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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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Head coach of Canada Beverly Priestman gestures during Quarterfinals - 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup between Canada and Costa Rica at BMO Stadium on March 2, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

Canada v Costa Rica: Quarterfinals – 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup

Olympics

Canada Manager Did Not Realize Writing Emails About Her Drone Spying Plot Was A Bad Idea

Vanessa Gilles #14 of Team Canada celebrates with teammates after scoring her team's second goal during the Women's group A match between France and Canada during the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on July 28, 2024 in Saint-Etienne, France.

France v Canada: Women’s Football – Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 2

Canada Is Proving It Doesn’t Need Drones To Fly

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Billy Haisley

A specially trained police officer demonstrates a controlled landing of a drone using a drone jammer during the presentation of the Munich security concept for the 2024 European Football Championship at the Munich soccer stadium.

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Canada, Untrustworthy Nation To The North, Accused Of Massive Soccer Cheating Plot

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Albert Burneko

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No, Canada!

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Barry Petchesky

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

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Lauren Theisen

Nick Suzuki steps onto the ice for warm-ups

Toronto Maple Leafs v Montreal Canadiens

I Was A Habs Fan For A Night And That’s Plenty

Mary Fowler of Australia celebrates after scoring a goal with her teammates that was later cancelled as a result of VAR consultation during the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 Group B match between Canada and Australia at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in Melbourne, Australia on July 31, 2023.

Canada v Australia – FIFA Women’s World Cup

Soccer

Canada And Spain Ate Shit And Deserved It

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Abigail Segel

Republic of Ireland captain Katie McCabe at amid heavy rain during the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 Group B match between Republic of Ireland and Canada at Perth Rectangular Stadium in Perth, Australia.

Republic of Ireland v Canada – FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Group B

It’s Too Bad Canada Was Better Than Ireland

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David Roth

A group trying to rescue animals from the massive forest fire around Fort McMurray in Alberta wait at a roadblock on May 6, 2016. The Distraction logo is at top left.

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Podcasts

To Live And Die In Petroleum Products, With John Vaillant

Members of the Canadian womens national soccer team wear "Enough Is Enough" shirts in protest for equal pay ahead of the 2023 SheBelieves Cup soccer match between Canada and Japan at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, on February 22, 2023.

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Canada Needs A Win, And They Might Just Get One

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Defector At The Movies

The Most Important Sports Movie Ever Made

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Soraya Roberts

17 February 2023, Berlin: Matt Johnson, director, arrives for the photocall of the film "BlackBerry". Berlinale is one of the major film festivals and lasts until February 26, 2023.

Berlinale 2023 – Photocall “BlackBerry

‘BlackBerry’ Director Matt Johnson Is Not Wearing An Outfit

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Mitch Bratt #28 of Team Canada looks on in the dugout during Game 6 of Pool C between Team Canada and Team USA at Chase Field on Monday, March 13, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona.

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It’s Hard To Be A Youth At The World Baseball Classic

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Laura Wagner

Toronto FC v CF Montreal: 2021 Canadian Championship Final

Head Of Canada Soccer Forced Out Following Player Protests, No-Confidence Letter

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Canada v Slovakia: Quarterfinals – 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship

Connor Bedard Is Your Shitty Team’s Savior

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Ray Ratto

Canada's defender #02 Alistair Johnston (L) reacts after Croatia won the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group F football match between Croatia and Canada at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on November 27, 2022.

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Internationals

Canada’s World Cup Is Already Over

Canadian singer Bryan Adams posing in front of a brick wall. Taken in 1984, in Paris.

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Music

Why Is Bryan Adams’s “Summer Of ’69” The Only Song On My Radio?

Toronto Argonauts coach gets the Gatorade shower

109th Grey Cup

The Grey Cup Turned Into A Block Party

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Patrick Redford

Tajon Buchanan #11 of Canada celebrates a goal during a 2022 World Cup Qualifying match against Jamaica at BMO Field on March 27, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Jamaica v Canada: 2022 World Cup Qualifying

At Its Second-Ever World Cup, Canada Is Here To Stay

New Jersey Devils v Calgary Flames

All Of Canada Shall Tremble Before New Jersey’s Might

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Kelsey McKinney

Zillowing Out

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Women's Hockey

Death, Taxes, And Marie-Philip Poulin Crushing Americans

Canada's players react during the women's preliminary round group A match of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games ice hockey competition players of Russia's Olympic Committee and Canada, at the Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing on February 7, 2022. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Canada-Russia Delay Was A Big, Familiar Clusterfuck

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Tom Ley

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Well That Was Annoying

CALGARY, AB - NOVEMBER 24: Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans and a single Hamilton Tiger-Cats fan rally their team prior to the 107th Grey Cup Championship Game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats during at McMahon Stadium on November 24, 2019 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Derek Leung/Getty Images)

107th Grey Cup Championship Game

Grey Cup Week Is The Anti-NFL At Its Best

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