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College Football
It’s Time To See What Arch Manning Can Do
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Israel Daramola
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Ray Ratto
August 29, 2025
Arts And Culture
Hurricane Katrina Showed How Quickly It Can All Fall Apart
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Israel Daramola
August 27, 2025
Defector's 5th Birthday Party is on September 10 in Brooklyn
Can you believe we started blogging almost 5 years ago? Come celebrate with us at Union Pool in Williamsburg. There'll be a taco truck, lots of baseball cards, and live music from friends-of-the-site Avery Friedman and Speedy Ortiz. Tickets are free, but please RSVP so the bar knows how to staff.
NFL
New Cowboys Docuseries Offers Revealing Look Up Jerry Jones’s Own Ass
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Israel Daramola
August 22, 2025
Listening Habits
Rap Music Yearns For The Good Ole Days
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Israel Daramola
August 21, 2025
Death To The NCAA
Let’s See How Dumb We Can Make The College Football Playoff
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Israel Daramola
August 20, 2025
Mods Asleep
A Playlist Of Pop That Sounds Like My Gamer Youth
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Israel Daramola
August 13, 2025
Listening Habits
In Pursuit Of Personal Taste
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Israel Daramola
July 25, 2025
Bills Week
Bills Players Among Many In Need Of New Union Head
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Israel Daramola
July 18, 2025
Bills Week
How ‘Kill Bill’ Changed The Action Blockbuster
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Israel Daramola
July 17, 2025
Arts And Culture
Can We Pull You For A Chat?
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Israel Daramola
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Kelsey McKinney
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Rachelle Hampton
July 10, 2025
Music
How Leaks Became The Last Vestige Of Communal Music Discovery
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Israel Daramola
June 27, 2025
NBA
Houston Wins The Latest Kevin Durant Sweepstakes
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Israel Daramola
June 22, 2025
Politics
So What Is It Gonna Take?
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Israel Daramola
June 20, 2025
Music
Is This An Era Of Cultural Stagnation?
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Israel Daramola
June 10, 2025
Arts And Culture
The Cool Athlete Is No Longer In Production
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Israel Daramola
June 3, 2025
Defector At The Movies
Spike Lee’s Malcolm X Still Lives
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Israel Daramola
May 21, 2025
TV
Every Episode Of The Danny McBride HBO Universe, Ranked
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Israel Daramola
May 9, 2025
NFL
The Draft Tunnel Is Too Long
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Israel Daramola
April 25, 2025
Arts And Culture
‘Sinners’ Is A Worthy Blockbuster
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Israel Daramola
April 22, 2025
Listening Habits
The Case For A New MTV
166
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Israel Daramola
April 18, 2025
College Football
Nico Iamaleava Leaves Tennessee To Seek More Money In The Transfer Portal
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Israel Daramola
April 14, 2025
Politics
Welcome To The Scam Century
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Israel Daramola
April 11, 2025
Listening Habits
Gangsta Grillz Is Forever
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Israel Daramola
April 4, 2025
Arts And Culture
Remembering Val Kilmer In Five Movies
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Israel Daramola
April 2, 2025
Arts And Culture
Seth Rogen’s ‘The Studio’ Is The Latest Example Of TV’s Silver Age
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Israel Daramola
March 28, 2025
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