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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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Luis Paez-Pumar

Canada - Montreal circa 1959, man grilling, BBQ with the family

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Life Lessons

Grilling Is Slowly, So Slowly, Teaching Me How To Be Patient

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Lauren Theisen

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Name Change

What’s In A Name? A Lot Of Paperwork, Actually

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Soraya Roberts

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 13: Brad Pitt is seen on the set of "Wolves" in Old Howard Beach on February 13, 2023 in New York City.

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What Does Dressing My Age Look Like?

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Albert Burneko

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Life Comes At You Fast

Felix Kent

CAMBRIDGE, MA - AUGUST 30: A gate in front of Harvard Yard at Harvard University on August 30, 2018 (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Justice Department Sides With Asian-Americans Students That Are Suing Harvard Over Admissions

How They Keep The Gates


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Sabrina Imbler

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Into The Woods

I Resent My Accursed Allergy Shots, Unless They Work, In Which Case I Love Them!

<div class="gmail_default">Timothy Faust is a healthcare writer and author of the book <i><a href="http://www.healthjusticenow.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.healthjusticenow.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1685593699820000&amp;usg=AOvVaw24V19Y2HTPgYkH_EpZ_lgj">Health Justice Now</a></i>. He and his long little dog, Ume, move around a lot.</div>
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Timothy Faust

A drawing of Tim as a kidney vending machine.

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You Too Can Donate A Kidney And Still Be A Normal Cool Guy Who Pounds Brewskis

<p>T.M. Brown is a Brooklyn-based writer who has written for <em>The New Yorker</em>, <em>The New York Times</em>, and <em>Rolling Stone</em>, as well as the good versions of Deadspin and the <em>Village Voice</em>. He writes the newsletter <a href="https://tedthoughts.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tedthoughts.substack.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1696431933834000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1vP6E3SoXDsrjiq0Qj9HM5">Is It Supposed to Look Like That?</a></p>


T.M. Brown

Telcel ATP Mexican Open 2016 – Dimitrov v Thiem

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Surviving Break Point

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Ray Ratto

A Danger sign in front of trees in Yellowstone National Park warns visitors to not approach wildlife.

Do Not Fuck Around With The Woods

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Alex Sujong Laughlin

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Chefector

That’s What I Get For Trying To Honor My Ancestors With Chestnuts I Found On The Street

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The Only Depressed Adult At The World’s Largest Indoor Ropes Course

The Cyclone Roller Coaster at Coney Island

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Reflections From An Aging Roller Coaster Fanatic

<div>Rick Paulas is a writer in Brooklyn who made <i><a href="http://www.theladyingreenpoint.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.theladyingreenpoint.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1693673714100000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3mdrn4_mwbI7boyzf49u2G">The Lady in Greenpoint</a></i>, a 3-mile walking audio ghost story starting at the Pulaski Bridge, and <i>The Palmer Hotel</i>, a collection of spooky short stories set over a century in a downtown hotel, of which there are like 50 copies left for sale.</div>
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Rick Paulas

An overhead shot of the Williamsburg-Greenpoint waterfront area in Brooklyn, New York. Taken from a plane or helicopter or maybe one of those new tall buildings on the waterfront.

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I’ll Always Have Rec League Softball, Until I Don’t

Jonquel Jones #35 of the New York Liberty accepts the MVP trophy after the team's 82-63 victory over the Las Vegas Aces in the 2023 Commissioner's Cup Championship game at Michelob ULTRA Arena on August 15, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

2023 Commissioner’s Cup Championship – New York Liberty v Las Vegas Aces

How A Fat Baseball Ass And Four Lesbians Turned Me Into A Sports Fan

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Kathryn Xu

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Abigail Segel

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Computer room and workers ca. 1980

Why Call When An Oblique Email Will Do The Job Of Making A Prospective Intern Spiral Into A Panic?

Dave McKenna

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Consider The Mystery Delivery Cake Dilemma

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On The Meaning Of Going Back For More J.T. Realmuto Highlights At 11:47 P.M.

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Chris Thompson

Red rambling rose plant climbing the wall of a pink thatched cottage, Shottisham Suffolk, England.

So You Want To Grow Climbing Roses

<p>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 <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


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Drew Magary

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How Much Shit Should You Have In Your Wallet? An Investigation

ZAGREB, CROATIA - MARCH 20: A sign in tribute to Craig Breen of Ireland and Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team who succumbed to injuries sustained in a testing crash last week during Day One of the FIA World Rally Championship Croatia on March 20, 2023 in Zagreb, Croatia. (Photo by Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images)

FIA World Rally Championship Croatia – Day One

It’s Continually Alarming That Choices Matter

SEP 10 1989 Sitting in the Chair at the Press Conf for the Pit Bulls at the Denver Athletic Club is Punk. Credit: The Denver Post (Denver Post via Getty Images)

Denver Post Archives

Do You Have That Dog In You? Take The Defector Quiz!

Charlie Edwards Media Workout

Requiem For An Overweight

American alpine skier Madi Springer-Miller races against the clock on the slopes of Bald Mountain, Sun Valley, Idaho, 28th November 1951. Springer-Miller is training with other hopefuls for the United States Olympic ski team ahead of the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

1952 Winter Olympics – Ski Training

There Is A Coach In Me

Cows stand behind a fence, but in front of a picturesque view of County Mayo in Ireland.

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Things We Actually Like

A Yank Walks Into A Pub

circa 1960: Child actor Johnny Crawford looks forward to eating a pile of pancakes in an International House of Pancakes, a chain of eateries in the USA started in 1958 by Californian brothers Al and Jerome Lapin. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Stack ‘Em High

I Don’t Want Brain By Seventeen, I Want Body By Pancake