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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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Patrick Redford

An Iranian rock climber scaling a climbing wall in Tehran.

Iran-Youths, First Stage Of The Boulder Cup Rock Climbing League

Life Lessons

How Do You Win When You Compete With Yourself?

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Alex Sujong Laughlin

A man and woman sit on a beach under a striped umbrella drinking Coke out of glass bottles.

1950s COUPLE MAN WOMAN…

I Was Wrong About Diet Coke

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Barry Petchesky

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Year In Review

What Horrible Things Did We Do To Our Penises Last Year?

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Ray Ratto

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Beware The Vacation Fedora

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Defector Staff

Sancho at the Feast, Starved by his Physician' by William Hogarth (1697 - 1764). English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist. Sancho Panza is a key character in the Spanish novel 'Don Quixote' by Cervantes.

Sancho at the Feast.

The Best Things We Ate In 2024

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Lauren Theisen

Women’s Pro-Wrestling “Saree-ISM”

Pro Wrestling

Some Wrestling Matches I Liked In 2024


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Sabrina Imbler

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My Fancy Little Mocktail Was Missing More Than Booze

May Company Basement Sale, 1 March 1954. Crowd at May Company Basement Sale.;Caption slip reads: 'Photographer: McCarty. Date: 154-03-01. Reporter: Scott. Assignment: May Co. Basement Sale. 1/2/46/76/35/72/71/69/70/75: Crowd at May Co. Basement Sale'..

May Company Basement Sale, 1954

The Worst Things We Bought In 2024

circa 1897: Portrait of actor John Martin Harvey (1867 - 1944) reading to two children on a postcard.

J Martin Harvey

The Best Things We Read In 2024

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The Best Things We Heard In 2024

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What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?

An old timey drive-in, with an old-timey pickup truck in front of it. The front of the drive in says "DRIVE-IN THEATRE. SIT IN YOUR CAR. SEE AND HEAR TALKING PICTURES. ON THE WORLD'S LARGEST SCREEN. Californa's First." There's also a neon entrance sign. The photo is black and white. The Year in Review Defector graphic is at the bottom.

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The Best Things We Saw In 2024

A fan lands himself just foul in the upper level leftfield seats as he keeps cool and takes in the Dodger/Seattle interleague game, Sunday afternoon at Dodger Stadium.

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Defector’s Favorite Sports Moments Of 2024

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Presenting The 2024 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many