defector-orange-no-empty-space

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Footer Legal

Header - Categories

Header Menu

The last good website.

Topics

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.

defector-no-empty-space

Defector

NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

10-minute-quarters-3-2-fix (1)

Live Event

IMG_5859

Giri Nathan

Day Two: The Championships – Wimbledon 2021

Tennis

Slippery Grass At Wimbledon Claims Serena Williams And Adrian Mannarino

TENNIS-GBR-WIMBLEDON

USA! USA! USA!

TENNIS-GBR-EASTBOURNE-ATP

Please Enjoy The Cartoonishly Pinwheeling Arms Of This Man Avoiding The Net

Los Angeles Clippers v Phoenix Suns – Game Two

Deandre Ayton Had To “Like, Dunk It, OK?” So He Did

Atlanta Hawks v Philadelphia 76ers – Game Five

Trae Young Is The Best Enemy

Screen-Shot-2021-06-16-at-2.52.43-PM

Sports Highlight Of The Day

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is Nikola Jokic Trotting With His Horse

2021 French Open – Day Fifteen

What’s Inside Novak Djokovic’s Head?

TENNIS-FRA-OPEN-MEN

Defector Up All Night

That’s Pretty Much As Good As It Gets

Buildup To June’s G7 Summit In Carbis Bay

Underexplained Lists

G7 Standers, Ranked

2021 French Open – Day Eleven

Iga Swiatek’s Weapon Jammed

Daniil Medvedev’s Zany Clay Adventure Comes To A Fitting Demise

Bookmobile

Defector Reads A Book

Announcing The June Defector Reads A Book Selection

AJSfPYY9_400x400-1

Kelsey McKinney

Kalyn Kahler

2019-01-01 00:15:14.989

Maitreyi Anantharaman

yellowwallpaperdrab

We’re Rested And Ready To Talk About ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’

2019 China Open – Day 9 (Finals)

Journalismism

Tennis Doesn’t Have To Taste This Bad

Boston Celtics v Brooklyn Nets – Game Two

The Celtics Chose Death By Joe Harris

New York Knicks v Dallas Mavericks

The Knicks Got Good And Stayed Good

Westbrook holds the game ball after breaking Oscar Robertson's triple-double record.

Washington Wizards v Atlanta Hawks

Russell Westbrook Ended A Good Night With A Bad Shot

Screen Shot 2021-05-07 at 10.06.59 AM

Media Meltdowns

House Of Highlights DESCRIBES Rajon Rondo Shout As An “Ethnic Sound”

DRABimages

Here It Is, You Hicks: A Rave Review Of ‘All The King’s Men’

Bill Bradley of the Princeton Tigers attempts a free throw.

bill-bradley-sens

Senators Week

In ‘A Sense Of Where You Are,’ Bill Bradley Was A Bucket

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 01: Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets passes downcourt against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on March 01, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)