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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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Merch v3

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Ray Ratto

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Media Meltdowns

The Athletic To Be Swallowed By Industry It Aimed To Kill

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Giri Nathan

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Year In Review

Presenting The First-Ever Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many

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Albert Burneko

Oregon v USC

This Stupid Basketball Cliche Impacts Puking Out My Fucking Breakfast

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Long Live Open Locker Rooms, Where Today’s Secrets Become Tomorrow’s Stories

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Here Is A Super Incredibly Dumb Post-Game Question, Courtesy Of NBA Insider Chris Haynes

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Patrick Redford

PISCATAWAY, NJ - DECEMBER 08: Head coach Jim Boeheim of the Syracuse Orange talks to Quincy Guerrier #1 during the second half of an NCAA basketball game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Rutgers Athletic Center on December 8, 2020 in Piscataway, New Jersey. Rutgers defeated Syracuse 79-69. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

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College Basketball

Jim Boeheim Was A Real Prick To A Reporter

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Pedro Gomez, Without Pretense

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Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates their 52-46 win over the Florida Gators in the SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 19, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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College Football

Alabama Reporter Asks Everyone To Respect Nick Saban Even More


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Dan McQuade

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This Is So Stupid

Why Do Adam Schefter’s Links Look So Weird?

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Who Gets The Magazine Cover?

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Samer Kalaf

Skip Bayless in the middle of a dance, sort of.

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Mom, The Animatronic Dancing Skip Bayless We Got At Marshalls Is Being Weird Again!

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What Will Clay Travis, The Wrongest Man In The World, Pivot To Now?

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