CULTURE

Footer Column 2

Footer Legal

Footer Main

Nav Bar

OTHER

SPORTS

Subscribe, at any level, to play

Thanks for your interest in Defector Crosswords!

Become a subscriber today to get unlimited access

Thanks for reading!

Plans start at $8/month.

Subscribers enjoy unlimited, ad-free browsing.

Register to continue

Or click here to subscribe for unlimited, ad-free access!

Our gift to you: This year's post is unlocked. Register your email to get even more free articles.

Welcome to the 2025 Hater's Guide!

Just register your email:

This blog is free to read.

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

Giri Nathan

Daniil Medvedev loses to Gael Monfils at Indian Wells.

Tennis

You Must First Denounce The Flag, Then Stomp The Flag And Bury It Deep In The Earth, To Show You Do Not Support Putin And Play At Wimbledon

Ray Ratto

Soccer

Chelsea’s Win Felt Mercifully Routine

Tom Ley

Chelsea Belongs To The U.K. Now

WNBA

Brittney Griner Should Have Never Been In This Situation

<p>Staff Writer</p>
<p>Find me on Signal @DefectorChris.19</p>


Chris Thompson

Media Meltdowns

Crisis Averted: Bill Walton Fails To Complete Random Thought About Russian Invasion During Basketball Broadcast

Patrick Redford

Abramovich watches during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on December 19, 2015 in London, England.

Premier League Ponders Separating Good Billionaires And Bad Billionaires

Albert Burneko

NASCAR's Richard Childress holding a tomahawk ribeye like a big dumbass

Life's Rich Pageant

Retired NASCAR Bozo: Behold, It Is I, The Angel Of Death

Ben Tippett

Politics

The International Community Worked Hard To Make Putin’s Illegal War Permissible

BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 10: Sergei Karjakin is seen playing the first round at the First Move Ceremony during the World Chess Tournament on March 10, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for World Chess)

Chess

Chess Has A Russia Problem

Luis Paez-Pumar

Liverpool fans show a Ukrainian flag to indicate peace and sympathy with Ukraine prior to the Carabao Cup Final match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium on February 27, 2022 in London, England

European Soccer United In Support Of Ukraine This Weekend

David Roth

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, seen here deep in thought.

College Football

Don’t Worry, Tommy Tuberville Can Explain This Whole Russia Thing To You

Jack Crosbie

The Ukraine Crisis Continues To Make People Go Insane

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 15: Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during the Women Single Skating Short Program on day eleven of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 15, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Figure Skating

The Kamila Valieva Saga Is Going To Get Weirder Before It Gets Better

Lauren Theisen

Canada's players react during the women's preliminary round group A match of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games ice hockey competition players of Russia's Olympic Committee and Canada, at the Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing on February 7, 2022. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Olympics

The Canada-Russia Delay Was A Big, Familiar Clusterfuck

Billy Haisley

Aleksei Miranchuk of Russia celebrates after scoring their side's first goal during the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Group B match between Finland and Russia at Saint Petersburg Stadium on June 16, 2021 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Russia’s Spectacular Team Goal Caps Delectably Attack-Heavy Match

Amos Barshad

Very cool illustration of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.

Better Hate An Owner

Roman Abramovich Owns A Club He’s Not Even Allowed To Watch

Barry Petchesky

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 01: Artemi Panarin #10 of the New York Rangers looks on during the third period against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden on February 01, 2021 in New York City. This is Artemi Panarin's 400th NHL game. The Rangers won 3-1. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Let’s Try To Untangle This Artemi Panarin News

BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 16: A sculpture depicts Olympic figure skaters for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at Shougang Park on December 16, 2020 in Beijing, China. The organizing committee introduced the latest progress of the Olympic venues, all competition venues will be completed this year. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

Let’s Fix The Olympics By Getting Rid Of The Countries

russia