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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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Professor Frink Is Real, And Strong, And My Friend, With Matt Selman

Jae Towle Vieira [they/them] works as a podcast production assistant for Normal Gossip and Namedropping. Their fiction has been published in The Normal School, New England Review, Carve Magazine, Passages North, Fairy Tale Review, and elsewhere.

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Boxing In Dublin – Chantelle Cameron v Katie Taylor

Great Irish Champions, With Dave McKenna

All The Razzle Dazzle Money Can Buy

Mark Sanchez looking forlorn after a Jets game on October 31, 2010.

Green Bay Packers v New York Jets

Gratitude, Triumph, And The Butt Fumble, With Jasper Wang

What Horrors Await In The Weedsgiving Basement?

Aaron Barrett and Derek Gibbs of Reel Big Fish perform at Southampton University on March 5, 2011.

Reel Big Fish Perform in Southampton

When Ska Was King, With Rob Harvilla

In Search Of The Momfluencer’s Apprentice

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A Stumble Of Keriths, With Kerith Burke

New Vikings quarterback Joshua Dobbs exults after leading his team to a comeback win against the Falcons in Atlanta.

Minnesota Vikings v Atlanta Falcons

A Dad’s Guide To Joshua Dobbs Mindset