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Chris Thompson
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NBA
The Goddamn Mavericks Won The Goddamn Draft Lottery
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Chris Thompson
May 13, 2025
MLB
Red Sox Now Chasing Rafael Devers Across The Country, Waving Lineup Card
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Chris Thompson
May 11, 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.)
NBA
Celtics Flatten Knicks By Sticking To The Formula
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Chris Thompson
May 11, 2025
NBA
Tyrese Haliburton Sure Knows How To Pick His Spots
145
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Chris Thompson
May 7, 2025
NBA
The Pacers Out-Styled The Cavaliers And Swiped Home-Court Advantage
50
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Chris Thompson
May 5, 2025
NBA
Big Lakers Ambitions Squished By, Of All People, Rudy Gobert
190
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Chris Thompson
May 1, 2025
MLB
The Rockies Are Bad At Every Part Of Baseball
116
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Chris Thompson
April 29, 2025
NBA
JJ Redick Pushed The Panic Button And Lost Anyway
125
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Chris Thompson
April 28, 2025
MLB
Horrible Rangers Loss Also Really Funny
82
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Chris Thompson
April 28, 2025
MLB
James Wood Is A Special Case
55
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Chris Thompson
April 23, 2025
MLB
The Hobbled Braves Are Hanging In There
50
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Chris Thompson
April 22, 2025
MLB
O’s, No!
141
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Chris Thompson
April 21, 2025
MLB
A Dangerously Bad Bullpen Is Everyone’s Problem
85
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Chris Thompson
April 17, 2025
Golf
Rory McIlroy Feels It All On Sunday
235
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Chris Thompson
April 14, 2025
Arts And Culture
Is Reacher Too Big Now? A Roundtable Discussion
206
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Tom Ley
,
Brandy Jensen
,
Chris Thompson
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David Roth
April 11, 2025
NBA
You Would Cry Too If It Happened To You
203
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Chris Thompson
April 10, 2025
MLB
Stumbling Minnesota Twins Struggle With Clocks, Gizmos, Rules, And Authority
89
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Chris Thompson
April 8, 2025
MLB
Victor Robles Demonstrates What Trying Can Get You
70
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Chris Thompson
April 7, 2025
MLB
With Two Hits, Rafael Devers Makes Dylan Crews Mayor Of Bozo Town
52
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Chris Thompson
April 3, 2025
Defector Reads A Book
‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 12: Is Julia Cameron Wrong?
31
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
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Ray Ratto
,
Chris Thompson
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Sabrina Imbler
, and
Kathryn Xu
April 2, 2025
MLB
Spare A Thought For Baseball’s Poor Flailing Bozos
104
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Chris Thompson
March 31, 2025
NBA
How About These Absurd Chicago Bulls?
65
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Chris Thompson
March 28, 2025
MLB
Baseball!
144
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Chris Thompson
March 27, 2025
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