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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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Patrick Redford

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 03: Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs chat on stage during Super Bowl LIX Opening Night at Caesars Superdome on February 03, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)

Super Bowl LIX Opening Night

This Is So Stupid

What Time Does “What Time Does The Super Bowl Start?” Start?

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Chris Thompson

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Plasma Cannon

Science

I Would Think Nothing Of Being Shot In The Chest With This Plasma Cannon

Two tennis guys get horny looking at Zendaya.

Challengers

Defector At The Movies

Is My Most Loathed Enemy A Song From The Score Of ‘Challengers’? Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah-Yeah-Yeah Yeah Yeah-Yeah-Yeah

Collin Sexton

The Utah Jazz Are Boldly Making Their Move Down The Standings

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Hansi Flick holds a press conference for the match against Betis, corresponding to the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, in Barcelona, Spain, on January 14, 2025.

Hansi Flick

Soccer

A German Coach, The Spanish Media, And Google Translate Walk Into A Press Conference

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Barry Petchesky

10 November 2024, Bavaria, Munich: American Football, NFL, Carolina Panthers - New York Giants, Matchday 10, Main Round at the Allianz Arena: Coach Brian Daboll of the New York Giants takes part in a press conference after the game. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa (Photo by Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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History

New York Giants: Season In Review

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Tom Ley

Coffee

I Lost My Coffee

Ronald McDonald and Hamburglar in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

I Would Not Take My Post-Assassination Meal At An Altoona McDonald’s, But I Guess I’m Built Different

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Justin Ellis

Actor Timothee Chalamet answers questions on a press tour.

“A Complete Unknown” Minneapolis Special Screening

SHOCKER: This Handsome Actor Is In Fact A Ball-Knower


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Mossy Stick Insect STUNS In New Photos

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Protein Shake

I Can’t Stop Drinking This Fucked-Up Protein Shake

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Let Me Push The Win Button

Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in a scene from the film 'Groundhog Day', directed by Harold Ramis, 1993.

Groundhog Day

You’re Stuck In A Time Loop. How Are You Helping Your Team Win A Game?

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David Roth

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I Found That Jaguars Hat You Like

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Kathryn Xu

Olympics, Paris 2024, before the triathlon, view of the murky water of the Seine after the second training session was cancelled due to poor water quality.

Paris 2024 – before the triathlon

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I Will Only Swim In The Poop River If It Contains Fewer Than 1,000 Colony-Producing Units Of E. Coli Per 100 Milliliters Of Water

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft appears as a blazing meteor with a long trail of vapor as it launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on June 5, 2024.

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Do Not Say The Boeing Starliner Astronauts Are Stranded In Space, Which They Cannot Presently Return From Due To Problems With Their Spacecraft

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Everyone’s Been Competing To Post Defector’s 10,000th Blog And I Just Clicked Publish On This

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The Official, Complete, Very Scientific Taxonomy Of Fishing Video Games

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What Would You Do Right Now For A Free Beach Vacation?

CALGARY, CANADA - FEBRUARY 25: A view of the exterior of the Scotiabank Saddledome home of the NHL’s Calgary Flames with the city skyline in the background on February 25, 2016 in Calgary, Alberta. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) *** Local Caption ***

Sports Contributor Archive 2016

A Useful, Clear-As-Day, Couldn’t-Be-Simpler Guide To Canada’s Hockey Arenas, Places, And Centres

Shohei Ohtani smacks a 473-foot home run.

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Sunday’s Events Will Ring Out Through History

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There Are Three Essential Lawyer Movies

Actors from "All My Children" at the Emmys.

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Here Are Some MLB Draft Prospects Whose Names Would Be Right At Home On ‘All My Children’

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Samer Kalaf

Klay Thompson #11, Andrew Wiggins #22, Jonathan Kuminga #00, and Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors look on from the bench during the game against the Sacramento Kings during the 2024 Play-In Tournament

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An Attempt To Draw This Overstuffed Sentence About Klay Thompson Leaving The Warriors

The super yacht of Russian billionaire businessman and oligarch Roman Abramovich sitting in dock at the Marmaris Port in Turkey in December 2023.

Roman Abramovich Yahct In Marmaris Port, Turkey

We Are Honor Bound To Commandeer Mark Zuckerberg’s Megayacht