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Giri Nathan
Staff Writer
giri@defector.com
@girinathan
@girinathan.bsky.social
Politics
JD Vance Is A Hog That’ll Eat Any Slop
By
Giri Nathan
January 13, 2026
263
Comments
NBA
Joe Mazzulla Reacts To Celtics Loss By Only Repeating Two Words: “Illegal Screen”
By
Giri Nathan
January 13, 2026
67
Comments
College Basketball
The Health Of Darryn Peterson’s Legs Remains A Mystery
By
Giri Nathan
January 7, 2026
19
Comments
Tennis
Novak Djokovic Washes His Hands Of The Quasi-Player Union He Co-Founded
By
Giri Nathan
January 5, 2026
18
Comments
Year In Review
Presenting The 2025 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many
By
Giri Nathan
December 22, 2025
177
Comments
Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz Splits With His Coach Juan Carlos Ferrero
By
Giri Nathan
December 17, 2025
24
Comments
NBA
LeBron James And The Lakers Benefit From The Duality Of Dillon Brooks
By
Giri Nathan
December 15, 2025
62
Comments
NBA
Derik Queen Might Be Good Enough To Make A Colossally Dumb Decision Look Slightly Less Dumb
By
Giri Nathan
December 9, 2025
37
Comments
NBA
It Is A Moral Imperative For The Rest Of The NBA To Improve The Clippers
By
Giri Nathan
December 4, 2025
87
Comments
Journalismism
Suns Reporter Describes Death Threats And Moving His Family Out Of Phoenix After Charlie Kirk Tweets
By
Giri Nathan
December 2, 2025
159
Comments
NBA
Cooper Flagg Makes History Against The Ancient Clippers
By
Giri Nathan
November 30, 2025
50
Comments
NBA
The Warriors Without Steph Curry Are Bad, But The Pelicans Are Still Worse
By
Giri Nathan
November 30, 2025
35
Comments
Capital
Larry Summers Recedes From Public Life Due To His Gross Emails With Jeffrey Epstein
By
Giri Nathan
November 20, 2025
252
Comments
NBA
LeBron James Embraces His Version Of An Old-Man Game
By
Giri Nathan
November 19, 2025
85
Comments
NBA
Boston Sports Franchise Removes The Phrase “White Power” From Its Website
By
Giri Nathan
November 14, 2025
106
Comments
Capital
Jeffrey Epstein Was The Unofficial Advice Columnist For The Elites
By
Giri Nathan
and
Patrick Redford
November 14, 2025
469
Comments
Politics
Newly Released Jeffrey Epstein Emails Claim That Donald Trump “Knew About The Girls”
By
Giri Nathan
November 12, 2025
390
Comments
Tennis
Elena Rybakina Reigned Over A Tour That Suspended Her Coach For Abuse
By
Giri Nathan
November 10, 2025
23
Comments
NBA
Ja Morant’s Melodrama Tips Into Tedium
By
Giri Nathan
November 4, 2025
78
Comments
NBA
The Pelicans Are Already Deeply Alarming
By
Giri Nathan
November 3, 2025
106
Comments
NBA
Jaylen Brown’s Really Leaving His Mark On Opponents
By
Giri Nathan
October 27, 2025
52
Comments
NBA
Shams Charania Tries Out Legal Commentary, With Perplexing Results
By
Giri Nathan
October 24, 2025
143
Comments
NBA
Chauncey Billups And Terry Rozier Arrested In Connection With Federal Gambling Investigations
By
Giri Nathan
October 23, 2025
205
Comments
NBA
Harken Ye Unto The 2025–26 NBA Season Preview, Which Stands Before You
By
Albert Burneko
,
Giri Nathan
,
Israel Daramola
,
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Patrick Redford
,
Ray Ratto
, and
Tom Ley
October 21, 2025
161
Comments
Defector Reads A Book
Charles Portis Can Make You Love A Loser
By
Giri Nathan
October 14, 2025
49
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