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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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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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<p>charismatic megafauna (they/them)</p>


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Sabrina Imbler

Moo Deng, a two-month-old female pygmy hippo who has recently become a viral internet sensation, reacts to a zookeeper at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province on September 15, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tiny Hippo Went Extinct Because It Was Not As Cute As Moo Deng, Probably

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Ray Ratto

BOTSWANA - 2014/06/12: Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in river near Chitabe in the Okavango Delta in northern part of Botswana. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in river near Chitabe

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Here’s To Hippos


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Dan McQuade

"Father, I cannot tell a lie: I cut the tree" / painted by G.G. White ; engraved by John C. McRae. Print showing George Washington as a young boy telling his father that he cut the tree.

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Death To The NCAA

I Cannot Tell A Lie: These Proposed George Washington University Nicknames Stink

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 26: Sophomore Paige James, center, touches a hippo statue for luck as she leads admitted George Washington University students and their parents on a tour of the campus before deciding on whether or not to enroll on April, 26, 2017 in Washington, DC.

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Official George Washington University Statement: Hippos Are Not Free To Be Bold

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