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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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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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Hater's Guide

The 2024 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog

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Man Returning from Christmas Shopping

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I’ll Be Home For Christmas

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Arts And Culture

Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘Our Little Secret’

Dave McKenna

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Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘’Tis The Season To Be Irish’

Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.

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Dan McQuade

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Kelsey McKinney

Drew 'Gonzo' Gonville is at the bottom of the steps of a private jet, dressed in a Santa suit. The beard is pulled down. Bowyn Sykes is dressed in a sleeveless sweater top and a kilt-like skirt. She is on the top step of the airstairs into the private jet. They are looking at each other.

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Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘Christmas In The Spotlight’

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David Roth

A traveler is reflected in a pane of glass with a paper snowman behind it during travel on Christmas Day at Frankfurt Airport.

Christmas Day – Travel traffic at Frakfurt Airport

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Emergency Christmas Protocols And Underwater Hotels, With Sabrina Imbler

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Ray Ratto

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Patrick Redford

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Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘Hot Frosty’

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Barry Petchesky

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Fanatics Ruined Christmas

CLEVELAND, OHIO - DECEMBER 17: A fan dressed as Santa Claus cheers during the second half between the Chicago Bears and the Cleveland Browns at Cleveland Browns Stadium on December 17, 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Santa Claus

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The NFL Wants To Be The Reason For The Season

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The 2023 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog

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Christmas Season In Toronto

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Have We Reached Peak Inflatable Christmas Decoration Inflation?

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The 2022 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog

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You Can’t Trust A Teen, But You Can Follow Their Gossip

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The 2021 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sings with Carol Singers from across the country during a reception at the Chancellery in Berlin on January 7, 2020. - Traditionally, children dressed as the Three Kings go from house to house after Christmas and before Epiphany to collect money for charitable projects of the Roman Catholic church. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Five Worst Christmas Songs

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The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is: Fast Reindeer

MELKSHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 01: Children look at the Christmas lights displayed on a house on December 1, 2008 in Melksham, England. The householder Alex Goodwind - who says he does it to raise money for charity after his mother died a few years ago - starts planning lights in July and has spent 3,000 GBP this year alone on the lights that are now estimated to be worth 30,000 GBP. Last year the bill for electricity was 700 GBP and the house had to have an uprated electricity supply installed to cope with the additional power needed. Donations from visitors to the spectacle raised over 2,000 GBP to local hospice Dorothy House. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

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Here Is Your NBA Christmas Day Open Thread

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Simply Having Whatever The Hell This Is

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A $1.5 Million North Carolina Estate To Join Me On For Christmas

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The 2020 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog

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