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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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Stefan Fatsis is the author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/word-freak-heartbreak-triumph-genius-and-obsession-in-the-world-of-competitive-scrabblep-layers-stefan-fatsis/11648962">Word Freak</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-few-seconds-of-panic-a-sportswriter-plays-in-the-nfl-stefan-fatsis/7891278">A Few Seconds of Panic</a>, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Outside-Renegade-Baseball-Heartland/dp/0802712975">Wild and Outside</a>, and is a co-host of Slate’s weekly sports podcast, “<a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/hang-up-and-listen">Hang Up and Listen</a>.” He used to write about sports for the Wall Street Journal and talk about them on NPR. His daughter has a much higher Scrabble rating than he does.

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Stefan Fatsis

Scrabble World Champion Nigel Richards holds up a trophy and shows the final winning board in London in 2018

World Scrabble Championship

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From TED To PERNOCTATED, Scrabble’s Best Player Knows No Limits

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.

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Drew Magary

A Scrabble board with "I LOVE YOU" across and "NEENIE" down. In front are two tile racks with "DREW MAGARY" on them.

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Scrabble Is Home

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white) A pile of Scrabble pieces during rounds 1 to 3 of the 24-round Scrabble Champions Tournament, during the Mind Sports International World Championships held at ExCel on November 19, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

2014 Scrabble Champions Tournament Feature

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