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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 5th Birthday Party Is On Sept. 10 In Brooklyn

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Birthday party 2025

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


Lindsey Adler

Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher perform onstage at the Oasis Live '25 - Toronto concert at Rogers Stadium

Oasis Live ’25 – Toronto

Arts And Culture

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

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Israel Daramola

Gulf Coast Braces For Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina Showed How Quickly It Can All Fall Apart

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Kelsey McKinney

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Travis Kelce Sufficiently Recovered From Humiliating Super Bowl Loss To Propose

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David Roth

A grimacing Terence Stamp, with some blood splashed across his face, in Stephen Soderbergh's 1999 film "The Limey"

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Seek And Destroy

<p>Mitch Therieau is a writer living in Virginia.</p>


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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”

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


James Greig

Hay Festival – Day 4

Politics

Sally Rooney Dares The British Government To Follow Through

Normal Gossip: portraits

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Interviews

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.

“John Proctor Is The Villain” Broadway Opening Night

The Revolution Will Be Extra-Curricular

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Listening Habits

Rap Music Yearns For The Good Ole Days

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Albert Burneko

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What’s ‘Mönch’ Thinking?

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<p>Find me on Signal @DefectorChris.09</p>


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Chris Thompson

Ice Cube makes an angry face while lost in an emptied WeWork.

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Defector At The Movies

Twelve Minutes Of Ice Cube Stumbling Around An Empty Office In An Escalating Panic Almost Redeems The Rest Of ‘War Of The Worlds’


<p>Corey Atad is a freelancer writer based in Toronto with an unhealthy Air Bud obsession.</p>


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Corey Atad

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New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Campaigns In Brooklyn

Selling Zohran

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<div class="p-rich_text_section">Puja Patel is a writer, editor, and curator who has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Pitchfork and <em>Spin</em>, a culture editor for Deadspin, and a columnist for MTV and the <em>Village Voice</em>. Her work has appeared in publications such as the <em>New Yorker</em>, <em>Harper&#8217;s Bazaar</em>, and <em>Rolling Stone,</em> among others. She serves on the advisory board of NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music and Building Beats, a nonprofit organization that provides music education to underserved youth across New York City and Los Angeles.</div>
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Puja Patel

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The Cringiest Love Songs That Make Us Cry

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Defector Staff

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The Worst Songs We Love So Much

<p>Marian Bull is a writer, editor, and potter living in Brooklyn. She writes <a href="https://marianbull.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://marianbull.substack.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1755179401925000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1fEbhNoXERVRom7SEmVfSn">Mess Hall</a>, a cooking newsletter, and is at work on her first book.</p>


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Stud Country, Queer Line Dancing,  And The Joys Of Being In Sync

<p>Tommy Craggs is an editor and writer, late of <i>Game Theory With Bomani Jones</i> on HBO, <i>Mother Jones</i> (no relation), HuffPost, Slate, Gawker Media, and Deadspin. He&#8217;s part of the Flaming Hydra cooperative of independent writers and artists. <a href="https://flaminghydra.com/#/portal/signup" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://flaminghydra.com/%23/portal/signup&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1720555755229000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0dYzV3TRg8TTAptAnFcs6h">Subscribe to the newsletter here</a>.</p>


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Are We Playing It All Wrong?

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Fans of Elvis Presley (1935-1977) gather to celebrate his memory during an impersonator contest in Memphis.

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Remembering My Elvis Death Week Pilgrimage, 35 Years Later

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Brandy Jensen

Sarah Jessica Parker in 'And Just Like That...'

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And Just Like That… It’s Over

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How To Put Down Your Phone And Read A Book

<p>Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.</p>


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Nicholas Russell

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Ari Aster Wants You To Take The Bait

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<p>Robert Rubsam writes fiction and nonfiction. His work has appeared in the NYT Magazine, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the Baffler, and Liberties. He is a contributing writer for Commonweal Magazine.</p>
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Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa poses for the photographer during the 81st Venice International Film Festival

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Portrait Session – The 81st Venice International Film Festival

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Visions Of Hell

Lady Gaga performs onstage during The MAYHEM Ball Tour at The Kia Forum on July 28, 2025 in Inglewood, California.

Lady Gaga – The MAYHEM Ball Tour – Los Angeles

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No Journey With Lady Gaga Is Ever Wasted

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Birch boletus – edible mushrooms on moss (Leccinum scabrum)

My Favorite Part Of ‘Anna Karenina’ Is The Guy Who Can’t Stop Himself From Talking About Mushrooms