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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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ATLANTA - FEBRUARY 8: Singer 'Meatloaf' performs at the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest during the 2003 NBA All Star weekend at Philips Arena on February 8, 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia. 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 Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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Music

If It Weren’t For Meat Loaf, I Might Not Be Here

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Lucy Harris

Women's Basketball

Lucy Harris Couldn’t Be Forgotten


<p>Chip Chantry is a television writer and stand up comedian. He has written for <em>Crazy Talk, </em>a comedy/talk series for NBC Universal and the syndicated series <em>Whacked Out Sports</em>. He most recently wrote on the NatGeo series <em>Howie Mandel’s Animals Doing Things. </em>In 2012, he released his first live comedy album, ACROSS FROM THE ADONIS. His second album, SWINGERS PARTY, debuted at #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts in March 2019.</p>


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Chip Chantry

&lt;&gt; on March 15, 2010 in Hollywood, California.

Alliance For Children’s Rights “Right To Laugh” Fundraiser

Arts And Culture

I Was Bob Saget’s Underwear Guy

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David Roth

John Madden and Pat Summerall in the booth during a CBS Sports NFL broadcast.

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Every Sport Could Use A John Madden

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Tom Ley

Las Vegas Raiders Honor Hall of Fame NFL Coach, Broadcaster John Madden

John Madden Invited Us In

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Kelsey McKinney

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Politics

Harry Reid Was A True Believer

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Ray Ratto

John Madden points to the sky after lighting a flame in the honor of Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis during halftime of their game against the Cleveland Browns at O.co Coliseum on October 16, 2011 in Oakland, California.

John Madden

Only John Madden Could Have Lived John Madden’s Life

A graveyard near a steelmill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Life's Rich Pageant

Can Andy Corren Do My Obit When The Time Comes?

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


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Dan McQuade

Virgil Abloh in a silly hat, sunglasses, Hartford Whalers jersey, and bright blue painters pants

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Virgil Abloh Made Clothing Special For Me

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Giri Nathan

Merritt Island Nat’l Wildlife Refuge Harbors Vast Diversity Of Wildlife

Elder Wisdom

Farewell To A Man’s Prose

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Israel Daramola

Melvin Van Peebles speaking at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in 2008.

18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards – Show

Defector At The Movies

Film Lost Melvin Van Peebles Just When It Needed Him Most

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Barry Petchesky

ASPEN - FEBRUARY 28: Norm MacDonald performs during the US Comedy Arts Festival at the historic Wheeler Opera House February 28, 2003 in Aspen, Colorado. (Photo by Michael Brands/Getty Images)

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Things We Actually Like

Norm Macdonald Surprised Us One Last Time

MUNICH, GERMANY - JUNE 4: Drummer Charlie Watts Perform at the opening night of the European leg of The Rolling Stones Forty Licks Tour at the Olimpiahalle Spiridon on June 4, 2003 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Getty Images)

Opening Night Of The European Leg Of  The Rolling Stones Forty Licks Tour

Charlie Watts Knew It’s Not The Drummer, It’s The Song

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Patrick Redford

A photo of Zalokar oout out by the National Parks Service as they sought information about him.

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The Great Outdoors

Champion Marathoner Fred Zalokar Found Dead In Yosemite

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Greg Noll, The Surfer Who Became A Myth, Is Dead At 84

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Elgin Baylor, The Greatest And Most Important Athlete To Ever Come Out Of Washington, D.C., Is Dead

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Marvelous Marvin Hagler Wouldn’t Bend

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Today Is The Day To Watch Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s Greatest Fight

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For One Season, Rheal Cormier Was Lights Out

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Rush Limbaugh, who has since died, celebrates after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Point/Counterpoint: Rush Limbaugh

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Pedro Gomez, Without Pretense

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Lauren Theisen

SOPHIE performs at Mojave Tent during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival

2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival – Weekend 2 – Day 1

SOPHIE Was The Future

Hank Aaron, seen here laughing at a Mets/Braves game.

Henry Aaron Did It All, All The Time

7 Jul 1991: Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda yells during a game against the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Mandatory Credit:

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Tommy Lasorda Was The Showman Who Couldn’t Turn It Off

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Rapper MF DOOM performs at a benefit concert for the Rhino Foundation at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield on June 28, 2005 in New York City.

Marc Ecko Hosts Central Park Concert To Help Endangered Rhinos

The Infinite Gifts Of MF Doom

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