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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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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Live Event

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Tom Ley

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I Can’t Fucking Believe How Good ‘Andor’ Is

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Soraya Roberts

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Philomena Cunk And The Wisdom Of Learning From The Dumbest Person On Earth

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Sometimes You Just Need Ice Zombies

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Kelsey McKinney

A League Of Their Own

‘A League Of Their Own’ Is A Reminder Of How Little Women’s Baseball Still Has

<a href="mailto:tara@taraariano.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tara Ariano</a>&nbsp;co-hosts the podcasts&nbsp;<a href="https://www.extrahotgreat.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Extra Hot Great</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://listentosassy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Listen To Sassy</a>,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.againwiththis90210.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Again With This</a>. She is also the co-author, with Sarah D. Bunting, of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Very-Special-90210-Book-Absolutely/dp/1419747460?tag=decider08-20" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">A Very Special 90210 Book: 93 Absolutely Essential Episodes From TV’s Most Notorious Zip Code</a>.&nbsp;Her byline has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Collider, Vanity Fair, New York, Slate, Mel Magazine, Vulture,&nbsp;Salon,&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Awl, among many others. She lives in Austin.

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The Future Of Television Looks A Lot Like The Past

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‘The Bear’ Is Why We Must End The Reign Of TV’s Vibes Cartel

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Dan McQuade

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Rays Week

Ray Jay Johnson And Other People I Know Only From ‘The Simpsons’

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Ray Velcoro Was The Truest Detective

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Turns Out ‘Ray Donovan’ Isn’t A Cop Show

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

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Drew Magary

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‘Stranger Things 4’ Is A Masterpiece

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An Anonymous TV Writer Offers An Inside Look At Why Special Effects Seem So Bad Right Now

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Nicholas Russell

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Who Does A True Crime Convention Really Serve?

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Ben Stiller Explains How ‘Severance’ Became The Rare Streaming Show That’s Actually Good

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Israel Daramola

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HBO’s ‘Winning Time’ Is Overstated, But Says What Other Sports Entertainment Won’t

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Arts And Culture

Reading Is Easy, TV Is Hard

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Media Meltdowns

Here Are Two Utterly Unbearable Minutes Of TV Sports Debate

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Life's Rich Pageant

I Don’t Like This At All

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And Just Like That, I Watched An Entire Season Of ‘And Just Like That…’

Investigations Editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

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‘Cheer’ Was Never Going To Be Able To Adequately Address Jerry Harris

Premiere Of 20th Century FOX’s “Bad Times At The El Royale” – Arrivals

We Don’t Need Joss Whedon’s Cover Story

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In ‘Yellowjackets,’ The Old Eat Their Young

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Local Sports Broadcasters Should Have Regional Accents

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Defector Staff

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Year In Review

The Best Things We Watched In 2021

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Giri Nathan

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Salute To The Smiling Killer From This Season Of ‘Survivor’

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Logan Roy Is An American