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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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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Jae Towle Vieira [they/them] works as a producer for Normal Gossip. Their fiction has been published in The Normal School, New England Review, Carve Magazine, Passages North, Fairy Tale Review, and elsewhere.

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Jae Towle Vieira

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Lit Up On Bleep Island

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Patrick Redford

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 08: (L-R) Bill Belichick and Jordan Hudson attend Michael Rubin's 2025 Fanatics Super Bowl Party at The Sugar Mill on February 08, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Fanatics)

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College Football

Bill Belichick’s Girlfriend Asks That Her Boyfriend’s Son Receive The “Upmost Respect”

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Debating The Finer Points Of Nepotism With Ex-SI Boss Ross Levinsohn

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Lauren Theisen

Former Michigan Football Players Speak To The Press About Sexual Abuse Scandal

Shemy Schembechler Experiences Sudden Change Of Heart About Slavery After Short-Lived Michigan Job

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Las Vegas Raiders v Dallas Cowboys

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We’re Going To Need A Bigger Space Prison

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Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy on the sidelines during his team's totally dispiriting loss to the Green Bay Packers.

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Nepotism, Incompetence, And Repeatedly Falling For Email Scams, With Kalyn Kahler

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Just How Big A Problem Is Nepotism In NFL Coaching?

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