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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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Barry Petchesky

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Year In Review

What Horrible Things Did We Do To Our Penises Last Year?

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

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Life's Rich Pageant

The Wildwood Boardwalk T-Shirts Of 2021

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Kelsey McKinney

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Politics

Harry Reid Was A True Believer

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What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

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Chris Thompson

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What The Hell Is This Company The 76ers Just Partnered With?

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Lauren Theisen

Spanish Jamon Iberico Industry Prepares For Busy Christmas Period

Let Me Be A Ham Sniffer

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Ray Ratto

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Can Andy Corren Do My Obit When The Time Comes?

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Albert Burneko

Amtrak Ridership Down Over 70% During Pandemic

I Am Certain Amtrak’s New Vaccine Plan Will Go Great

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Samer Kalaf

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Hockey Team And Mortgage Company Partner Up To Humiliate Local Teachers

Dave McKenna

A highly venomous Golden Lancehead snake is seen at the Butantan Institue -which supplies the Ministry of Health, with many snakes' venom for its ditribution countrywide- in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2019. - In 2018 nearly 29,000 people were bitten by snakes in Brazil, of which over a hundred were killed. Most of the cases were in the vast and remote Amazon basin, far away from hospitals stocked with antivenom. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Lynlee Renick Found Guilty In Snake King Murder Trial

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Tom Ley

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We Must Salute The Guy Who Drove An F-35 Straight Into The Ocean

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Could My Entire Family Fit Inside Kyle Kuzma’s Large Pink Sweater With Enough Room Left Over For Rations To Survive The Winter? An Investigation

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Puddle Of Puke On Sacramento Kings’ Home Court Somehow Not A Metaphor

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Prosecutors Got One Conviction In A Snake King’s Murder, And Now They Are Going After Another

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Media Meltdowns

Papa John: “That’s Moses Getting Circumcised”

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The Case Of “Pole Assassin” And The Monkey-Child Halloween Incident

A Centralian carpet python lies coiled at Sydney Wildlife World on September 11, 2009 which features Australian flora and fauna set amongst natural habitats and eco-systems. The non-venomous Centralian carpet python found only in Australia's Northern Territory, uses its colouring to help it blend in with the red sand and rock found in its usual arid desert habitat. Like other carpet pythons it is mainly nocturnal and feeds on small mammals, birds and reptiles. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP via Getty Images)

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Death Of A Snake Salesman

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Defector Up All Night

Train Defeats Bike In Non-Conference Matchup

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Urban Meyer’s House Is Freaking Me Out, Man

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American Flag Finally Put To Good Use At Sporting Event

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Paul Pierce Does Not Regret Grim Men’s Evening, Embraces Grim Men’s Lifestyle

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Patrick Redford

People play in an open round of Europe's biggest single venue bridge competition at the Metropole Hotel August 19, 2005 in Brighton, England. The game of Bridge is believed to share the same mental ability that is used to trade shares and is played regularly by over a million people. (Photo by Bruno Vincent/Getty Images)

Europes Biggest Single Venue Bridge Competition

European Bridge League In Turmoil Over Presence Of Cheating Italian Duo

Avoid The Long Burger

Shane Ryan is the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/shane-ryan/the-cup-they-couldnt-lose/9780306874390/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Cup They Couldn&#8217;t Lose</a>, the story of the modern Ryder Cup, which came out on May 10. He lives in Durham, NC, and his writing appears in Golf Digest, Paste Magazine, and elsewhere. Previously, he wrote on Defector about&nbsp;<a href="https://defector.com/online-quiz-league-is-the-future-of-competitive-trivia/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Online Quiz League</a>. He also runs Apocalypse Sports Trivia, which you can join by contacting him on&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/ShaneRyanHere" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Twitter</a>.

Shane Ryan

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Online Quiz League Is The Future Of Competitive Trivia

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Hiccup President Is Now Doo-Doo President