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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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Merch v3

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

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Interviews

An EXPLOSIVE Tell-All Interview With Acclaimed Memoirist  Drew Magary

Kalyn Kahler

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An NFLPA Player Rep On De Smith’s Uncertain Future

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Laura Wagner

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An Interview With The Self-Published Author Who Is Trying To Destroy Twitter By Selling Books

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A BOMBSHELL Interview With HOTSHOT Debut Novelist Kelsey McKinney

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Chris Thompson

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A Cryptocurrency Expert Introduces Me To The Dystopian Nightmare Of Art As A Financial Instrument

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

WASHINGTON - MARCH 4: DeMaurice Smith (R), NFLPA executive director, arrives with NFL Players Association Spokesman George Atallah (L) and Kansas City Chiefs player Brian Waters (C) for an extra day of negotiations at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service building March 4, 2011 in Washington, DC. Representatives from the National Football League (NFL) and National Football League Players' Association (NFLPA) continue to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement between players and owners during a 24 hour extension in negotiations. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

NFL Lockout Looms As Negotiations Are Extended

Let’s Talk About The State Of Football, With The NFLPA’s George Atallah

Samuel Lam

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Curling

Yes, You Can Build A Curling Simulator In The Comfort Of Your Own Home

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Jason England

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Defector At The Movies

Shaka King, Director Of ‘Judas And The Black Messiah,’ Talks Radical Politics, How To Make Black Movie Stars, And The Black Excellence Industrial Complex

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An Interview With A ‘Survivor’ Super Fan Who Lived The Dream

A patient receives a COVID-19 vaccination on February 4, 2021 in Federal Way, Washington. Swedish Medical Center held a mobile vaccination clinic at the Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington to serve racial and ethnic minority groups disproportionately affected by COVID-19.

An Epidemiologist Explains The Challenges Of Vaccinating A Neurotic Nation

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A Former Video Game Journalist Lays Out The Power Dynamics In The Review Process

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Patrick Redford

The Himalayan Mount Everest (C-L) and other mounts ranges are pictured from Namche Bazar in the Everest region, some 140 kms northeast of Kathmandu on March 26, 2020. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)

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A Geologist Rocks My World On Why Earth’s Tallest Mountain Isn’t So Obvious

A graduating student wears a money lei, a necklace made of US dollar bills, at the Pasadena City College graduation ceremony, June 14, 2019, in Pasadena, California. - With 45 million borrowers owing $1.5 trillion, the student debt crisis in the United States has exploded in recent years and has become a key electoral issue in the run-up to the 2020 presidential elections. "Somebody who graduates from a public university this year is expected to have over $35,000 in student loan debt on average," said Cody Hounanian, program director of Student Debt Crisis, a California NGO that assists students and is fighting for reforms.

A Student-Debt Researcher Fucks Me Up With America’s Broken Promises

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

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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

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

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Science

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

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Things We Actually Like

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