bad ideas

Politics

Atlantic Writer’s Son Offers Bold Advice To Democrats: Pretend To Be A Sports Moron

By Tom Ley

June 3, 2026

272Comments

MLB

Nats To Fans: Hey Everybody, Look What Dumbasses Our Players Are!

By Dave McKenna

April 22, 2026

130Comments

NFL

Cam Skattebo Sorry For Saying CTE And Asthma Are Fake

By Tom Ley

March 22, 2026

187Comments

College Basketball

Big 12 Pulls Glass Court Following Conference Tournament Fiasco

By Dave McKenna

March 13, 2026

154Comments

Soccer

Manchester United Wants To Get Into The Docuseries Business

By Ray Ratto

January 22, 2026

28Comments

NFL

Puka Nacua Did An Antisemitic Little Dance [Update]

By Tom Ley

December 18, 2025

335Comments

MLB

The Nationals Know What Goes Great Together: Dogs And Fireworks

By Samer Kalaf

April 28, 2025

225Comments

NBA

Hornets Cruelly Bait-And-Switch Child By Promising PS5 But Giving Him PS5 And Hornets Tickets

By Chris Thompson

December 18, 2024

214Comments

NWSL

BOS Nation Apologizes For Ill-Advised Rollout, Not For Being Named BOS Nation

By Tom Ley

October 16, 2024

190Comments

Funbag

Help! My Friend Wipes His Ass With Bleach!

By Drew Magary

September 10, 2024

622Comments

Wings Week

I Drank Every Flavor Of Red Bull In A Row To See If It Would Give Me Wings

By Barry Petchesky

July 16, 2024

292Comments

Defector Up All Night

NFL Rookies Decide Against Risking $10,000 On Daniel Jones And Washington’s Offensive Line

By Tom Ley

May 10, 2024

467Comments

MLB

There Are Several Reasons Not To Let Anyone From The Colorado Rockies Into An Airplane Cockpit

By Tom Ley

April 19, 2024

123Comments

This Is So Stupid

Hmmm … Something Is STILL Not Right Here

By Kelsey McKinney

February 15, 2024

164Comments

This Is So Stupid

Hmmm … Something Is Not Right Here.

By Kelsey McKinney

December 14, 2023

316Comments

Journalismism

Charissa Thompson Decided Her Credibility Is Worth Less Than A Few Podcast Chuckles

By Ray Ratto

November 17, 2023

291Comments

Life's Rich Pageant

There’s No Law Against Having Fun While Posing As A Teen Girl In A JV Basketball Game

By Tom Ley

January 31, 2023

174Comments

Year In Review

The Worst Ideas Of 2022

By Defector Staff

December 30, 2022

227Comments

Media Meltdowns

Drew Brees Struck By Idiotic Marketing Ploy, Not Lightning

By Tom Ley

December 2, 2022

204Comments

Life Lessons

I Just Ate $28 Worth Of Taco Bell Because Some Dingus On TV Claimed He Did

By Patrick Redford

October 12, 2022

373Comments

NFL

The NFL’s New Overtime Rule Won’t Make Anything More Fair

By Ray Ratto

March 29, 2022

159Comments

Year In Review

The Worst Ideas Of 2021

By Defector Staff

December 31, 2021

239Comments

Life's Rich Pageant

The USFL Is Back, Because No Bad Idea Ever Dies

By Ray Ratto

June 3, 2021

154Comments

Soccer

The Columbus Crew Have A Stupid New Name Because MLS Can’t Help Itself

By Luis Paez-Pumar

May 11, 2021

229Comments

Life Lessons

Circling The Block

By Kelsey McKinney

October 16, 2020

263Comments

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