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NFL
The Hip Drop Tackle Could Be The NFL’s Next Illegal Tackle
145
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Barry Petchesky
January 26, 2023
Tennis
Rafael Nadal Limps Out Of The Australian Open
38
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Giri Nathan
January 18, 2023
New Defector Merch For Your Baby
Finally, Defector merch for the baby who loves food. Designed by illustrator extraordinaire Hawk Krall, our new Chefector baby onesie is the perfect outfit for those little fans of various mush. And for the food-motivated adult, it's available on a regular T-shirt, too.
NFL
Russell Gage Has Neck Injury And Concussion, Feeling In His Extremities
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Comments
Lauren Theisen
January 17, 2023
NBA
Everything Suddenly Feels Quite Grim In Phoenix
47
Comments
Patrick Redford
January 10, 2023
College Basketball
UConn Is Too Cursed To Play Basketball Right Now
59
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
January 9, 2023
NFL
Bills-Bengals Game Postponed After Safety Damar Hamlin Collapses On Field
408
Comments
Samer Kalaf
January 3, 2023
Jamboroo
The Birth Of A Scar
376
Comments
Drew Magary
November 10, 2022
NBA
Darius Garland Only Needed One Functional Eye To Torch Boston
37
Comments
Patrick Redford
November 4, 2022
Soccer
The World Cup Injury Crisis Is Only Going To Get Worse
105
Comments
Patrick Redford
October 18, 2022
NFL
Independent Concussion Evaluator Fired Over The Mishandling Of Tua Tagovailoa’s Brain
196
Comments
Samer Kalaf
October 2, 2022
NFL
Ravens Mascot Laid Low By Children
116
Comments
Chris Thompson
August 28, 2022
NBA
Chet Out
106
Comments
Patrick Redford
August 25, 2022
MLB
Mike Trout Is Mortal
96
Comments
Lauren Theisen
July 28, 2022
Defector Up All Night
Rays Week Has Already Injured At Least Two Interesting Rays
230
Comments
Samer Kalaf
July 11, 2022
Tennis
Rafael Nadal’s Torn Abdomen Forces Him To Withdraw From Wimbledon
39
Comments
Giri Nathan
July 7, 2022
MLB
Archie Bradley Sets New Standard For Humiliating Brawl Participation
164
Comments
Chris Thompson
June 29, 2022
MLB
Surely, Weird Mets Injury Won’t Turn Into A Whole *Thing*
94
Comments
Barry Petchesky
June 5, 2022
Life Lessons
I Fucking Hate Resistance Bands And I Am Not Wrong
177
Comments
Drew Magary
May 31, 2022
NHL
The Penguins May Have Lost Who They Could Least Afford To Lose
62
Comments
Barry Petchesky
May 13, 2022
NBA
Gary Payton II’s Elbow Injury Is A Huge Bummer
73
Comments
Chris Thompson
May 4, 2022
Soccer
The USMNT Is Injured As Hell And Has No Margin For Error
83
Comments
Patrick Redford
March 21, 2022
NBA
The Warriors Were Healthy Just Long Enough To Get Their Hopes Up
64
Comments
Ray Ratto
March 17, 2022
NFL
For Better And Worse, The First Half Of Super Bowl LVI Was Defined By Odell Beckham Jr.
37
Comments
Chris Thompson
February 14, 2022
College Football
Football Doesn’t Love You Back
235
Comments
Samer Kalaf
January 2, 2022
Year In Review
What Horrible Things Did We Do To Our Penises Last Year?
275
Comments
Barry Petchesky
January 1, 2022
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