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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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Defector

The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Dave McKenna

A screenshot of Ross Levinsohn standing at a lectern. He's speaking at the University of Colorado. A giant poster of an SI cover with Deion Sanders on it is behind him.

Ross Levinsohn

Journalismism

Debating The Finer Points Of Nepotism With Ex-SI Boss Ross Levinsohn

A photo of Liz Patrick with her Emmy Award, and with Lee Corso's face clumsily pasted on top of hers.

Media Meltdowns

ESPN Busted In Dumb Scheme To Score Bogus Emmys For On-Air Stars

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Tommy DeVito Eats Crow, Dough To Quash Quarrel With New Jersey Pizzeria

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Ex-NBA Scout Pete Philo Convicted Of Sexual Assault Charges In North Carolina

A close up of Conor McGregor yelling during the filming of the TV show The Ultimate Fighter in March 2023

The Ultimate Fighter Season 31: Team McGregor vs. Team Chandler

The Fights

Conor McGregor And The Politics Of Mean

Katie Taylor during her undisputed super lightweight championship fight with Chantelle Cameron at the 3Arena in Dublin.

Cameron v Taylor 2 – Undisputed Super Lightweight Championship Fight

Katie Taylor Always Lives Up To The Hype

1970s HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL…

High School Sports

Be True To Your Shitty School

WASHINGTON, D.C. - CIRCA 1966: First Baseman Frank Howard #9 of the Washington Senators bats during an Major League Baseball game circa 1966 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.. Howard played for the Senators from 1965-71. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Frank Howard

Washington Senators

Frank Howard Was The Only Senator Who Mattered

George Harrison and Eric Clapton, playing their guitars, in a black-and-white concert photo from the 1970s

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Music

You Too Can Score Cheap On The Open Market For Dead People’s (Hammond) Organs

A UFC referee cradles the head of Alexander Volkanovski, crumpled against the fencing at the end of his match against Islam Makhachev

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UFC Fave Volkanovski Takes Bad And Unnecessary Beating In Abu Dhabi

US swimmer Diana Nyad is seen in the water during her departure from the Ernest Hemingway Nautical Club in Havana on August 18, 2012 . Veteran US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad announced that she will try to swim the treacherous waters from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage.

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Swimming

Diana Nyad’s Swimming Brought Her Glory, Fame, And An Adversary Dedicated To Exposing Her Lies

New York Knicks and Rangers owner James Dolan, looking like a big sad baby at a microphone

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Hey James Dolan: Quit Your Job

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In Praise Of Food Tourism

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Moron Pushing Petition To Rename Commanders Has Long History Of Being A Moron

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Life Lessons

Consider The Mystery Delivery Cake Dilemma

Baltimore Orioles left-hander Tippy Martinez, from a 1983 game against the Chicago White Sox.

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Recalling “The Pickoff Game,” Forty Years Later

Somali sprinter Nasro Abukar Ali jogs to the finish line.

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Life's Rich Pageant

Sprinter’s Slothful Stroll Scandalizes Somalia

Neon sign welcomes visitors to Bakersfield. Country western star Buck Owens, built a $10million 'Buck Owen's Crystal Palace' at Highway 99, right next to the Crystal Palace is the huge Yellow and black BAKERSFIELD sign of Sillect street that we all see from the 99 freeway Bakersfield is a city increasingly popular with Southern California families because its houses are affordable and its schools good and it still has a smalltown feel. (Photo by Spencer Weiner/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Neon sign welcomes visitors to Bakersfield. Country western star Buck Owens, built a $10million ‘B

Arena Football

Arena Football League Relaunch Comes As Surprise To Cities That Will Allegedly Have Teams 

Sinead O'Connor singing at a recent UFC fight

UFC 189: Mendes v McGregor

Sinead O’Connor Was A Rebel With A Cause

Armagh v Monaghan – GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

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Monaghan’s Thrill-Filled Quest For An All-Ireland Football Championship Is Sponsored By A Bronx Flooring Company

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Giri Nathan

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Patrick Redford

TOPSHOT - Jumbo-Visma team's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey (C), Jumbo-Visma team's Belgian rider Wout Van Aert wearing the sprinter's green jersey (C) and Jumbo-Visma team's American rider Sepp Kuss (R) celebrate with champagne as they cycle during the 21st and final stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 115,6 km between La Defense Arena in Nanterre, outside Paris, and the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, on July 24, 2022. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / various sources / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Cycling

What Can Hardcore Fans And Curious Newbies Learn From ‘Tour de France: Unchained’?

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In Praise Of Andre Jackson, A Dunker From The Gods

Giuliani Receives Major Endorsement In Washington

Politics

Pat Robertson, Anti-Gaming Crusader And Horse Racing Enthusiast, Is Dead

A story in the Wright State Daily Guardian about Robert Pollard's no-hitter for Wright State University on March 11, 1978.

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Celebrating Robert Pollard’s No-Hitter And The Rock-Jock Nexus

Washington Commanders soon-to-be ex-owner Dan Snyder on the field before his team lost the Dallas Cowboys in 2022.

NFL:  Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys

Owner Of Newspaper That Dan Snyder Tried To Put Out Of Business Now Owns Snyder’s Football Team