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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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Algeria's Imane Khelif (left) following her victory over Hungary's Luca Anna Hamori in the Women's 66kg - Quarterfinal at the North Paris Arena

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Imane Khelif Clinches Olympic Medal In Cathartic Quarterfinal Win

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WTA Suspends All Tennis In China Out Of Concern For Peng Shuai


<p><a href="https://twitter.com/mollylambert" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Molly Lambert</a> is a writer and podcaster in LA. Her podcast Heidi World about Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss comes out later this year.</p>


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Police officers and protestors at a July protest against the Tokyo Olympics.

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The Lies The Olympics Tells About Itself Have Never Rung More False

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TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 22: A woman and a man wearing a face mask view the Olympic Rings on January 22, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. With just six months to go until the start of the Games, it has been reported that the Japanese authorities have privately concluded that the Olympics could not proceed due to the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Spokesmen from the IOC and Japanese government have since rejected the report. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

With 6 Months To Go, Speculation Mounts That Tokyo Olympics Could Be Cancelled

The Tokyo Olympics Could Be Off? Good.

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Imane Khelif Clinches Olympic Medal In Cathartic Quarterfinal Win

WTA Suspends All Tennis In China Out Of Concern For Peng Shuai

The Lies The Olympics Tells About Itself Have Never Rung More False

The Tokyo Olympics Could Be Off? Good.