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Giri Nathan
Staff Writer
giri@defector.com
@girinathan
@girinathan.bsky.social
Tennis
Daniil Medvedev Wins The Battle Of Enormous Counterpunchers
By
Giri Nathan
January 24, 2024
31
Comments
Tennis
A Tennis-Pilled Novice And Tennis Knower Discuss The Australian Open So Far
By
Giri Nathan
and
Patrick Redford
January 22, 2024
48
Comments
Tennis
Beware The Fearsome Tennis Child Mirra Andreeva
By
Giri Nathan
January 19, 2024
28
Comments
This Is So Stupid
Deandre Ayton Could Have Scooted On His Butt
By
Giri Nathan
January 18, 2024
124
Comments
Tennis
Iga Swiatek Survived Danielle Collins’s Haymakers
By
Giri Nathan
January 18, 2024
24
Comments
Tennis
Sumit Nagal Broke A Huge Serve, Is No Longer Broke
By
Giri Nathan
January 17, 2024
47
Comments
NBA
Isaiah Hartenstein Is New York’s Big Dog Now
By
Giri Nathan
January 11, 2024
49
Comments
NBA
Ja Morant Is Done For The Season, And So Are The Grizzlies
By
Giri Nathan
January 9, 2024
104
Comments
This Is So Stupid
The Jalen Williams-Jaylin Williams Power Rankings: A New Contender Rises
By
Giri Nathan
and
Patrick Redford
December 28, 2023
22
Comments
Year In Review
Presenting The 2023 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many
By
Giri Nathan
December 28, 2023
237
Comments
NBA
Report: Zion Williamson’s Contract Is Not Guaranteed For The Last Three Years
By
Giri Nathan
December 21, 2023
74
Comments
NBA
Ja Morant Returns, Lifts Grizzlies From Muck
By
Giri Nathan
December 20, 2023
40
Comments
Tennis
Simona Halep Says This Doping Ban Could Be The End Of Her Career
By
Giri Nathan
December 18, 2023
87
Comments
NBA
Draymond Green Delivers Spinning Backfist, Innovates In The Ejection Space
By
Giri Nathan
December 13, 2023
309
Comments
NBA
Zion Williamson Shows Signs Of Life After Nationwide Concern For His Conditioning
By
Giri Nathan
December 12, 2023
58
Comments
Media Meltdowns
Adam Silver Can’t Resist Praising Henry Kissinger On ‘The Pat McAfee Show’
By
Giri Nathan
December 6, 2023
192
Comments
NBA
The Minor Stakes Of The NBA In-Season Tournament Have Led To Good, Silly Fun
By
Patrick Redford
and
Giri Nathan
December 6, 2023
37
Comments
NBA
The Pistons Complete Their No-Win November
By
Giri Nathan
December 1, 2023
56
Comments
Tennis
Some Italy Updates
By
Giri Nathan
December 1, 2023
63
Comments
NBA
It’s Nothing But Bad News For Devin Booker Haters
By
Giri Nathan
November 27, 2023
55
Comments
NBA
How Many Different Ways Can James Dolan Tell Us He’s Sick Of This?
By
Giri Nathan
November 21, 2023
96
Comments
NBA
Enjoy The Visual Tableau Of Chet Holmgren Unsuccessfully Posting Up Chris Paul
By
Giri Nathan
November 17, 2023
38
Comments
Defector Reads A Book
Uncoil Your Neck, Turn Down The Cicadas, And Come Chat About ‘Y/N’ With Us
By
Patrick Redford
,
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Giri Nathan
,
Alex Sujong Laughlin
, and
Kelsey McKinney
November 15, 2023
37
Comments
NBA
Draymond Green Was Looking For Any Reason To Put Rudy Gobert In A Chokehold
By
Giri Nathan
November 15, 2023
186
Comments
Podcasts
A Stumble Of Keriths, With Kerith Burke
By
Giri Nathan
and
Samer Kalaf
November 14, 2023
15
Comments
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