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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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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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DraftKings Introduces Fees To The World Of Sports Wagering

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Samer Kalaf

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Interviews

A City College Student Journalist Shares What He Saw During The NYPD Crackdown

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Ray Ratto

PHILADELPHIA, PA - MAY 2: Jalen Brunson #11 of the New York Knicks walks off the court after the game against the Philadelphia 76ers during Round 1 Game 6 of the 2024 NBA Playoffs on May 2, 2024 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 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. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2024 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

2024 NBA Playoffs – New York Knicks v Philadelphia 76ers

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Michael Rubin Only Made Sure More Sixers Fans Could Watch Their Team Lose

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US-PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-EDUCATION-CONFLICT

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The Outside Agitators On Campus Were The Police

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Barry Petchesky

Flaco

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Flaco Never Escaped

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Patrick Redford

JERSEY CITY, NJ - JUNE 8: The sun is shrouded as it rises in a smokey sky behind the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building and One Vanderbilt in New York City on June 8, 2023, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Smokey Sunrise in New York City

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It’s All The Same Fire

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16th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference – Day 1

James Dolan And Me, Face To Face

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A $1.1 Million House For Our Brain In A Vat

A $680,000 Home Where We Can Become Woodland Spirits

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A $575,000 Historic Home For Me To Claim As My Own

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