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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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Typing

Sabrina Imbler

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Rachelle Hampton

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Justin Ellis

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Defector At The Movies

Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘The Merry Gentlemen’

Actor Timothee Chalamet answers questions on a press tour.

“A Complete Unknown” Minneapolis Special Screening

This Is So Stupid

SHOCKER: This Handsome Actor Is In Fact A Ball-Knower

Deshaun Watson #4 of the Cleveland Browns is taken off the field on a medical cart in the second quarter of a game against the Cincinnati Bengalsat Huntington Bank Field on October 20, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Cincinnati Bengals v Cleveland Browns

NFL Quietly Drops Latest Investigation Into Sexual Assault Allegations Against Deshaun Watson

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Macaroni and cheese dish photographed in the LA Times studio.

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When Does A Recipe Become Your Own?

A look inside the offices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a sign for FEMA sits in the foreground as we see the silhouettes of people against large monitors in the background.

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Politics

It’s Not The Weather Machine That Is Making Life Shittier

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence #16 yells at his coach, Doug Pederson during a game against the Houston Texans.

Jacksonville Jaguars v Houston Texans

The Jaguars Are On The Cusp Of The Slope