defector-orange-no-empty-space

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Footer Legal

Header - Categories

Header Menu

The last good website.

Topics

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-no-empty-space

Defector

NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

10-minute-quarters-3-2-fix (1)

Live Event

Image from iOS (36)

Luis Paez-Pumar

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick announces he is leaving the team during a press conference at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on January 11, 2024.

AMFOOT-NFL-PATRIOTS-BELICHICK

Bill Belichick Exits As He Entered: As A Bore Who Never Won Without Tom Brady

-b9trzb

Lauren Theisen

Bill Belichick talks with Tom Brady before a game

Seattle Seahawks v New England Patriots

Tom Brady’s Old Coach To Leave Patriots

ratto-ray_400x400

Ray Ratto

MIAMI, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 17: Global Ambassador Tom Brady and Founder and CEO of Best Buddies International, Anthony K. Shriver are seen on stage at the 25th Annual Best Buddies Miami Gala at Ice Palace Film Studios on November 17, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Best Buddies)

25th Annual Best Buddies Miami Gala Honoring Global Ambassador Tom Brady

Tom Brady Says Today’s Players Are Soft, Unlike In His Day

Sportscaster Jim Gray, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady and Las Vegas Raiders owner and managing general partner and Las Vegas Aces owner Mark Davis watch players warm up during halftime of a game between the Connecticut Sun and the Aces

Connecticut Sky v Las Vegas Aces

Tom Brady’s Minority Ownership Deal Could Use Some Competition

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 31: Tom Brady attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Paramount Pictures’ “80 For Brady” presented by Smirnoff ICE at the Regency Village Theatre on January 31, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

‚Äú80 For Brady‚Äù Los Angeles Premiere

You Won’t Be Rid Of Tom Brady That Easily

Tom Brady looking gaunt at a press conference.

brady-bucs-slim

Tom Brady Gets It Over With

IMG_3819

Tom Ley

NFL: JAN 01 Panthers at Buccaneers

This Is So Stupid

This Is Why You Never Count Out The Bucs

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

DFmBbTQF_400x400

Dan McQuade

George Kittle shaking hands with Tom Brady. "Finally got to meet you, man. Keep doing your thing."

nfl-brady

Tom Brady Gracious At Postgame Fan Convention

New Orleans Saints v Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Ryan Succop Robbed Us Of Full Regional Futility

Seahawks interception as Tom Brady lays on the ground

brady-int

Get A Load Of This Tom Brady Trick Play

Tom Brady

Tom Brady Is Going Quietly

Screen Shot 2022-10-24 at 9.09.27 AM

Perhaps Tom Brady Is Starting To Regret A Few Things

skalaf-photo

Samer Kalaf

PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 16: Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) looks on to the field as he enters from the tunnel before the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA on October 16, 2022. (Photo by Shelley Lipton/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

NFL: SEP 18 Buccaneers at Steelers

Tom Brady Came Back For This?

tom-brady

Touchdown Tom Has Done It Again

Kansas City Chiefs v Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Patrick Mahomes Did Another Funny Little Pass

headshot1

Patrick Redford

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - SEPTEMBER 18: Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks at a tablet during the game against the New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome on September 18, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers v New Orleans Saints

Tom Brady Tablet Destruction Reportedly Inspires Leaguewide Memo On Tablet Destruction

AJSfPYY9_400x400-1

Kelsey McKinney

Tampa Bay Buccaneers v Dallas Cowboys

Tom Brady Is Quiet Quitting

Tom Brady Says He Feels Great

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.

drewkid-1-e1599592436888

Drew Magary

Capital One’s The Match VI – Brady & Rodgers v Allen & Mahomes

Why Your Team Sucks

Why Your Team Sucks 2022: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tom Brady, wearing a beanie, yells during the 2019 Super Bowl parade

tom-brady-2019

Does Tom Brady Have Nephews? A Defector Investigation

headshot

Barry Petchesky

TAMPA, FLORIDA - JULY 27: Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers gestures to fans during Buccaneers Training Camp at AdventHealth Training Center on July 27, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp

So, What’s Going On With Tom Brady?

Tom Brady’s One And Only Job As A Broadcaster Will Be To Exist

TAMPA, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 19: Head coach Bruce Arians and quarterback Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers talk before the game against the Atlanta Falcons at Raymond James Stadium on September 19, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)

Atlanta Falcons v Tampa Bay Buccaneers

I Choose To Believe Tom Brady Forced Out Bruce Arians

IMG_6025-800

Albert Burneko

GettyImages-1384624213

Hm, Maybe Tom Brady Can, In Fact, Play Forever

jim-harbaugh-michigan

Jim Harbaugh’s Time Will Come Eventually

tom brady