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Tom Wilson #43 of the Washington Capitals scores in overtime

Alex Ovechkin Is Getting All The Help He Needs

ELMONT, NEW YORK - MARCH 04: (EDITORS NOTE: This image was created using in-camera multiple exposure). The New York Islanders skate in warmups prior to the game against the Winnipeg Jets at UBS Arena on March 04, 2025 in Elmont, New York.

I Love Watching Warm-Ups

Gays Against Guns contingent at the pride march.

Politics

Don’t Buy A Gun, Even If It Comes In Rainbow

Zack Ostapchuk #38 of the Ottawa Senators and Moritz Seider #53 of the Detroit Red Wings battle during a game

A Quick And Dirty Guide To The Eastern Conference Wild Card

Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin during player introductions at the 2017 skills competition

A Pittsburgh Pilgrimage

Warhol's 'Ladies And Gentlemen' portraits in the Warhol Museum gallery

Arts And Culture

Lost At The Warhol

Interior of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, showing orchestra in foreground and audience in back

Silence Brings Us Together

Hell Yeah: Shohei Ohtani Throws Baseball 14 Times

J.T. Miller #10 of Team USA and Colton Parayko #55 of Team Canada fight

Canada Still Alive In 4 Nations Despite Pugnacious Defeat In Montreal

The Scorebug Snuggery: Super Bowl 59 Goes Big And Brutalist

Bob Dylan plays a Fender Jazz bass with the harmonica around his neck while recording his album 'Bringing It All Back Home' on January 13-15, 1965 in Columbia's Studio A in New York City,

Music

You Can Only Catch Bob Dylan With Time

Pro Wrestling

Some Wrestling Matches I Liked In 2024

Still from Carmelita Tropicana. A person in sunglasses and a person in leather holding a neon plunger interrogate a man tied to a chair.

‘Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!’ Seizes The Full Potential Of The Theater

Dylan Cozens #24 of the Buffalo Sabres is driven toward the net

Sabres Still Bad

David Roth

Patrick Redford

Giri Nathan

Defector Music Club

Defector Music Club Talks TV On The Radio On The Internet

Goldie Hawn eating popcorn in movie theater in a scene from the film 'Foul Play', 1978.

Defector Up All Night

You Must Know The Popcorn Trick

Tafara Gapare #6 of the Maryland Terrapins dunks the ball

College Basketball

Ohio State Suffers Most Brutal Loss Since Saturday

Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov (97) is mauled by teammates after scoring an overtime game-winning goal

The Wild Are Running … Uh, You Know

The Purpose Of A Bathroom Law

Dallas Cowboys Jalen Brooks, left, celebrates Washington Commanders place kicker Austin Seibert (3) missed extra point

The Commanders Really Blew That One

View of a wrestling ring during a tag team match at White Eagle Hall

Deadlock Pro-Wrestling Is As Fun As It Is Fragile

Macklin Celebrini celebrates after scoring an overtime game winner

Macklin Celebrini Stripped The Red Wings Of Any Remaining Dignity

Josh Allen runs the ball to score a touchdown

Josh Allen Ran Through Kansas City’s Perfect Record

Olli Maatta #2 of the Utah Hockey Club celebrates with goaltender Karel Vejmelka

Utah Hockey Club Becomes A Utah Hockey Team

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 20: Nicole Scherzinger attends the opening night of "Sunset BLVD" at St James Theater on October 20, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/WireImage)