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Chris Thompson

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Big Lakers Ambitions Squished By, Of All People, Rudy Gobert

May 1, 2025

The Rockies Are Bad At Every Part Of Baseball

April 29, 2025

NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

The WNBA is back in May! Join Defector and your fellow WNBA fans for a night of stand up, games, giveaways, and special guests as we all get amped up for the new WNBA season. (Pals, check your daily newsletter from April 2 for discount code.)

May 16 WNBA show

JJ Redick Pushed The Panic Button And Lost Anyway

April 28, 2025

Horrible Rangers Loss Also Really Funny

April 28, 2025

James Wood Is A Special Case

April 23, 2025

The Hobbled Braves Are Hanging In There

April 22, 2025

O’s, No!

April 21, 2025

A Dangerously Bad Bullpen Is Everyone’s Problem

April 17, 2025

Rory McIlroy Feels It All On Sunday

April 14, 2025

Arts And Culture

Is Reacher Too Big Now? A Roundtable Discussion

Tom Ley, Brandy Jensen, Chris Thompson, and David Roth

April 11, 2025

You Would Cry Too If It Happened To You

April 10, 2025

Stumbling Minnesota Twins Struggle With Clocks, Gizmos, Rules, And Authority

April 8, 2025

Victor Robles Demonstrates What Trying Can Get You

April 7, 2025

With Two Hits, Rafael Devers Makes Dylan Crews Mayor Of Bozo Town

April 3, 2025

Defector Reads A Book

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 12: Is Julia Cameron Wrong?

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Ray Ratto, Chris Thompson, Sabrina Imbler, and Kathryn Xu

April 2, 2025

Spare A Thought For Baseball’s Poor Flailing Bozos

March 31, 2025

How About These Absurd Chicago Bulls?

March 28, 2025

Baseball!

March 27, 2025

An MLB Preview Containing All The Information One Could Possibly Hope To Ascertain About The 2025 Season

Ray Ratto, Tom Ley, Chris Thompson, Maitreyi Anantharaman, Kelsey McKinney, Kathryn Xu, Luis Paez-Pumar, David Roth, and Lauren Theisen

March 27, 2025

Defector Reads A Book

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 11: We Are Dying To Be Done

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Chris Thompson, Sabrina Imbler, Kathryn Xu, and Ray Ratto

March 25, 2025

The Lakers Are Puking And Shitting At An Inopportune Moment

March 25, 2025

Cade Cunningham Is In Dude Mode

March 20, 2025

The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Goes Rogue For Tarte Soleil

Chris Thompson and Kelsey McKinney

March 20, 2025

Hmm, What About The Clippers?

March 19, 2025

Defector Reads A Book

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 10: Reflecting Near The End

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Ray Ratto, Sabrina Imbler, Chris Thompson, and Kathryn Xu

March 18, 2025

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