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Kathryn Xu
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Racing
What Is The Deal With Cadillac’s F1 Driver Pairing?
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Kathryn Xu
August 26, 2025
MLB
Cal Raleigh Breaks The Catcher Homer Record In A Big (Dumper) Way
81
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Kathryn Xu
August 25, 2025
SF, Philly, DC: Meet Defector at the Ballpark
Before the end of the season, come hang out at a baseball game in one of the cities where multiple Defector staffers reside. We’ll be doing Defector & Friends at the Ballpark in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and D.C. Make sure you wear your finest Defector merch so other readers can spot you, or at least carry around a printout of Devin the Dugong.
Transit
Doomsday For SEPTA Is Bad News For Everyone
180
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Kathryn Xu
August 21, 2025
MLB
Milwaukee Brewers Weird (Nerd Version)
57
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Kathryn Xu
August 18, 2025
Mods Asleep
Has The World’s Biggest K-Pop Group Already Come And Gone?
90
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Kathryn Xu
August 12, 2025
MLB
Josh Naylor Is So Slow That Nobody Can Catch Him
55
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Kathryn Xu
August 7, 2025
Racing
Heartbreaking: Ferrari Once Again Makes Two Men Lose Their Joie De Vivre
55
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Kathryn Xu
August 4, 2025
MLB
Jerry Dipoto Will Never Stop Doing Jerry Dipoto Things
75
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Kathryn Xu
August 1, 2025
MLB
Emmanuel Clase Placed On Leave While MLB Conducts Gambling Investigation
114
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Kathryn Xu
July 28, 2025
Racing
Simply Invent Rain Control To Ensure A Thrilling Belgian Grand Prix
60
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Kathryn Xu
July 28, 2025
MLB
Rich Hill Is BACK
71
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Kathryn Xu
July 23, 2025
MLB
Phillies Implement Forbidden Catcher’s Interference Strategem To Walk Off Red Sox
72
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Kathryn Xu
July 22, 2025
Life's Rich Pageant
Will A Will Ever Become A Bill?
78
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Kathryn Xu
July 18, 2025
Bills Week
Fatal Battles In Common Loons: A Subsequent Analysis
90
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Sabrina Imbler
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Kathryn Xu
July 15, 2025
Racing
Red Bull Belatedly Fires Team Principal Christian Horner
116
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Kathryn Xu
July 9, 2025
Racing
239th Time’s The Charm For Nico Hülkenberg
62
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Kathryn Xu
July 7, 2025
MLB
The Suspect Pitches In MLB’s Gambling Investigation Of Luis Ortiz Look Not Great
165
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Kathryn Xu
July 6, 2025
Defector At The Movies
‘F1: The Movie’ Is Great If Your Favorite Part Of Racing Is All The Corporate Logos
147
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Kathryn Xu
July 3, 2025
Racing
Red Bull Stares Into The Abyss
64
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Kathryn Xu
June 30, 2025
MLB
I Am Sick And Tired Of These Normie Gamer Athletes
213
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Kathryn Xu
June 26, 2025
MLB
Every Hit-By-Pitch In The Dodgers–Padres Series, Ranked
49
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Kathryn Xu
June 20, 2025
MLB
Will The Yankees Ever Score Another Run? No
93
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Kathryn Xu
June 18, 2025
MLB
Shohei Ohtani Is Getting Back To Abnormal
43
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Kathryn Xu
June 17, 2025
Racing
Lando Norris Fails To Find One Gap, Widens Another
63
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Kathryn Xu
June 16, 2025
Defector Reads A Book
Tim Krabbe’s ‘The Rider’ Won Us Over By Losing
36
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June 13, 2025
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