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Giri Nathan

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 07: ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on set ahead of Super Bowl LIX on February 07, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will face each other on Sunday. (Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

Journalismism

Adam Schefter Reports That Mark Sanchez Was Stabbed In “Robbery,” Doesn’t Explain His Error

Samer Kalaf

Don’t Let The Shills Tell You The Commercial-Free Service Should Have Commercials

Tom Ley

Why Did Adam Schefter Write “Composite Matchups” Like This?

Patrick Redford

College Basketball

Doug Gottlieb Humbled By Michigan Tech, Life

Adrian Wojnarowski on ESPN discussing trade proposals for Jerami Grant

What Is The Cost Of A Woj Bomb?

Laura Wagner

Media Meltdowns

ESPN Concludes Adam Schefter Is Worth The Embarrassment

The Browns Are All In On Deshaun Watson

David Roth

A close-up image of Aaron Rodgers looking upset from a game against the Arizona Cardinals.

Podcasts

A Cancel Culture Casket Of One’s Own, With Lauren Theisen

Seriously, What The Fuck Is Wrong With Adam Schefter?

Barry Petchesky

attends the Annual Charity Day Hosted By Cantor Fitzgerald And BGC at the Cantor Fitzgerald Office on September 11, 2013 in New York, United States.

Adam Schefter Is Pathetic And ESPN Is Gutless

Why Did Adam Schefter Say “Clean Sweep” Like This?

Adam Schefter Gives Up On Journalism

PITTSBURGH, PA - AUGUST 21: T.J. Watt #90 of the Pittsburgh Steelers looks on prior to the game against the Detroit Lions at Heinz Field on August 21, 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

How Many Football Man Tropes Can Adam Schefter Cram Into One Tweet?

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA - JULY 10: NFL athlete Aaron Rodgers looks on from the first hole during round two of the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe South golf course on July 10, 2020 in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

This Isn’t Helpful, Schefty

Ray Ratto

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - DECEMBER 26: Chase Daniel #4 of the Detroit Lions heads off the field following a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Ford Field on December 26, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

You Expect Us To Believe WHAT About Chase Daniel?

Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.

Dan McQuade

ESPN reporter Adam Schefter, with some tweets of his with really long links superimposed over it

This Is So Stupid

Why Do Adam Schefter’s Links Look So Weird?

visits the SiriusXM set at Super Bowl 50 Radio Row at the Moscone Center on February 5, 2016 in San Francisco, California.

What Are We Even Doing Here, Man

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.

Drew Magary

Jamboroo

Fuck Adam Schefter

Adam Schefter Teases Report Of Al Riveron’s COVID-19 Case In The Greasiest Possible Way

adam schefter