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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.

Drew Magary

Children participate in a pasta eating competition

Funbag

I Demand We Normalize Chewing With Your Mouth Open

Amy McCarthy

Food

Lesbians And Legalized Gambling Are Vying To Save The American Sports Bar

Patrick Redford

Cycling

My Tour de France Lunches, Reviewed

Lauren Theisen

Devin the dugong with meatloaf glaze on his face

This Is So Stupid

Fans Everywhere Are Slobbering At The Chance To Try Devin The Dugong’s Algorithmically Generated Sandwich

Burger and fries with a plate of ketchup.

You Can’t Arrest Me For Drowning My Burger In Ketchup

1960s Dinner Including Turkey Roast Beef Rolls Pumpkin Pie Peas Pearl Onions Potatoes sweet Potato Gravy Boat Olives Pickles.

An Easy Sweet Potato Brûlée Recipe For You, The Brûlée Lover

Rachelle Hampton

A cooking arena is divided into two sides: one black and one white. On each side there are ten chefs facing the other side.

Arts And Culture

‘Culinary Class Wars’ Is A Tribute To Getting Your Reps In

A dirty empty plate, fork and knife on a wooden table. Used cutlery, symbolizing the end of lunch or dinner.

Jamboroo

I Got My Fill

Two hands, one holding chopsticks and the other a wide spoon, hover over a bowl of pho.

An Ode To Strip Mall Pho

Owen Lewis is a former Defector intern and has written for The Guardian, The Second Serve, The Athletic, n+1, Texas Monthly, Air Mail, and other publications.

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I Demand We Normalize Chewing With Your Mouth Open

Lesbians And Legalized Gambling Are Vying To Save The American Sports Bar

My Tour de France Lunches, Reviewed

Fans Everywhere Are Slobbering At The Chance To Try Devin The Dugong’s Algorithmically Generated Sandwich

You Can’t Arrest Me For Drowning My Burger In Ketchup

An Easy Sweet Potato Brûlée Recipe For You, The Brûlée Lover

‘Culinary Class Wars’ Is A Tribute To Getting Your Reps In

I Got My Fill

An Ode To Strip Mall Pho

I Don’t Ever Want My Favorite Things To Change

This Is The Most Photogenic Food In The World

Before Tomato Time Comes Tomato Fever