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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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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Live Event

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Ray Ratto

O.J. Simpson leaves the courtroom during a trial in Las Vegas in September 2008. Simpson was later convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping.

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O.J. Simpson Was Always More Than Polarizing

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Luis Paez-Pumar

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Pro Wrestling

Bray Wyatt Was Wrestling’s Most Irrepressible Star

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Patrick Redford

VILLARS-SUR-OLLON, SWITZERLAND - MAY 01: Gino Mader of Switzerland and Team Bahrain Victorious celebrates the second place on the podium after the 75th Tour De Romandie 2022 - Stage 5 on May 1, 2022 in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. (Photo by RvS.Media/Basile Barbey/Getty Images,)

75th Tour De Romandie 2022 – Stage 5

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Gino Mäder Had Too Much More To Give

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Sabrina Imbler

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Quick, Everyone Play Dead!

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Albert Burneko

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Jordan Neely Just Needed Some Help

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David Crosby And Graham Nash Perform In Amsterdam

Music

And This Byrd Can Sing: David Crosby, 1941-2023

A view of RFK stadium during a football game

New York Giants v Washington Redskins

Elder Wisdom

A Dead Fan’s Notes

Pittsburgh Steelers' running back Franco Harris is mobed by fans at Three Rivers Stadium after scoring the winning touchdown, nicknamed the "Immaculate Reception," during the American Football Conference (AFC) semi-final game against Oakland. Harris made the touchdown, one of the most famous single plays in the history of professional American football, on a tipped pass from quarterback Terry Bradshaw to Frenchy Fuqua to Harris for the score in the fourth quarter in Pittsburgh.

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They Don’t Make Fame Like Franco Harris’s Anymore

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Samer Kalaf

Grant Wahl holds a microphone while covering an international friendly.

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Soccer

Grant Wahl Dies In Qatar After Collapsing During World Cup Match

Super Bowl XV: Oakland Raiders Ray Guy (8) in action, punt vs Philadelphia Eagles.

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Ray Guy Was The Last King Of Hang Time

EAST BERNARD, TEXAS - AUGUST 28: The East Bernard Brahmas walk to the locker room before the high school football game against the Edna Cowboys on August 28, 2020 in East Bernard, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)

2020 High School Football Season Kicks Off in Texas

Aqib Talib’s Brother Turns Self In After Fatal Shooting At Youth Football Game

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Lauren Theisen

Colorado Rockies v Los Angeles Dodgers

The Game Bent Around Vin Scully’s Voice

LOS ANGELES - APRIL 13: the Los Angeles Dodgers the San Francisco Giants on September 2, 2009 at Dodger Stadiium in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

San Francisco Giants v Los Angeles Dodgers

Vin Scully Knew When The Best Words Were No Words

Bill Russell at the Celtics arena in 2016

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Bill Russell Was The Most Important

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Every Animal On The Wikipedia Page For “Apparent Death,” Ranked By How Dead They Appear

during the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 2: A New Era at Mississippi Coast Coliseum on August 25, 2018 in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 2: A New Era

The Fights

Do We Really Need Bare Knuckle Boxing?

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Giri Nathan

Merritt Island Nat’l Wildlife Refuge Harbors Vast Diversity Of Wildlife

Farewell To A Man’s Prose

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Melvin Van Peebles speaking at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in 2008.

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Defector At The Movies

Film Lost Melvin Van Peebles Just When It Needed Him Most

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Barry Petchesky

ASPEN - FEBRUARY 28: Norm MacDonald performs during the US Comedy Arts Festival at the historic Wheeler Opera House February 28, 2003 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Michael Brands/Getty Images)

US Comedy Arts Festival

Things We Actually Like

Norm Macdonald Surprised Us One Last Time

<a href="https://twitter.com/Brock_toon" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ian Williams</a> is a writer and PhD student studying relationships between craft and mass production at UNC-Chapel Hill. He also writes about labor, games, and pro wrestling.

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Daffney in a match also featuring Miss Elizabeth somehow.

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Daffney Revealed The Heart Of Wrestling’s Unquiet Storm

MUNICH, GERMANY - JUNE 4: Drummer Charlie Watts Perform at the opening night of the European leg of The Rolling Stones Forty Licks Tour at the Olimpiahalle Spiridon on June 4, 2003 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Getty Images)

Opening Night Of The European Leg Of  The Rolling Stones Forty Licks Tour

Charlie Watts Knew It’s Not The Drummer, It’s The Song

A photo of Zalokar oout out by the National Parks Service as they sought information about him.

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The Great Outdoors

Champion Marathoner Fred Zalokar Found Dead In Yosemite

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Greg Noll, The Surfer Who Became A Myth, Is Dead At 84

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Taal Volcano Erupts In The Philippines

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Is Lightning A Fraud? Sadly, Yes [Update]

This photo taken on May 22, 2021 shows rescuers assisting people who were competing in a 100-kilometre cross-country mountain race when extreme weather hit the area, leaving at least 20 dead, near the city of Baiyin in China's northwestern Gansu province. - China OUT (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

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Extreme Weather At Ultramarathon In China Kills 21 Runners

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