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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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Enter Our Raffle To Win A Visit And Home-Cooked Meal From Drew Magary

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Patrick Redford

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Running

Influencer Guy Disqualified And Banned From NYC Marathon For Bringing Bikes Onto Course

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Alex Sujong Laughlin

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Woman In Youth And Old Age

Under The Influence

My Favorite Influencer Is In Her 60s

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Cookery course, Photograph, Around 1935

I Took A TikTok Class. What Happened Next Blew My Mind

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Is It Possible To Create Anticapitalist Work On Social Media? 

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Giri Nathan

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Tennis

The U.S. Open Crowd Has Become Too Much Of A Good Thing

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In Snark Forums, Fans Are Haters And Haters Are Friends

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Local Girlbosses Lose Pyramid-Shaped Business Model

A trio of TikTok screenshots: "5 ways your FACE indicates Cortisol is High"; "4 SSIGNS YOUR BELLY FAT IS CAUSED BY A HORMONE IMBALANCE From a hormone nutritionist"; 6 SIGNS you may have HORMONAL IMBALANCE"

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This Summer’s Hottest Ailment Is Hormone Anxiety

<p>Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.</p>


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Nicholas Russell

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Life's Rich Pageant

Everyone At The Christian Influencer Convention Was Trapped

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Samer Kalaf

The fateful May 2021 faceoff between Hasbulla (L) and Abdu Rozik (R)

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The Fights

Inshallah This Will Explain The Feud Between Hasbulla And Abdu Rozik

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