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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's 5th Birthday Party is on September 10 in Brooklyn

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Carlos Alcaraz of Spain celebrates a point against Jannik Sinner of Italy during the Men’s Singles Final match on Day Fifteen of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros on June 08, 2025 in Paris, France.

2025 French Open – Day Fifteen

Podcasts

A Forehand That Sounds Like Construction Equipment, With Giri Nathan

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Patrick Redford

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The Defector Era Of ‘Nothing But Respect’ Is Here, With Maitreyi Anantharaman And David Roth

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Alex Sujong Laughlin

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Erika Learns To Sing

Soda packaging are seen at the grocery store in Las Vegas, United States on November 17, 2023.

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A Very Fine Cheerwine, With Emma Baccellieri

Isabelle Harrison and Breanna Stewart of the New York Liberty making some fantastic What Can You Do faces on the bench during a July 25 game against the Phoenix Mercury.

Phoenix Mercury v New York Liberty

A Huge W, With Maitreyi Anantharaman

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Mattie Goes To A Yoga Class

NFLPA Executive Director Lloyd Howell discusses the state of the union and its direction for the upcoming year before the Super Bowl in New Orleans. The Distraction logo is at upper right.

Super Bowl LIX Previews

Who Can You Trust? With Pablo Torre

Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates jokes with Oneil Cruz #15 during the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees in 2024.

Pittsburgh Pirates v. New York Yankees

The Hazards Of Bob Nutting Mindset, With Justin Halpern

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Defector Staff

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Announcements

In Paradigm-Shifting Business Maneuver, Defector Acquires Basketball Podcast

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Women Listening to Radio

Defector Is Launching New Podcasts

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Drew Magary

Ten-year-old Eli Knauer takes a bite from a bacon cheeseburger twice wider than his face on May 27, 2011 at Morton's Steakhouse in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Bullied For Bacon, With Michael Schur And Rohan Nadkarni

A worker stocks food items at a Whole Foods Market grocery store in Manhattan on December 17, 2024.

Some Food Items See Rise In Prices Again As Fed Set To Make Next Interest Rate Announcement

Like A Bat In The Supermarket

Oklahoma City Thunder players celebrate with the Larry O'Brien trophy after winning Game Seven of the 2025 NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers at Paycom Center on June 22, 2025.

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The Agony Of Victory, With Ray Ratto

Photo taken on Jan. 12, 2023 shows a closed store of Big Lots at King Square Center in Arvada, Northwest of Denver.

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A Fine Balance Between Evil And Stupid, With Kelsey McKinney And Megan Greenwell

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Monorail: Origins, With Alan Siegel

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Everyone Will Be Abuzz About The Season 8 Finale

St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Brendan Donovan (33) as seen during a Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals on May 18, 2025. Just a real Cardinals-looking guy.

MLB: MAY 18 Cardinals at Royals

A Residence At One Cardinal Way, With Will Leitch

Spontaneous Diffusions Of Vocal Energy

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder looks to his right, seemingly at The Distraction logo, with a towel over his shoulder, after the team's Game 4 loss in the Western Conference Finals.

Oklahoma City Thunder v Minnesota Timberwolves – Game Three

Activating The Dunk Machine

The Champagne Socialist And The Espresso Martini Capitalist

Police officers are seen outside the Supreme Court of the United States is seen on Thursday May 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The court is hearing arguments about lower courts' ability to block President Donald Trump's policy to end birthright citzenship.

Supreme Court – Washington, DC

Notes Of Sparkling Authoritarianism, With Jason Steinhauer

Brie Is A Promise

Honorary pace car driver, Alan Ritchson attends the "Reacher" activation on the midway prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Distraction logo is at upper right.

NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500

Hands Like Small Turkeys, With Brandy Jensen

Stewing In Anger

A copy of "The Onion," a satirical newspaper, is seen on a lamppost in downtown Washington, DC on November 14, 2024. The lead headline reads "America Defeats America."

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The State Of The Onion, With Ben Collins