defector-orange-no-empty-space

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_related_post

Footer Legal

Header - Categories

Header Menu

The last good website.

Topics

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.

defector-no-empty-space

Defector

You DID Hear It From Us: There's Normal Gossip Merch

NEW NORMAL GOSSIP MERCH!

Merch v3

Dave McKenna

What’s So Funny?

Elder Wisdom

The Little Font That Could

150896222_10159099371879636_7101222369896621357_o

Laura Wagner

Three men in suits smiling as the man in the centre points to an article in a newspaper, which is spread out on the desk before them, circa 1945. Also on the desk are a telephone, an ashtray, and a small pile of books. (Photo by Archive Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

media-fellas-old

Media Meltdowns

Quiz! Which New Media Company With An Innovative Solution For Fixing The News Industry Said This?

The-Athletic-logo

Journalismism

“No One Knows Anything”: Staffers At The Athletic Wait In The Dark Following NYT Deal

IMG_6025-800

Albert Burneko

ben-smith-nyt-buzzfeed

The Media Smiths Have A Bold New Idea

Women’s March “Hold The Line For Abortion Justice” At The Supreme Court During Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Dobbs Hearing

Politics

The Supreme Court Is Working As Designed

punchbowl-collins

This Is Just The Same Old Shit

Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.

Dan McQuade in front of a march madness basketball court

DFmBbTQF_400x400

Dan McQuade

An ad for the Carlos Watson show. A quote calls him "Anderson Cooper Meets Oprah" on it.

carlos-watson

Ozy Media Is A Monumental Bummer

AJSfPYY9_400x400-1

Kelsey McKinney

Edited in Prisma app with Mononoke

Zillowing Out

A $300,000 New Hampshire Tunnel Home Full Of Dead Ends

Screen Shot 2021-08-17 at 3.26.25 PM

Tennis

Naomi Osaka’s Agent Isn’t Helping

Old headlines about how Marijuana led to killings

header-killerdrug

The Myth Of Cops Overdosing From Touching Fentanyl Persists For A Reason

A man walks past The Washington Post on August 5, 2013 in Washington, DC after it was announced that Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos had agreed to purchase the Post for USD 250 million. Multi-billionaire Bezos, who created Amazon, which has soared in a few years to a dominant position in online retailing, said he was buying the Post in his personal capacity and hoped to shepherd it through the evolution away from traditional newsprint.

US-INTERNET-MEDIA-TAKEOVER-AMAZON-WASHINGTONPOST

Objectivity Is A Workplace Hazard

APPEAL1

The Staff Of The Appeal Is Ready To Make Something New

headshot

Barry Petchesky

CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 15: Chicago Police officers guard the front entrance the their headquarters building during a rally on April 15, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. The rally is held in protest of the killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a Chicago Police officer on March 29th. The video of the fatal shooting was released on Thursday to the general public by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability more than two weeks after the incident took place. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images)

Chicago Reacts To Video Of Police Shooting That Killed 13 Year Old Adam Toledo

Police Say A Lot Of Things

justin

Justin Ellis

Making Headlines

Rich People Are Never Going To Save Media

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA - MARCH 07: Head coach Mike Krzyzewski of the Duke Blue Devils reacts during the second half of their game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 07, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina. Duke won 89-76. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

North Carolina v Duke

College Basketball

Coach K Decides Maybe He Shouldn’t Have Belittled Student Reporter

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.

drewkid-1-e1599592436888

Drew Magary

dan-le-batard-043020-ftrjpg_36ad7yl9hw2k1woudc7zy4utb

Funbag

Dan Le Batard Was One Of The Last Good Things At ESPN

ratto-ray_400x400

Ray Ratto

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 21: Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets reacts after a basket during the second half of their game against the Atlanta Hawks at Barclays Center on December 21, 2019 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

Atlanta Hawks v Brooklyn Nets

Kyrie Irving’s Gambit May Not Come Cheap

FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 25: Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots looks on from the sideline during the game against the San Francisco 49ers at Gillette Stadium on October 25, 2020 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

media