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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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Enter Our Raffle To Win A Visit And Home-Cooked Meal From Drew Magary

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Owen Lewis is a former Defector intern and co-founded the website <a href="http://popcorntennis.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://popcorntennis.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726234676777000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0PFWw6PL-FUqaCMME5TLqP">popcorntennis.com</a>. He wrote 63,000 words about the Novak Djokovic-Rafael Nadal rivalry that can be accessed for free at <a href="https://thegoldenrivalry.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thegoldenrivalry.substack.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726234676777000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2OjAHpo4PVIhkx8Xd21lRJ">thegoldenrivalry.substack.com</a>.

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Tennis

In ‘Twelve Final Days,’ Roger Federer Still Has The Magic

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Defector Blogger Calls Aggregator Tweets “Pathetic” In Furious Takedown. Do You Agree?

Nick Zarzycki is a Toronto-based writer whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Deadspin and Toronto Life.

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Russia Daniil Medvedev in action, returns the ball vs Serbia Novak Djokovic during the Men's Singles Finals match at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

2023 US Open – Day 13

I Finally Understand Why You Ding Dongs Won’t Come To The Net

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Brett Favre gives the camera a thumbs up while playing in the American Family Insurance Championship golf event in Wisconsin, in June of 2022.

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Podcasts

Sweetheart Of The Scuzz Carnival, With Pablo Torre

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Hall Of Famer Pam Shriver Says Women’s Tennis Has Long Had An Abuse Problem

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Ashleigh Barty Is Leaving Tennis At  The Top

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Kelsey McKinney

2021 US Open – Day 9

Media Meltdowns

I Am Begging Sports Commentators To Teach Me The Nuts And Bolts Of The Game

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Please Enjoy The Cartoonishly Pinwheeling Arms Of This Man Avoiding The Net

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Daniil Medvedev’s Zany Clay Adventure Comes To A Fitting Demise

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Darren Rovell Has An Opinion On Someone Else’s Personality

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