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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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Aparna Nancherla speaks onstage during The 2023 New Yorker Festival at SVA Theater 1 on October 07, 2023 in New York City.

The 2023 New Yorker Festival – Ziwe And Aparna Nancherla Talk With Emma Allen

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Aparna Nancherla Is My Favorite Impostor

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Joanna Arnow’s Time Has Arrived

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U.S. Open stenographers Michele Cook and Linda Christensen.

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An Interview With The U.S. Open Stenographers Who Wade Through Scattered Thoughts And Xbox References

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An Interview With The Biggest Tennis Sicko I’ve Encountered At The U.S. Open


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


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Steven Soderbergh Says It’s Time To Tear The Streaming Model Down To The Studs

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“You Knew It Was Something Really Nasty”: How The Art Department Brings ‘I Think You Should Leave’ To Life

17 February 2023, Berlin: Matt Johnson, director, arrives for the photocall of the film "BlackBerry". Berlinale is one of the major film festivals and lasts until February 26, 2023.

Berlinale 2023 – Photocall “BlackBerry

Defector At The Movies

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“I’m Usually Thinking About Other Shit”: Drew Millard On The Healing Power Of Golf

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Protesters face off with a line of police officers during a rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols outside the LAPD headquarters, in Los Angeles, California, on January 27, 2023. - The US city of Memphis released January 27, 2023 graphic video footage depicting the fatal police assault of a 29-year-old Black man, as cities nationwide braced for a night of protests against police brutality. Five Memphis officers, also all Black, were charged with second-degree murder in the beating of Tyre Nichols, who died in hospital on January 10 three days after being stopped on suspicion of reckless driving. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

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Journalist Ben Camacho On Facing Petty LAPD-Driven Lawsuit: “It’s The Biggest Gaslight Of My Life”

DELRAY BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 12: Matija Pecotic (CRO) competes during the qualifying round of the ATP Delray Beach Open on February 12, 2023, at the Delray Beach Stadium &amp; Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida.(Photo by Aaron Gilbert/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

TENNIS: FEB 12 Delray Beach Open

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