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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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Defector's 2025 Tip Jar Sweepstakes: Join Chris and Kelsey in the Great Blogger Bake Shop

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Tip jar sweepstakes

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Patrick Redford

Defector At The Movies

‘HIM’ Is A Non-Starter

Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.

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Nicholas Russell

Daniel Rossen

Interviews

Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen Talks Old Scenes And A New Tour

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David Roth

Holland Roden, Joe Pantoliano, and Matthew Daddario sitting on a very Hallmark movie coach, all admiring a little Buffalo Bills ornament that Pantoliano (in a Bills hat and goatee) has received from an anonymous benefactor. It's from the trailer of Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story.

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The Hallmark Channel And The Buffalo Bills Encourage You To “Go For Four”

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‘The Sting’ Publicity Still

Arts And Culture

Robert Redford Made An Art Of The Double Take

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Barry Petchesky

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 04: Jimmy Kimmel is seen at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live" on November 04, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles – November 04, 2019

Politics

Charlie Kirk Is A Means To An End

Hannah Smothers

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Reality TV Dating Enters Virgin Territory

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Brandy Jensen

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Not Every Documentary About A Crime Needs To Be A True Crime Documentary

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Kelsey McKinney

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Interior of Leiden University library.

The Machines

If The Thieving AI Company Can Survive The Legal Settlement, Then It Is Not Big Enough

English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian Melvyn Bragg

Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019

Thank You, Melvyn Bragg

Owen Lewis is a former Defector intern and co-founded the website <a href="http://popcorntennis.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://popcorntennis.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726234676777000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0PFWw6PL-FUqaCMME5TLqP">popcorntennis.com</a>. He wrote 63,000 words about the Novak Djokovic-Rafael Nadal rivalry that can be accessed for free at <a href="https://thegoldenrivalry.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thegoldenrivalry.substack.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726234676777000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2OjAHpo4PVIhkx8Xd21lRJ">thegoldenrivalry.substack.com</a>.

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Owen Lewis

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Lucas Schaefer Understands The Brutality, Absurdity, And Transcendence Of Boxing

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“The Wizard Of Oz At Sphere” Premiere

No Courage, No Heart, No Brain

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I Apologize For The Behavior Of Barry “The Popcorn Moron” Petchesky

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I Submit To You That Popcorn Is A Bad Movie Snack

Lindsey Adler is a writer based in Brooklyn. She exclusively covered sports for a decade but has other interests, too.

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Oasis Live ’25 – Toronto

The Oasis Reunion Tour Has Shaken Up My Gallagher Brother Power Rankings

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Gulf Coast Braces For Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina Showed How Quickly It Can All Fall Apart

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Travis Kelce Sufficiently Recovered From Humiliating Super Bowl Loss To Propose

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Seek And Destroy

Mitch Therieau is a writer living in Virginia.

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Mitch Therieau

Marcus Mumford and Alex Ebert and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes perform as part of the Railroad Revival Tour at San Pedro Port of Call on April 22, 2011 in San Pedro, California.

Railroad Revival Tour In Concert – San Pedro, CA

The Tragedy Of “Stomp Clap Hey”

James Greig is a journalist and the Political Editor at <a href="https://www.dazeddigital.com/user/jamesgreig">Dazed</a>.

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Hay Festival – Day 4

Sally Rooney Dares The British Government To Follow Through

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An Interview With My Grandmother, Who Knows Everyone In Bluegrass Music

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What Books Should I Buy For My Future Child?

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New Cowboys Docuseries Offers Revealing Look Up Jerry Jones’s Own Ass

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Angelina Mazza

L-R) Nihar Duvvuri, Molly Griggs, Fina Strazza, Amalia Yoo, Sadie Sink, Morgan Scott, Gabriel Ebert, Maggie Kuntz and Noah Pacht take the curtain call during "John Proctor Is The Villain" Broadway opening night at the Booth Theatre on April 14, 2025 in New York City.