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NFL
That Was A Painfully Jaguarian Drive
122
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Israel Daramola
December 5, 2023
College Football
The College Football Playoff Was Always Just A TV Show
221
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Israel Daramola
December 4, 2023
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College Football
Bobby Petrino And Arkansas Football Are Reunited At Last
76
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Israel Daramola
November 30, 2023
Defector Music Club
Defector Music Club Wants A Piece Of Britney Spears’s ‘Blackout’
32
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Lauren Theisen
,
Patrick Redford
, and
Israel Daramola
November 22, 2023
Arts And Culture
Local Man In His 30s Gets Really Into PinkPantheress
87
Comments
Israel Daramola
November 15, 2023
Death To The NCAA
What Does Breaking The Rules Even Mean In A Sport Where Everyone Cheats?
228
Comments
Israel Daramola
November 14, 2023
College Football
Dabo Swinney Engages In Heated Theological Debate With Sports Radio Caller
208
Comments
Israel Daramola
October 31, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Is The Latest Entry In Martin Scorsese’s History Of Evil
89
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Israel Daramola
October 26, 2023
College Football
Caleb Williams Might Be Buckling Under The Weight Of His Own Hype
146
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Israel Daramola
October 23, 2023
Defector Music Club
Defector Music Club Gets Lost In Sleater-Kinney’s ‘The Woods’
138
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Israel Daramola
,
Giri Nathan
,
Patrick Redford
,
David Roth
, and
Lauren Theisen
October 19, 2023
NFL
It’s Nathaniel Hackett’s Big Day
99
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Israel Daramola
October 9, 2023
Arts And Culture
Four Days At The Flooded New York Film Festival
34
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Israel Daramola
October 5, 2023
NFL
The NFL Belongs To Taylor Swift Now
458
Comments
Israel Daramola
October 2, 2023
Defector Music Club
Defector Music Club Takes On The Expansive ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below’ As It Turns 20
206
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
,
Lauren Theisen
,
Giri Nathan
,
Israel Daramola
, and
Patrick Redford
September 22, 2023
Death To The NCAA
Jim Harbaugh Is Free!
129
Comments
Israel Daramola
September 19, 2023
Death To The NCAA
College Football Belongs To Deion Sanders For Now
419
Comments
Israel Daramola
September 18, 2023
NFL
The Manningcast Was The Perfect Companion To That Insane Jets Game
124
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Israel Daramola
September 12, 2023
College Football
Clemson Couldn’t Have Played Any Worse If They Tried
151
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Israel Daramola
September 5, 2023
Arts And Culture
The Boys Are Back In Movie Town
158
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Israel Daramola
August 31, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘Bottoms’ Turns High School Into A Violent, Absurdist Playground
119
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Israel Daramola
August 29, 2023
Arts And Culture
20 Years Later, ‘Oldboy’ Still Lives Up To The Hype
113
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Israel Daramola
August 22, 2023
Journalismism
The Tuohy Family’s Side Of The Story Has A Giant Hole At The Center
225
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Israel Daramola
August 18, 2023
NFL
Michael Oher Says Adoption Story At Heart Of ‘The Blind Side’ Was A Lie
280
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Israel Daramola
August 14, 2023
Arts And Culture
New Documentary Makes It Clear Johnny Manziel Has Learned Nothing From His Glory Days
187
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Israel Daramola
August 9, 2023
Arts And Culture
In An Era Of Gnarly Filmmakers, William Friedkin Aimed To Be The Gnarliest
82
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Israel Daramola
August 8, 2023
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