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Bud Black Has Either The Best Or The Worst Job In Baseball

April 21, 2025

The Warriors And Rockets Know Each Other’s Weaknesses

April 21, 2025

NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

The WNBA is back in May! Join Defector and your fellow WNBA fans for a night of stand up, games, giveaways, and special guests as we all get amped up for the new WNBA season. (Pals, check your daily newsletter from April 2 for discount code.)

May 16 WNBA show

The Lakers Have Bigger Problems Than Luka Doncic Can Fix

April 20, 2025

There Is No Getting Off The Russell Westbrook Rollercoaster

April 20, 2025

Silence! You Are Summoned To Read A Preview Of The 2025 NBA Playoffs

Patrick Redford, David Roth, Tom Ley, Ray Ratto, and Luis Paez-Pumar

April 18, 2025

The Stanley Cup’s Got To Return To Canada Sometime, Right?

April 18, 2025

The Warriors Really Had To Work For It

April 16, 2025

The Cincinnati Reds Are Going Nowhere In Particular More Quickly Than Any Team Ever Has

April 14, 2025

The Western Conference Is Heading Into A Week Of Glorious Chaos

April 8, 2025

College Basketball

Florida Didn’t Lose The National Championship

April 8, 2025

West Sacramento Has The A’s, Whether They Want Them Or Not

April 4, 2025

Defector Reads A Book

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 12: Is Julia Cameron Wrong?

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Ray Ratto, Chris Thompson, Sabrina Imbler, and Kathryn Xu

April 2, 2025

Steph Curry Went Off, Again

April 2, 2025

The Season Is Too Long, And Everybody Is Cranky

March 30, 2025

College Basketball

UCLA Finally Finds Its Place

March 30, 2025

You Can’t Say Baby Blue Without “Baby”

March 30, 2025

Aaron Judge Destroys Pitchers, So Don’t Be A Pitcher And You’ll Be Fine

March 30, 2025

An MLB Preview Containing All The Information One Could Possibly Hope To Ascertain About The 2025 Season

Ray Ratto, Tom Ley, Chris Thompson, Maitreyi Anantharaman, Kelsey McKinney, Kathryn Xu, Luis Paez-Pumar, David Roth, and Lauren Theisen

March 27, 2025

Zero Lessons From 54 Years Of My Fantasy Baseball League

March 26, 2025

From The Group That Brought You BOS Nation, It’s An Even Worse Team Name

March 26, 2025

Defector Reads A Book

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 11: We Are Dying To Be Done

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Chris Thompson, Sabrina Imbler, Kathryn Xu, and Ray Ratto

March 25, 2025

College Basketball

Dan Hurley Is The Last Angry Man

March 24, 2025

It’s The Damn Sandro Mamukelashvili Game

March 20, 2025

Defector Reads A Book

‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 10: Reflecting Near The End

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Ray Ratto, Sabrina Imbler, Chris Thompson, and Kathryn Xu

March 18, 2025

Defector Music Club Is Getting The Led Out

Israel Daramola, Dave McKenna, Ray Ratto, David Roth, and Lauren Theisen

March 18, 2025

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