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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

A father and son buy fireworks at a stand

Minor Dilemmas

Is It Possible To Teach My Kid How To Manage Risk?

Albert Burneko

Father and daughter. Oil on canvas, around 1550.

What If Your Kid Tells Dirty Dirty Lies?

Joe Flynn is a writer based in the D.C. area.

Joe Flynn

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks. He looks like a photographic negative and is grimacing. Skin the color of a hot dog.

Politics

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Will Not Let My Daughter Be

Staff Writer
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Chris Thompson

Some kids who are fans of the Charlotte Hornets.

Hornets Cruelly Bait-And-Switch Child By Promising PS5 But Giving Him PS5 And Hornets Tickets

Life Lessons

Life Comes At You Fast

BOULDER, COLORADO - APRIL 22: Head coach Deion Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes watches as his team warms up prior to their spring game at Folsom Field on April 22, 2023 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Dadfector

Don’t Rank Your Children, You Domineering Prick

Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.

Dan McQuade

Little kids play basketball at The Palestra. Light brown court, red baseline. Purple and white teams, white team kid shooting against a purple team kid, it's a layup