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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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Dave McKenna

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Life's Rich Pageant

A Jingle That Will Not Die

Players fight to earn the ball during the Guinness Six Nations third round, Italy vs Ireland at the Olympic Stadium of Rome. Ireland won the match with a score of 34-20. (Photo by Pasquale Gargano/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The players fight to earn the ball during the Guinness Six

Rugby

Ireland Has The Best Rugby Team In The World? How’d That Happen?

Eva Cassidy

Music

The Never-Ending Resurrection Of Eva Cassidy

Actress Angie Dickinson watching her husband composer

Burt Bacharach, The Genius Who Got Punks To Admit Elevator Music Was Cool, Is Dead

16 Year Old Fatally shot By Maryland State Trooper

Policing

Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Cop Who Killed Peyton Ham

David Crosby And Graham Nash Perform In Amsterdam

And This Byrd Can Sing: David Crosby, 1941-2023

Orioles CEO John Angelos Honors A Civil Rights Icon Through A Fit Of Bullying

A view of RFK stadium during a football game

New York Giants v Washington Redskins

Elder Wisdom

A Dead Fan’s Notes

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Pete Philo Is Back In Court. His First Victim Never Got A Second Chance

Duckpin bowling

Bowling

Duckpin Bowling Loses Its Home

Quarterback Caleb Williams #13 of the USC Trojans celebrates USC Trojans defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 38-27 during a NCAA football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 26, 2022.

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College Football

Before He Was At USC, Caleb Williams Was A Can’t-Miss Kid

MUNICH, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: Fans cheer during the NFL match between Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Allianz Arena on November 13, 2022 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images)

Seattle Seahawks¬†v Tampa Bay Buccaneers

How “Country Roads,” A Song About Maryland, Became The Highlight Of An NFL Game In Germany

An image of Colts owner Jim Irsay standing in front of the Washington Monument. On each side of him are two rockers with guitars. Irsay is leaning on the tree and singing, yup, Bob Dylan's "Blowin in the Wind." There's text confirming this in the lower left corner, like you used to see in music videos all the time.

Jim Irsay Blowin in the Wind

Killin’ Dylan: The Fascinating Horrors Of Jim Irsay’s “Blowin’ In The Wind”

Bronny James warms up at the DMV Showcase.

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High School Sports

A Chaotic Night At The Bronny James Experience

House Hearing Examines NFL’s Handling Of Washington Commanders’ Workplace Misconduct

Want To Bring Dan Snyder Down? Make D.C. A State

Newspaper background. Story says: "Six Jets had their uniform ritatively cuffed 100 m Bengals 21-7. SAUER ns, le el shirts stolen. Babe Parilli, Al seco ond m Wandala Bake , Twinet Don Mike Battle, and Sauer all wore white mesh jerseys with black numerals, courtesy of the Bengals."

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Remembering Boudreaux, D.C.’s Ultimate Anti-Fan

1916: Soldiers survey the interior of the completely wrecked Post Office in Sackville Street, Dublin, during the Easter Rising of 1916. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

GPO In Ruins

Irish Rebel Song Sneaked Into MNF Broadcast Hours After Queen’s Funeral; ESPN Claims Coincidence

Country music star Garth Brooks during his first night of a series of concerts at Croke Park, Dublin. Picture date: Friday September 9, 2022. (Photo by Brian Lawless/PA Images via Getty Images)

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Garth Brooks Overpowers Croke Park In Delayed Irish Invasion

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Police Arrest Nevada Public Administrator In Connection To Murder Of Journalist Jeff German

Politics

Local Public Official Arrested In Murder Of Vegas Reporter

Boys playing baseball.

Life Lessons

The Large-Headed Boy Of Summer

Photo of the Billfisher crew posing with their prize-winning marlin.

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The Great Outdoors

Maryland Crew Lands Most Valuable Prize Fish In History

Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk (R) and Britain's Anthony Joshua (L) compete during the heavyweight boxing rematch for the WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF titles, at the King Abdullah Sports City Arena in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah, on August 20, 2022.

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The Fights

Will Anthony Joshua Keep Losing?

So Whatever Happened With That Dan Snyder Deposition?

Disgraced Maryland State's Attorney Richard Fritz, seen looking weird in a campaign ad.

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Richard Fritz, Maryland Prosecutor Who Let Peyton Ham’s Killer Walk, Gets Booted Out Of Office

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Rays Week

The Night Ray Fosse Got Hit By A Train