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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.

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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Family Night In

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Kalyn Kahler Is Leaving Us, But We’ll Keep The Memories And Her Jawbones

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We Will Further Secure Our Financial Independence By Sending David Roth To Your House

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Two Years Of Defector

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The Defector Ideas Festival Left No Norm Unchallenged

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Rays Week

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Welcome To Creaturefector!

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Samer Kalaf

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Introducing ‘Namedropping,’ A Podcast About Names

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Introducing ‘Normal Gossip,’ A Podcast Where We Will Gossip, As A Treat

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You Simply Will Not Believe The Quality Of The Holiday Deals That Defector Is Now Offering

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Would You Like To Be Defector’s First-Ever Editorial Intern?

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Announcing The Defector Media Youth Outreach Initiative For The Betterment Of Society

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One Year Of Defector

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Defector Says Goodbye To A Guy

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Senators Week

Senators Week Has Adjourned

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Drew Magary

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‘The Night The Lights Went Out’ Will Be A Book

Senators Week Has Convened

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Our Newsletter Service Is Busted, So Everyone Gets To Read The Newsletter Today

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Congrats To This Dumbass, Who Now Has To Give Defector $500,000

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Introducing Defector’s Plan For Not Fucking Over Freelancers

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Let's Remember Some Guys

Test Your Guy-Remembering Skills On The Battlefield Of Knowledge

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Defector, A Roaringly Successful Website Beloved By Several Thousand People, Is Now Offering Special Holiday Gift Subscriptions