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Giri Nathan
Staff Writer
giri@defector.com
@girinathan
@girinathan.bsky.social
Olympics
Rafael Nadal And Novak Djokovic Play One More For The Road
By
Giri Nathan
July 29, 2024
16
Comments
NBA
Joel Embiid Continues His Summer Of Grousing
By
Giri Nathan
July 25, 2024
97
Comments
Wings Week
Who Was Getting Buckets At The JFK Airport Basketball Court?
By
Giri Nathan
July 18, 2024
74
Comments
Wings Week
A Bird’s-Eye View Of Tennis’s Post-Wimbledon Landscape
By
Patrick Redford
,
Owen Lewis
, and
Giri Nathan
July 18, 2024
24
Comments
Wings Week
Celtics Wing Kisses Ring After Dissing King’s Offspring
By
Giri Nathan
July 16, 2024
47
Comments
Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz Is Eating Well At The Big Table
By
Giri Nathan
July 15, 2024
43
Comments
Tennis
No One Can Invent A Guy To Be Mad At Quite Like Novak Djokovic
By
Giri Nathan
July 9, 2024
63
Comments
Tennis
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard’s Aces Are A New Nightmare
By
Giri Nathan
July 3, 2024
9
Comments
NBA
The Knicks Spend Five First-Round Picks On A College Reunion
By
Giri Nathan
June 26, 2024
86
Comments
Tennis
The Defector Tennis Desk Bids Adieu To The French Open
By
Giri Nathan
,
Owen Lewis
, and
Patrick Redford
June 11, 2024
16
Comments
Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz Conquers Jannik Sinner In Choppy Ninth Installment Of The Best Rivalry In Men’s Tennis
By
Giri Nathan
,
Owen Lewis
, and
Patrick Redford
June 7, 2024
27
Comments
NBA
Behold The Defector NBA Finals Mega-Preview
By
Patrick Redford
,
Giri Nathan
,
Tom Ley
,
Albert Burneko
,
Chris Thompson
,
Luis Paez-Pumar
, and
Ray Ratto
June 6, 2024
143
Comments
Tennis
Let Us Consider The French Open’s Thrilling, Waterlogged First Week
By
Giri Nathan
,
Owen Lewis
, and
Patrick Redford
June 3, 2024
33
Comments
Tennis
There Are No Tidy Endings In Rafael Nadal’s Clay Temple
By
Giri Nathan
May 31, 2024
29
Comments
NBA
For Once, The Knicks Can Avoid An Offseason Existential Crisis
By
Giri Nathan
May 21, 2024
82
Comments
Defector Reads A Book
Come And Sit By ‘The Fire Next Time’ With Defector Reads A Book
By
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Kelsey McKinney
,
Giri Nathan
,
David Roth
, and
Patrick Redford
May 16, 2024
22
Comments
NBA
Jalen Brunson Might Be Sore, But He Can Still Cook The Pacers
By
Giri Nathan
May 15, 2024
55
Comments
NBA
The Knicks Are Decaying Rapidly
By
Giri Nathan
May 13, 2024
161
Comments
Tennis
‘Challengers’ Captures The Dirty Little Bits Of Tennis
By
Giri Nathan
May 9, 2024
60
Comments
NBA
Sure, Yeah, Malachi Flynn Scored 50
By
Giri Nathan
April 4, 2024
28
Comments
NBA
Joel Embiid Didn’t Get The Officiating Memo
By
Giri Nathan
April 3, 2024
58
Comments
Tennis
Danielle Collins Conquers The Miami Open For The First And Last Time
By
Giri Nathan
April 1, 2024
44
Comments
NBA
Draymond Green Ejected In The First Quarter, To The Tearful Exasperation Of His Team
By
Giri Nathan
March 28, 2024
133
Comments
NBA
Zion Williamson Has Been Lean And Lively In March
By
Giri Nathan
March 25, 2024
38
Comments
Tennis
Defector Tennis Bureau Indian Wells Closing Dispatch: Out Of The Desert
By
Giri Nathan
and
Patrick Redford
March 19, 2024
19
Comments
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