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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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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Simple Hotel Room, Iceland. (Photo by: GHI/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Simple Hotel Room, Iceland

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Why Does Hotel Art Look Like That?

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Life Lessons

Why Can’t I Turn Off The Game?

CAMBRIDGE, MA - AUGUST 30: A gate in front of Harvard Yard at Harvard University on August 30, 2018 (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Justice Department Sides With Asian-Americans Students That Are Suing Harvard Over Admissions

How They Keep The Gates

CANADA - JULY 24: Leonard Cohen (Photo by Andrew Stawicki/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Leonard Cohen

How Do You Reconcile A Part You Hate In A Work You Love?

ZAGREB, CROATIA - MARCH 20: A sign in tribute to Craig Breen of Ireland and Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team who succumbed to injuries sustained in a testing crash last week during Day One of the FIA World Rally Championship Croatia on March 20, 2023 in Zagreb, Croatia. (Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images)

FIA World Rally Championship Croatia – Day One

It’s Continually Alarming That Choices Matter

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Shoppers Looking at Records at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard

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The Lost Art Of Being Stuck With An Album