CULTURE

Footer Column 2

Footer Legal

Footer Main

Nav Bar

OTHER

SPORTS

Subscribe, at any level, to play

Thanks for your interest in Defector Crosswords!

Become a subscriber today to get unlimited access

Thanks for reading!

Plans start at $8/month.

Subscribers enjoy unlimited, ad-free browsing.

Register to continue

Or click here to subscribe for unlimited, ad-free access!

Our gift to you: This year's post is unlocked. Register your email to get even more free articles.

Welcome to the 2025 Hater's Guide!

Just register your email:

This blog is free to read.

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.

Defector

Lauren Theisen

The Panthers Finally Have The Big-Game Bob They Paid For

College Football

Shemy Schembechler Experiences Sudden Change Of Heart About Slavery After Short-Lived Michigan Job

Wyatt Johnston celebrates after scoring a goal

The Stars Stretched The Kraken Too Thin

Jonathan Marchessault Is Vegas’s Heart And Sault

The Little Oilers Finally Stepped Up

Philipp Grubauer looks on after giving up a goal

Enough With The Blowouts!

Alec Martinez celebrates a goal on Jack Campbell

The Golden Knights Shredded The Lesser Oilers

Connor Bedard Is Not A Cure

Israel Daramola

David Roth

Vincent Mason aka P.A. Pasemaster Mase aka Maseo aka Plug Three, David Jude Jolicoeur aka Trugoy the Dove aka Dave aka Plug Two and Kevin Mercer aka Posdnuos aka Mercenary aka Plug Wonder Why aka Plug One of the hip hop trio De La Soul pose for a portrait in 1990.

Defector Music Club

‘De La Soul Is Dead’ Made Us Nostalgic For Skits And Samples

Leon Draisaitl #29 and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins #93 of the Edmonton Oilers celebrate Draisaitl's third-period power-play goal

Maybe Leon Draisaitl Should Just Never Leave The Ice

Carter Verhaeghe Makes Other Teams Feel Bad

Michael McLeod and the Devils celebrate after a goal

The Devils Make Their Own Fun

When Greatness Isn’t Good Enough

They Just Let Anyone Score In Seattle

The Sebastian Aho Power Rankings: Game 5

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 24: The New Jersey Devils celebrate a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers in Game Four of the First Round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on April 24, 2023 in New York, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

The Rangers Should Have Traded For A Proven Playoff Scorer

Connor McDavid congratulates Leon Draisaitl

The Oilers Bailed Themselves Out Of Loser Jail

Shayne Gostisbehere leaps onto the back of an Islanders player

The Hurricanes Won Themselves Some Wiggle Room

The Leafs Must Empty Their Minds Of Game 1

Zach Hyman and Connor McDavid have a discussion

Nobody Screws Themselves Faster Than The Oilers

Nico Hischier #13 of the New Jersey Devils and Jakub Zboril #67 of the Boston Bruins fight