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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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Jack Hanson

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Arts And Culture

The Perfect Fascist

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Music

Tunde Adebimpe’s Solo Debut Channels The Gift Of The Mixtape

Jake Romm is a New York City-based writer and the Associate Editor of Protean Magazine.

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Jake Romm

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The Paranoid Fantasies Of ‘October 8’

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Israel Daramola

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‘Sinners’ Is A Worthy Blockbuster

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Richard Kind poses at a gala celebrating "All In: Comedy About Love" opening night on Broadway at The Hudson Theatre on December 16, 2024 in New York City.

“All In: Comedy About Love By Simon Rich” Gala Performance

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How Meeting Richard Kind Changed The Course Of My Life

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‘Drop’ Is Not A ’90s Thriller Because The ’90s Are Unfortunately Over

John Semley is a writer and researcher based in Philadelphia.

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John Semley

People queue outside indie record store Flashback Records to shop for vinyls on Record Store Day in London on April 20, 2024.

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How Record Store Day Became The Stupidest Day In Music

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Tom Ley

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Brandy Jensen

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Is Reacher Too Big Now? A Roundtable Discussion

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

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NEW ORLEANS, LA - OCTOBER 28: Jesse Lacey of Brand New performs during the 2017 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience at City Park on October 28, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

2017 Voodoo Music + Arts Experience – Day 2

Brand New Tour, Same Old Question

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My Friend Has Been Naming Shitty TV Characters After Me For 20 Years

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Gangsta Grillz Is Forever

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Artist who was banned for life from Providence Place Mall returns to his secret mall apartment

Watching ‘Secret Mall Apartment’ In The Secret Apartment Mall

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In Praise Of ‘The Pitt,’ The Most Normal Show On Television

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Remembering Val Kilmer In Five Movies

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‘Ludwig’ Gets Cozy With David Mitchell’s Limits

Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.

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Capturing A Sperm Whale

‘Moby-Dick’ Is Still Too Big For The Opera

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Seth Rogen’s ‘The Studio’ Is The Latest Example Of TV’s Silver Age

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KiiiKiii And The Dawn Of K-Pop’s Process Era

Leah Finnegan is the former editor-in-chief of Gawker and the Outline. She has written and edited for the New York Times, New York magazine, the New Republic, the Baffler, and others.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ‘Dream Count’ Is Stuck In The Past

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What The Beads Can Tell You

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

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All My Favorite Lines From ‘With Love, Meghan’

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PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Stephen Curry (4) of Team USA in action during Men's Gold Medal game between Team France and Team United States on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Aytac Unal/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Basketball – Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 15

‘Court Of Gold’ Is Brilliant When It Gets Specific

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‘Eephus’ Director Carson Lund On Baseball As A Way Of Being