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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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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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Funbag

At Ambition’s End

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Eric Adams Is Unfortunately A Comic Genius

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Divisional Playoffs – Houston Texans v New England Patriots

I Am Addicted To Hoodies

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English Is Killing Off Other Languages And That Is Not Good

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The Upside Of Shame

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Do You Eat Meals One Food At A Time Or All Together?

Attendee uses a virtual-reality headset, at the VR/360° Filmmaking Masterclass For Women- Industry Night on January 28, 2022 in Nairobi. - The VR/360° Filmmaking Masterclass For Women is dedicated to strengthening the creative economy in different sectors in Kenya. The project consists mainly of training & workshops for creatives and related events. (Photo by Simon MAINA / AFP) (Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)

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You’re Gonna Be In This Goddamn Metaverse Whether You Like It Or Not

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How To Tell People When You’ll Be Free To Hang

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The Best Reason To Have Kids Is To Play With All Their Crap

A young woman smiles as she poses at a desk in an office-like environment, one hand on a document and the other on the keys of a Clary adding machine, mid to late 1950s. (Photo by Tom Kelley/Getty Images)

Bookkeeping At The Office

The Dreaded Math Has Made Sports More Entertaining

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When’s The Last Time You Cried From Physical Pain?

Liz Cook is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Pitch, Bon Appétit, Eater, and The Kansas City Star, among others. She also writes the experimental food newsletter <a href="https://haterade.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Haterade</a>.

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Liz Cook

Roller Skates For Christmas

Help! My Spouse Sucks At Wrapping Presents

PASADENA, CA, DECEMBER 17: Candy Cane lights and a projected "Happy Holidays" wish adorn a house on December 17, 2003 in Pasadena, California. Many of southern California's better holiday lights displays are in Pasadena. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Pasadena Residences Celebrate Christmas

Candy Canes Are Shit

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sings with Carol Singers from across the country during a reception at the Chancellery in Berlin on January 7, 2020. - Traditionally, children dressed as the Three Kings go from house to house after Christmas and before Epiphany to collect money for charitable projects of the Roman Catholic church. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Five Worst Christmas Songs

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Help! My Spouse Hates Cooking (And Eating Too)!

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A 40-Team NFL Is A Terrible Idea That I’d Absolutely Live With

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 21: Derek Carr #4 of the Las Vegas Raiders fumbles the ball during the fourth quarter in the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Allegiant Stadium on November 21, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Cincinnati Bengals v Las Vegas Raiders

There Is No Perfect Stat

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Allow Me To Explain Why Chocolate Soda Shouldn’t Exist

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The Upside Of Insomnia

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We Kept Our Kids’ Baby Teeth And It Was Weird

CLEVELAND, OHIO - OCTOBER 17: Referee Carl Cheffers #51 calls a defensive penalty during the fourth quarter of the game between the Cleveland Browns and the Arizona Cardinals at FirstEnergy Stadium on October 17, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

Arizona Cardinals v Cleveland Browns

You Don’t Want AI Refs

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I Am Politely Asking TV Broadcasters To Stop Reading Tweets On Air

Disorder In The Court

The Time I Libeled Myself After Waking Up From A Coma

at Hard Rock Stadium on December 11, 2017 in Miami Gardens, Florida.

New England Patriots v¬†Miami Dolphins

NFL Coaching Trees Are A Scam

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