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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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Samer Kalaf

A CNN broadcaster with the chyron "What is woke?"

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This Is So Stupid

This Blog Has Gone Woke

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

Tik Tok screenshots of "Livvy Rizzed Baby Gronk"

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Livvy Rizzing Up Baby Gronk, Explained

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Breaking: A-Rod Has Gum Disease

Eight basketball players looking at the Last Supper but it's a basketball backboard

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My Pointless Quest To Double The Number Of Apostles At The Last Supper

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This Mike Florio Paragraph Has Been Bouncing Around My Brain For 4 Years Now

John Semley is a writer and researcher based in Philadelphia.

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John Semley

Clint Eastwood at a podium, it's an animated GIF, and different Clint Eastwood fake twitter accounts slowly fill the screen

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A Fistful Of Eastwoos: Inside The Battle For Clint Twitter

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Albert Burneko

A close play on a steal attempt at second base, between the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Guardians.

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It’s Too Easy To Steal Bases!

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Giri Nathan

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Patrick Redford

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Gordon McRae as Curly McLain in Oklahoma!

Baseball!

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This Will Not Be Finished Until Mike Trout Is Allowed To Pitch To Shohei Ohtani

Ron DeSantis with his big gross mouth open like a nightmare baby bird.

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Which Three Fingers Did Ron DeSantis Use To Slurp Down Chocolate Pudding Like A Damn Raccoon?

LIV Golf’s “Team Finder” Knows Which Of Four Sandwiches Describes Your Values As A Sports Fan

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Kelsey McKinney

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Pretty Neat. Defector Outlines Hiring Process That Landed Devin The Dugong

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Pee Pee Pew Pew!

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Israel Daramola

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 08: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers takes the field for player introductions prior to a game against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on January 08, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Lions defeated the Packers 20-16.

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Aaron Rodgers’s Darkness Diary

A photo of a New Jersey rest stop. In the foreground is Ed Harris, the actor. He is in a suit. The quote below him is: "Acting is like scoring a touchdown."

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The Garden State Parkway’s Jon Bon Jovi Rest Stop Is Playing Fast And Loose With Famous Quotes

Alex Pareene is a contributing editor at The New Republic and the co-host, with Laura Marsh, of the podcast&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/018-amanda-litman-run-for-something-why-you-cant-see/id1341525125?i=1000444277937" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Politics of Everything</a>.

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Alex Pareene

View, looking up, at a bunch of balloons released above Christopher Street (between Hudson and Bleeker streets) during the annual New York City Pride March, New York, New York, June 24, 1979. (Photo by Suzanne Poli/Getty Images)

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Has Anyone Seen My Balloons?

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Google’s Search Engine Reveals Its Feelings: Destroy All Humans With A Rain Of Nuclear Fire

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Oh No! The Big, Beautiful Owl Got Out!

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Luis Paez-Pumar

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

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Kelly Conaboy

Rihanna is seen out and about on July 07, 2021 in New York City. And then we photoshopped her purse into a giant NFL football

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If Rihanna Songs Were About Football, Ranked

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Shams Charania’s Metaphors Don’t Make Sense In A Drawing Either

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Justin Ellis

In this photo illustration, pages are viewed from the government’s released version of the F.B.I. search warrant affidavit for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on August 27, 2022 in California. The 32-page affidavit was heavily redacted for the protection of witnesses and law enforcement and to ensure the ‘integrity of the ongoing investigation’.

Redacted Affadavit Justifying FBI Search Of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Estate Released

Enough With The Fucking Secret Memos Already

Collin Delia #60 of the Vancouver Canucks skates up ice during their NHL game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Rogers Arena January 18, 2023 in Vancouver.

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Vancouver Canucks Goalie Says There Was No Fart, Just Skate

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Possible Fart Briefly Disrupts Vancouver Canucks Broadcast