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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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New Defector Merch For Your Baby

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Merch v3

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Nate Crudster

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This Is So Stupid

No Matter What Happens In This Election, Nobody Is Allowed To Get Mad At Me

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Barry Petchesky

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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

A plaid Jacksonville Jaguars baseball cap available at Fanatics.com.

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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

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Albert Burneko

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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Announcements

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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Chris Thompson

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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

George Clooney, as Michael Clayton, talks into a cell phone while walking down a city street at night.

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There Are Three Essential Lawyer Movies

Actors from "All My Children" at the Emmys.

All My Children

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

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Justin Ellis

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