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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Merch v3

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Justin Ellis

Tampa Bay Lightning v Toronto Maple Leafs – Game Seven

Leafs-Lightning Was Always Going To Leave Someone Haunted

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Funbag

Is It Time To Reconsider Overalls For Adult Men?

Russellshades

I Guess Russell Wilson Wants Us To Know He Is Working Out Very Hard And Definitely Over His Old Team

North Carolina v Duke

College Basketball

Damn That Was A Great College Basketball Game! Also, A Coach Retired

Houston Rockets v Minnesota Timberwolves

I Do Not Know What To Do With Positive Timberwolves News

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Podcasts

Holden Holden Vs. Online Forms

Karen K. Ho Would Rather Be Hit By A Car Than Complain To The Manager

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Ice Dancing

Olympics

It Is Far Past Time For Ice Dancing To Recognize The Artistic Beauty of ‘Int’l Players Anthem’

Rona Akbari Misses Weather Talk

Anti-Racism Protests Held In U.S. Cities Nationwide

Media Meltdowns

Minneapolis Deserves More Than Jacob Frey’s Story

43rd Ryder Cup – Morning Foursome Matches

Golf

Brooks Koepka Would Like To See The Manager

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This Is So Stupid

Injustice Anywhere Is A Threat To Quenching Thirst Somewhere

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The NHL Has Made It Clear The COVID Outbreak On The Canucks Is Nothing To Worry About

UCLA v Gonzaga

Jalen Suggs Is An Agent of Chaos And Destroyer Of Worlds

Making Headlines

Journalismism

Rich People Are Never Going To Save Media

Congress Holds Joint Session To Ratify 2020 Presidential Election

Politics

What It Means To Get “Caught Up In The Moment”

Miami Dolphins v Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders Will Always Find More Exciting And Improbable Ways To Lose

New England Patriots v New York Jets

This Jets Team Is A Special Kind Of Awful


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People cast their vote on the first day of early voting at the Vote Center at Staples Center sports and entertainment arena in Los Angeles, California

Voting at the Staples Center

How Many NBA Arenas Actually Became Polling Places?

Early Voting Begins In Georgia

Voters Line Up To Remind Us That Media And Democracy Are Broken