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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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On Being Perceived

John Loeppky is a freelance writer and theatre artist currently based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. His work has appeared for outlets such as FiveThirtyEight, CBC, and Maclean’s.

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DIADEMA, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 19: Para Athlete Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira rests during a training session at the shoulder of the Imigrantes Highway on September 19, 2020 in Diadema, Brazil. Alan had both his legs amputated below the knee since he was 21 days old. He specializes in speed tests and competes in T44 sprint events. He is a Paralympic and World Athletics Champion and will participate in his fourth Paralympics. Alan is being trained by Katsuhico Nakaya, who is going to his ninth Olympics. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

A Day with Track Athletes Amidst the Coronavirus (COVID – 19) Pandemic

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What Does The Pandemic Mean For Paralympians?

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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YAKIMA, WA - DECEMBER 28: A double cheeseburger, fries and soda lie on a table at Majors Hamburgers December 28, 2003 in Yakima, Washington. Two farms have been quarantined in Sunnyside and Mabton, Washington by the U.S.D.A after it was determined that a cow that came from the farms had been infected with mad cow disease, the first such case in the U.S. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Americans Continue To Consume Beef Products Despite First Case Of Mad Cow Disease In US

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A 13 year-old boy, who weighs 14 stone, is helped to his feet by his companions, 3rd June 1931. They are part of a group of fat boys being entertained to tea at the Guildhall, London, before one of them is chosen to take part in a historical pageant in Rochester, Kent. (Photo by Keystone/FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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