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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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Dan and Dave split image on Wildwood boardwalk. In middle are two shirts: Trump as 50 Cent: Many men wish death upon me A shirt that says My favorite people call me pop-pop

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Dan And Dave Hit The Wildwood Boardwalk: A 2024 T-Shirt Report

A screengrab from Fox News in which Jesse Watters looks kind of impatient while talking about a Deadspin story about a child who wore a Native American headdress to a Chiefs game. The chyron reads "Male Karen Smears Young Fan As Racist."

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This Is So Stupid

Why Is Your Most Conservative Family Member Screaming About A Small Boy In A Headdress?

A drawn still from Diana's Piano. It looks hand drawn, maybe even even pencil marks. A red-headed girl with a white cat next to her plays a grand piano in a pink-ish void.

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“Diana’s Piano” And All The Cats I’ve Loved And Lost

Arnold Palmer celebrates two video game characters getting it on

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This 1989 Arnold Palmer Video Game Was Shockingly Horny

This is the screen you see when there are only 55,000 people ahead of you in line for a NBA Top Shot pack.

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A Short, Lucrative, And Depressing Journey Into NBA Top Shot

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