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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

The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Merch v3

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Albert Burneko

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The Machines

What The Boring Company Does

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Laura Wagner

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Media Meltdowns

Newspaper Owner Slaps Union Organizer With Burger Bag At Ohio Rest Stop Amid Labor Strike

Starbucks workers on strike in Austin, Texas.

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Capital

The Starbucks Strike Is Working

Colin Deppen is a reporter with Spotlight PA.

Colin Deppen

Barnstormers' Jake Hoover (20) slides into second base after hitting a two run double against the York Revolution during first inning action of the home opener at Clipper Magazine Stadium in Lancaster Friday April 29, 2022.

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Why These Teams Got Left Out Of The Minor League Baseball Union

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Kelsey McKinney

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It Shouldn’t Be This Hard To Buy Concert Tickets

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David Roth

Twitter CEO Elon Musk carries a sink into Twitter headquarters as part of a typically epic jape.

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Everything Is Silicon Valley Now

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Patrick Redford

MIAMI, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 21: An exterior view of FTX Arena prior to a game between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat at FTX Arena on October 21, 2022 in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

Boston Celtics v Miami Heat

So Much For FTX Arena

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Samer Kalaf

Elon Musk's Twitter account displayed on a laptop screen is seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on November 1, 2022. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Life's Rich Pageant

Beware The Blue Checks

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 23: Sam Bankman-Fried speaks onstage during the first annual Moonlight Gala benefitting CARE - Children With Special Needs - hosted by Michael Cayre, Roy Nachum and MegaMoon Museum at Casa Cipriani on June 23, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for CARE For Special Children )

The First Annual Moonlight Gala Benefitting CARE – Children With Special Needs – Hosted By Michael Cayre, Roy Nachum And MegaMoon Museum At Casa Cipriani

Crypto Is Running Out Of Dominoes

AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 15: Mark Zuckerberg, via video, speaks at Into the Metaverse: Creators, Commerce and Connection during the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin Convention Center on March 15, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Samantha Burkardt/Getty Images for SXSW)

Into the Metaverse: Creators, Commerce and Connection – 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals

Meta Will Continue Burning Billions Of Dollars Until Something Happens

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Journalismism

Semafor Is The Problem

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Life Lessons

I Just Ate $28 Worth Of Taco Bell Because Some Dingus On TV Claimed He Did

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More Like Megaworse

<a href="https://twitter.com/PeteCroatto" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/PeteCroatto&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1664986664225000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1IOCSnf8b8k47CXUQY8Wml">Pete Croatto </a>is the author of <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/From-Hang-Time-to-Prime-Time/Pete-Croatto/9781982103958" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/From-Hang-Time-to-Prime-Time/Pete-Croatto/9781982103958&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1664986664225000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0qtPVCYdWjoWnj-HRERk_r">From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-day NBA</a>. His sportswriting has appeared in many outlets, including The New York Times, The Athletic, The Toronto Star, Andscape, Shondaland, and SLAM.

Pete Croatto

<a href="https://twitter.com/DaveCroatto" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dave Croatto</a> has written for The Onion, The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, MAD Magazine and Random House’s Little Golden Books. Once, in a diner, he saw a woman take a spoonful of complimentary mints from a bowl by the cash register, put the spoon directly into her mouth, and then place the spoon back in the bowl. The experience haunts him to this day.

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An illustration of a hand holding a straight flush of Donruss Diamond Kings.

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The Brief, Memorable Reign Of The Diamond King, Baseball Cards’ Most Iconic Subset

Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.

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Dan McQuade

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Feds: Publicly Traded Deli Worth $100 Million A Massive Fraud After All

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Tom Ley

American Family Insurance Championship – Round Two

Brett Favre Wanted Inmates To Help Build His Fraudulent Volleyball Stadium

Malcolm Harris is the author of Kids These Days: Human Capital And The Making Of Millennials, Shit Is Fucked Up And Bullshit: History Since The End Of History, and the forthcoming Palo Alto: A History Of California, Capitalism, And The World.

Malcolm Harris

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Growth For What: The Shaky Promise Of Green Capitalism

Investigations Editor. You can reach her at diana@defector.com or, if you prefer protonmail, dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. If security is a concern, download the Signal app and send her a text at 929-251-8187.

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Diana Moskovitz

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Which Strategic Acquisitions Should Defector Make?

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The MLBPA Wants To Unionize Minor League Baseball

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 16: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with WeWork Co-Founder and CEO Adam Neuman on May 16, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Meets With CEO’s Of Pepsi And WeWork In New York

Barefoot Man Prepares To Set Another Massive Pile Of Money On Fire

A GateHouse Media owned Palm Beach Post and the Gannett Co. owned USA Today are seen for sale at a newsstand on August 05, 2019 in Palm Beach, Florida. The Post now is also owned by Gannett

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With Newspaper Owners Like Gannett, Who Needs Enemies?

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Arts And Culture

The Money Is In All The Wrong Places

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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Drew Magary

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Inside Hollywood’s Visual Effects Crisis

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 28: CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg appears on a monitor as he testifies remotely during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing 'Does Section 230's Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?', on Capitol Hill, October 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey; CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC, Sundar Pichai; and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg all testified virtually at the hearing. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act guarantees that tech companies can not be sued for content on their platforms, but the Justice Department has suggested limiting this legislation. (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images)

Big Tech CEO’s Testify Before Senate On Section 230 Immunity

Meta Is Desperate

February 1939: View of rows of newspapers from various American cities sitting in the racks of a newsstand, Times Square, New York City.

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This Is Not The Way To Help Local News