defector-orange-no-empty-space

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_related_post

Footer Legal

Header - Categories

Header Menu

The last good website.

Topics

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.

defector-no-empty-space

Defector

You DID Hear It From Us: There's Normal Gossip Merch

NEW NORMAL GOSSIP MERCH!

Merch v3

a0868243390_10

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

Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.

nicholas russell author photo

Nicholas Russell

A collection of triangular shapes in Michael Heizer's City installation

Arts And Culture

Art In The Middle Of Nowhere Is Still Somewhere

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

Dan McQuade in front of a march madness basketball court

DFmBbTQF_400x400

Dan McQuade

VictorPortraitWClaw

David Roth

Split image. Roth stands outside the Stroud Mall holding a CD he purchased. Dan stands inside the Stroud Mall in front of the "Pennsylvania Skill" machine parlor.

dan-roth-stroud-mall

Dan And Dave Explore Another Mall

ratto-ray_400x400

Ray Ratto

A photo of a brown stationwagon next to the water. It is covered in stickers.

brownsmear

Racing

The Legend Of The Brown Smear In Newfoundland

Kota Ibushi stares down a bloody Jon Moxley

Screenshot (204)

Pro Wrestling

Blood, Guts, And A Glimpse Of God

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.

drewkid-1-e1599592436888

Drew Magary

Amazons

Music

Sometimes The Best Bands In The World Play Right In Front Of The Toilets

Split image: Dan McQuade (left) wearing an American Dream EST. 2019 hoodie standing next to a cardboard cutout of Shrek at the DreamWorks Water Park inside a mall. David Roth (right) pointing up at the "WINNERS CIRCLE" entrance at the old Meadowlands Arena.

mcquade-roth-mall

Life's Rich Pageant

Dan And Dave Explore The American Dream (Mall)

skalaf-photo

Samer Kalaf

A view of the Mets game from the concourse. Pete Alonso is about to hit a walk-off home run.

alonso-walkoff

There’s Something I’ve Never Seen Before

LANDOVER, MD - NOVEMBER 06: Fans clap for the Minnesota Vikings during the game against the Washington Commanders at FedExField on November 6, 2022 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

Minnesota Vikings v Washington Commanders

How Lonely Losing Can Be

150896222_10159099371879636_7101222369896621357_o

Laura Wagner

Starbucks workers on strike in Austin, Texas.

sbux

Capital

The Starbucks Strike Is Working

la salle L

College Basketball

Behold The Glory Of The New And Improved La Salle Pregame Show

charismatic megafauna (they/them)

Typing

Sabrina Imbler

A photo of the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid at night

IMG_7043

Creaturefector

Every Creature I Met At The Bass Pro Shops Pyramid

Profile Pic

Chris Thompson

Golf

A Perplexing Afternoon At The Saudi-Funded Golf Tournament In Trump’s Backyard

Kalyn Kahler

luxlede

Life Lessons

I Recommend Visiting Luxembourg Even Though The Luxembourgers Do Not

2019-01-01 00:15:14.989

Maitreyi Anantharaman

Jordan Eberle #7 of the Seattle Kraken celebrates his hat trick with Jaden Schwartz #17 and Alex Wennberg #21 against Dustin Tokarski #31 of the Buffalo Sabres during the third period at Climate Pledge Arena on November 04, 2021 in Seattle, Washington.

Buffalo Sabres v Seattle Kraken

How Long Can The Kraken’s Party Last?

field trips