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Defector Up All Night
Chill Out In The Labor Day Weekend Open Thread
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Tom Ley
August 31, 2024
Why Your Team Sucks
Why Your Team Sucks 2024: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
296
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Tom Ley
August 27, 2024
The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock
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WNBA
The Fever Broke The Storm
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Tom Ley
August 19, 2024
NFL
Caleb Williams Made Some Throws
154
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Tom Ley
August 18, 2024
Soccer
Jhon Durán Picked The Funniest Time And Place To Score
20
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Tom Ley
August 18, 2024
Soccer
And Now, A Timely And Exhaustive Preview Of The 2024-25 Premier League Season
180
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Luis Paez-Pumar
,
Albert Burneko
,
Billy Haisley
,
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Patrick Redford
,
Ray Ratto
, and
Tom Ley
August 16, 2024
Media Meltdowns
Bigots Need Their Useful Idiots
339
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Tom Ley
August 2, 2024
Announcements
Transactions, July 29
143
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Tom Ley
July 29, 2024
Soccer
Everything You Need To Know About The Women’s Olympic Soccer Tournament, While It’s Still Worth Knowing About
43
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Billy Haisley
,
Tom Ley
, and
Luis Paez-Pumar
July 25, 2024
Media Meltdowns
Thom Brennaman Pitied Himself Back Into The Broadcast Booth
127
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Tom Ley
July 21, 2024
Politics
It’s Joever!
934
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Tom Ley
July 21, 2024
Politics
BidenWatch: We’re In The Take Zone [Update]
344
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Tom Ley
July 21, 2024
Wings Week
It’s No Longer Wings Week
110
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Tom Ley
July 19, 2024
Wings Week
It’s Time For You To Read ‘Lonesome Dove’
185
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Tom Ley
July 18, 2024
Wings Week
Remember When The Red Wings Celebrated Their Stanley Cup Victory With A Song About A Funny Little Guy Having Sex For The First Time?
94
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Tom Ley
July 17, 2024
Wings Week
Nikola Met A Bird
65
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Tom Ley
July 16, 2024
Wings Week
When Did Basketball Get Wings?
91
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Tom Ley
July 15, 2024
Wings Week
It’s Wings Week
306
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Tom Ley
July 15, 2024
Soccer
The Copa América Semifinal Ended With Uruguay Players Fighting Colombia Fans
130
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Tom Ley
July 11, 2024
Soccer
Barbra Banda And Temwa Chawinga Were Bigger Than The Season’s Biggest Game
17
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Tom Ley
July 8, 2024
Defector Up All Night
The Clarion Ledger, A Mississippi Newspaper Founded In 1837, Is Shutting Down Any Speculation That Archie Manning Is Not 75
770
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Tom Ley
July 3, 2024
Soccer
A Noisy Loss Is Still Just A Loss
277
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Tom Ley
July 2, 2024
NBA
Paul George And The Sixers Have To Make This Work
130
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Tom Ley
July 1, 2024
College Baseball
Texas A&M Baseball Coach Leaves For Texas, One Day After Scolding Reporter Who Asked If He Might Leave For Texas
172
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Tom Ley
June 26, 2024
WNBA
Angel Reese Is Not, In Fact, Too Small
85
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Tom Ley
June 24, 2024
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