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Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Is Spending The Summer With The Late Cormac McCarthy
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Giri Nathan
June 14, 2023
NBA
The Nuggets Couldn’t Have Done It Without Bruce Brown
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Giri Nathan
June 13, 2023
The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock
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Tennis
Iga Swiatek Finally Faced A Challenge At The French Open
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Giri Nathan
June 12, 2023
Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz Lost His Legs, And His Chance To Beat Novak Djokovic
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Giri Nathan
June 9, 2023
Tennis
I Could Stare At The Roland Garros Clay All Day
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Giri Nathan
June 8, 2023
TV
Let Yam Yam Host ‘Survivor’
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Sabrina Imbler
,
Giri Nathan
, and
Laura Wagner
May 26, 2023
NBA
This Twitter Account Is Unusually Dedicated To Defending The Honor Of NBA Referee Eric Lewis
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Giri Nathan
May 25, 2023
NBA
LeBron Compliments Nikola Jokic’s Big Basketball Brain And Contemplates Retirement
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Giri Nathan
May 23, 2023
NBA
Joe Mazzulla Looks Totally Lost Out There
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Giri Nathan
May 22, 2023
Tennis
Rafael Nadal Will Be Out Of The French Open, And Out Of Tennis After 2024
39
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Giri Nathan
May 18, 2023
Tennis
Tennis Baby Beats Novak Djokovic Again
34
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Giri Nathan
May 17, 2023
WNBA
Aces Coach Becky Hammon Suspended For Comments On Former Player’s Pregnancy
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Giri Nathan
May 16, 2023
NBA
Two Fans Of Usually Bad Teams Deal With The Specter Of Expectations
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Giri Nathan
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Patrick Redford
May 16, 2023
NBA
The Bucks’ Playoff Defeat Has Caused Giannis To Massively Think
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Giri Nathan
May 11, 2023
NBA
Quentin Grimes Ignored The Pain And Stole The Ball
48
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Giri Nathan
May 11, 2023
NBA
Lonnie Walker IV Rewarded LeBron James’s Trust
51
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Giri Nathan
May 9, 2023
Tennis
A Messy Madrid Open Launches A New Rivalry
22
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Giri Nathan
May 8, 2023
Tennis
Zhizhen Zhang Is In New Territory
14
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Giri Nathan
May 3, 2023
NBA
RJ Barrett Needs To Be More Up Than Down
11
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Giri Nathan
May 2, 2023
NBA
Mitchell Robinson Was The Biggest Big
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Giri Nathan
April 27, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Let’s All Confess What We Thought Of ‘The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter’
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
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Giri Nathan
,
Kelsey McKinney
, and
Alex Sujong Laughlin
April 27, 2023
Music
Jai Paul Answered The Call
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Giri Nathan
April 26, 2023
NBA
StarJ Barrett!
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Giri Nathan
April 24, 2023
NBA
The Nuggets Packed All The Reasons To Doubt Them Into One Awful Quarter
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Giri Nathan
April 20, 2023
NBA
Where Was Zion Williamson, And Where Will He Be?
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Giri Nathan
April 13, 2023
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