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Ray Ratto
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MLB
Bud Black Has Either The Best Or The Worst Job In Baseball
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Ray Ratto
April 21, 2025
NBA
The Warriors And Rockets Know Each Other’s Weaknesses
69
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Ray Ratto
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.)
NBA
The Lakers Have Bigger Problems Than Luka Doncic Can Fix
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Ray Ratto
April 20, 2025
NBA
There Is No Getting Off The Russell Westbrook Rollercoaster
67
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Ray Ratto
April 20, 2025
NBA
Silence! You Are Summoned To Read A Preview Of The 2025 NBA Playoffs
142
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Patrick Redford
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David Roth
,
Tom Ley
,
Ray Ratto
, and
Luis Paez-Pumar
April 18, 2025
NHL
The Stanley Cup’s Got To Return To Canada Sometime, Right?
125
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Ray Ratto
April 18, 2025
NBA
The Warriors Really Had To Work For It
126
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Ray Ratto
April 16, 2025
MLB
The Cincinnati Reds Are Going Nowhere In Particular More Quickly Than Any Team Ever Has
133
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Ray Ratto
April 14, 2025
NBA
The Western Conference Is Heading Into A Week Of Glorious Chaos
60
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Ray Ratto
April 8, 2025
College Basketball
Florida Didn’t Lose The National Championship
136
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Ray Ratto
April 8, 2025
MLB
West Sacramento Has The A’s, Whether They Want Them Or Not
154
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Ray Ratto
April 4, 2025
Defector Reads A Book
‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 12: Is Julia Cameron Wrong?
31
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
,
Ray Ratto
,
Chris Thompson
,
Sabrina Imbler
, and
Kathryn Xu
April 2, 2025
NBA
Steph Curry Went Off, Again
52
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Ray Ratto
April 2, 2025
NBA
The Season Is Too Long, And Everybody Is Cranky
60
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Ray Ratto
March 30, 2025
College Basketball
UCLA Finally Finds Its Place
19
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Ray Ratto
March 30, 2025
NFL
You Can’t Say Baby Blue Without “Baby”
121
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Ray Ratto
March 30, 2025
MLB
Aaron Judge Destroys Pitchers, So Don’t Be A Pitcher And You’ll Be Fine
65
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Ray Ratto
March 30, 2025
MLB
An MLB Preview Containing All The Information One Could Possibly Hope To Ascertain About The 2025 Season
225
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Ray Ratto
,
Tom Ley
,
Chris Thompson
,
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Kelsey McKinney
,
Kathryn Xu
,
Luis Paez-Pumar
,
David Roth
, and
Lauren Theisen
March 27, 2025
MLB
Zero Lessons From 54 Years Of My Fantasy Baseball League
124
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Ray Ratto
March 26, 2025
NWSL
From The Group That Brought You BOS Nation, It’s An Even Worse Team Name
184
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Ray Ratto
March 26, 2025
Defector Reads A Book
‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 11: We Are Dying To Be Done
14
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
,
Chris Thompson
,
Sabrina Imbler
,
Kathryn Xu
, and
Ray Ratto
March 25, 2025
College Basketball
Dan Hurley Is The Last Angry Man
143
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Ray Ratto
March 24, 2025
NBA
It’s The Damn Sandro Mamukelashvili Game
67
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Ray Ratto
March 20, 2025
Defector Reads A Book
‘The Artist’s Way’ Week 10: Reflecting Near The End
19
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
,
Ray Ratto
,
Sabrina Imbler
,
Chris Thompson
, and
Kathryn Xu
March 18, 2025
Music
Defector Music Club Is Getting The Led Out
272
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Israel Daramola
,
Dave McKenna
,
Ray Ratto
,
David Roth
, and
Lauren Theisen
March 18, 2025
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