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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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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Giri Nathan

Derrick Favors of the Utah Jazz grabs a rebound as Damian Lillard, Meyers Leonard, and C.J. McCollum of the Portland Trail Blazers look on

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Interviews

An Interview With The Creators Of A Bot That Spits Out A Random NBA Play Every Three Hours

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Chris Thompson

A human cadaver positioned as if throwing a baseball at "Bodies...The Exhibition".

An Astrophysicist Explains The Challenges Of De-Juicing The Baseball

The Prince Of Wales Opens The ‘Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy’ Exhibition

A Medieval Historian Explains Why The Magna Carta Has Nothing To Do With COVID-19

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Life's Rich Pageant

An Interview With The Professional Exterminator Who Defeated My Accursèd Roach Trunk

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Patrick Redford

ESPN’s Tony Reali Tells Us About Helping Rescue A Downed Peregrine Falcon

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Two Fusion Researchers Explain The Tokamak Reactor That I Want To Be Hurled Into

Medwyn and Gwenda Williams pose in front of their award-winning display at the 2019 Chelsea Flower Show

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Things We Actually Like

An Interview With Competitive Gardener Medwyn Williams, King Of The Vegetable Realm