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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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Kelsey McKinney

Two men celebrate the July Fourth holiday on the Coney Island boardwalk in New York, one wearing a hot dog costume and the other in red, white and blue overalls.

New York City Fourth Of July Celebrations

Life Lessons

Bro Summer Waits For Us All

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

A woman stands with her cellphone in Grand Central Terminal, the historic world-famous landmark and transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan July 21, 2020 in New York. - The station is the southern terminus of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines and ridership has been down during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

US-HEALTH-VIRUS-TRANSPORTATION

Metro-North Is My North Star

Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.

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Nicholas Russell

End of life petrol and diesel cars and vans are piled on top of one another as they wait to be recycled in a car scrapyard on November 29, 2022 in Glastonbury, England. The UK scraps over one million cars a year and many more petrol and diesel cars will need to be taken off the road if the Government is to reach its target for the number of electric cars to be reached.

End Of Life Vehicles

Mods Asleep

I Will Drive This Fucked-Up Car Until One Of Us Dies

B.D. McClay is an essayist and critic.

B.D. McClay

11 February 2020, Berlin: Bottles of the brand "Coca Cola" are lined up in the cinema Zoo Palast.

Cinema Zoo Palace

I Will Never Abandon My Special Little Drink

1950s 1960s MAN IN STRIPED PAJAMAS SMILING ASLEEP IN BED (Photo by ClassicStock/Getty Images)

1950s 1960s MAN IN STRIPED…

I Love My Jammy-Jams

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Chris Thompson

Gardening

Elder Wisdom

How To Make (Or Possibly Not To Make) A Vegetable Garden

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Barry Petchesky

SHAOYANG, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: People read books at Songpo bookstore during the Spring Festival holiday on February 16, 2021 in Shaoyang, Hunan Province of China. (Photo by Teng Zhizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

Bookstore In Shaoyang

Buy Yourself A Gift Card

A General view showing a shoe store on August 7, 2022 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong residents received Phase 2 of the Consumer Voucher Scheme.

Hong Kong Consumer Voucher Scheme

These Dad Shoes Are Made For Workin’

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - MARCH 06: A Boxer dog looks out from its kennel on first day of Crufts dog show at the NEC on March 6, 2014 in Birmingham, England. Said to be the largest show of its kind in the world, the annual four-day event, features thousands of dogs, with competitors travelling from countries across the globe to take part. Crufts, which was first held in 1891 and sees thousands of dogs vie for the coveted title of 'Best in Show'. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Dogs And Owners Gather For 2014 Crufts Dog Show

It Happened To Me: I Thought I Bought People Treats But They Were Dog Treats

Felix Kent

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Why Can’t I Turn Off The Game?

Wooden and iron spoons lie on the table at the folk museum, Kovpakivka village, Mahdalynivka district, Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine.

Museum in Kovpakivka village

The Fork And Spoon Method To A Better Life

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My Sweet Tooth

<div>Nate Jackson is a former NFL tight end and author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/slow-getting-up-a-story-of-nfl-survival-from-the-bottom-of-the-pile-nate-jackson/6430451?gclid=Cj0KCQjwpc-oBhCGARIsAH6ote9JzWMngZDpSjF2eoL1_JlyPm2QhDfkNgOzqvaB4n9ic0qqUNQ4iCwaAsasEALw_wcB">Slow Getting Up</a>. He lives in Denver.</div>
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Nate Jackson

A football is being balanced on top of a syringe and vaccine vial.

Vaccine balancing football

My NFL Career Ended With A Needle And A Scam

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Giri Nathan

On Moving Out

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Patrick Redford

A hacker is an individual who uses computer skills to overcome a technical problem.

Unidentified female hacker trying to hacking internet server in the dark.

Here Are Our Stories Of Being Scammed

Dave McKenna

(Original Caption) Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff as The Monster. Scene in the laboratory.

Laboratory Scene from Frankenstein

I Have Become The Dr. Frankenstein Of Amps

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

A poster of Jerry Seinfeld showing his perfect teeth. It's Dental Health Adviser from Fall 1993, and it's a large poster. It's telling you to floss.

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This Giant Visage Of Jerry Seinfeld Is What Finally Got Me To Floss

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Justin Ellis

Illustration of a father looking surprised at a baby on a changing table, surrounded by a pile of laundry and a vacuum cleaner.

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No One Can Tell You How To Dad

A. Andrews is a thirty-something disabled queer/trans writer and illustrator. They spent the majority of their young life sketching in hospitals and experienced their first heartbreak at age 8 during Game 6 of the &#8217;96 NBA championships. When they aren’t writing and drawing their guts out, they’re hanging with their dog, George, and drinking too many coffees. They will probably never tell you “what’s wrong with [them]” and you shouldn’t ask! They were named one of The Advocate&#8216;s 2021 People of the Year, are a 2020 Tin House Summer Workshop scholar, and their debut graphic novel, A Quick and Easy Guide to Sex &amp; Disability topped 2020 lists for the NYPL best books for teens, and YALSA&#8217;s best books for teens, and is available anywhere books are sold. You can find more of their work at Washington Post, Esquire, the Nib, and other fun corners of the internet.

A. Andrews

Art of a person seen from behind wearing a hoodie and shorts, with tattoos on their legs, in the process of lifting a barbell

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Lost And Found At The Weight Machines

Normal Gossip: portraits

Alex Sujong Laughlin

A black Coach purse alongside purse restoration tools on a table.

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A Purse For Whatever Woman You Want To Be

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Ray Ratto

A page from a 1939 mens clothing catalog for Fred Mueller with illustrations of men wearing colorful western-style shirts.

Fred Mueller Inc.

The One Easy Trick For Adding Color To Your Wardrobe

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Sabrina Imbler

a grid of ultrasound images of my (now former) breasts may they RIP!

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Even Good Health Insurance Is Bad; Or, How I Got Top Surgery With A Family History Of Breast Cancer

A photo of the painting Lady at the Piano' by Felix Valloton, from 1904.

Lady at the Piano’ by Felix Valloton

Learning To Play Piano When There Is No Recital

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Soraya Roberts

The Patti Smith Group pose for portraits, (L-R) Lenny Kaye, Richard Sohl, Patti Smith, Ivan Kral and Jay Dee Daugherty, in May 1976 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Patti Smith Group Portraits In Copenhagen

Make Space For The Artist

Photo of two pages of an Italian illustrated chess manual from the 15th century, located at the Gorizia, Fondazione Palazzo Coronini Cronberg

Chess manual

When Your Best Move Is Embracing Loser Mindset