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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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Lauren Theisen

Shohei Ohtani watches the ball after hitting a home run

Tampa Bay Rays v Los Angeles Dodgers

There’s Nothing More Beautiful Than A Shohei Ohtani Home Run

“Megalopolis” Photocall – The 77th Annual Cannes Film Festival

Arts And Culture

‘Megalopolis’ Wants It To Be Francis Ford Coppola Vs. Everybody

Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets dives for a ball

Oakland Athletics v New York Mets

The Mets Make It Hurt

A man looks at the oil painting "Beer Garden with A.K." (2009) by Nicole Eisenman

Painting 2.0 exhibition in Munich

The Beauty Of The Ordinary Is There For The Painting

Imane Khelif and three others pose with their medals at the Olympics

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Olympics

It Doesn’t Matter If The IBA Was Lying About Imane Khelif

Naomi Girma #4 of Team United States celebrates victory in the Women's Gold Medal match

Brazil v United States: Gold Medal Match: Women’s Football – Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 15

The USWNT Is As Golden As Ever

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Defector Up All Night

Defector At The Theater: A Revamped ‘Cats’ Is Better Than Ever

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The Machines

This YouTube Trend Is Getting Increasingly More Annoying

Barbara Stanwyck at a telegraph in 'Union Pacific'

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Defector At The Movies

Barbara Stanwyck Could Talk The Sun Into Rising In The West

Imane Khelif of Team Algeria and Angela Carini of Team Italy exchange punches

Boxing – Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 6

J.K. Rowling Invents A Trans Olympian To Get Mad At

Mary Cassatt's "In The Loge" - a woman in the late 1800s uses opera glasses to look at something from a theater box, while a man looks at her from a distance

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Who’s Allowed To Look?

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Pro Wrestling

Flaws Can Make A Wrestler Feel Real

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Overexplained Lists

1990s Blockbusters I Haven’t Seen, Ranked

Boston Red Sox v Los Angeles Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani Speaks In Dingers

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Wings Week

How Long Is The Yzerplan Supposed To Take, Anyway?

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Embrace Tofu Wings

Brandy Jensen lives in New Orleans with her dogs.

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Brandy Jensen

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Patrick Redford

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Wait By The Door, Light A Cigarette, And Listen To Miranda Lambert With Defector Music Club

Heather Chen is a former Defector intern and the sports editor at the Columbia Daily Spectator. She loves hockey, photography, and the good ol’ state of Michigan.

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The Not-So-Great Defector Make-Off Ascends The Challenge Of Winged Eyeliner

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Baseballs Fly In Arlington, Almost As If They Had Wings

TORONTO, ONTARIO - FEBRUARY 02: Wild Wing of the Anaheim Ducks competes in the NHL mascots game during the 2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition at Scotiabank Arena on February 02, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images)

2024 NHL All-Star Skills

Wild Wing Keeps The Ducks Mighty

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Ben Braymer #40 of the Rochester Red Wings throws a pitch in the third inning against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at Frontier Field on May 18, 2021 in Rochester, New York. (Photo by Joshua Bessex/Getty Images)

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders v Rochester Red Wings

An Interview With The Biggest Washington Nationals Prospect Sicko Any Of Us Know

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‘Illinoise’ Carries The Spirit That Makes Sufjan Stevens Special

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The Master Key To Great Immersive Theater Is People

2024 Upper Deck NHL Draft – First Round

Long Rebuilds Are For Prey, Not Predators

Joel Quenneville and Stan Bowman speak to media

2015 NHL Stanley Cup Final – Media Day

The NHL Quietly Ends Its Punishments For The Blackhawks’ Sexual Assault Scandal