadline Open Thread

Must Klay Thompson Travel Far And Wide ‘Til He Is Beside Someone Who Is Not Draymond Green?

John Fisher’s Wandering Athletics Are Slipping Free Of Reality

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