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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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Defector

The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Merch v3

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Tom Ley

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James Harden, Hanging Out On A High School Sports Field, Says Relationship With Sixers Is Beyond Repair

Denver Broncos Introduce Sean Payton as Head Coach

Sean Payton Is Sorry For Saying His Predecessor Is A Huge Failure

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Abigail Segel

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Soccer

The NWSL Is Terrorizing Rookies With This Dubious Treatment For Cramps

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Giri Nathan

Seattle Mariners v New York Yankees

Wemby Takes New York

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets celebrates as he leaves the court after the fourth quarter of the Nuggets' 94-89 NBA Finals clinching win at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday, June 12, 2023.

DENVER NUGGETS VS MIAMI HEAT, NBA PLAYOFFS

Nikola Jokic Just Wants To Go Home


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Sabrina Imbler

Two firefighters attempt to free a red squirrel, whose head is stuck inside a manhole cover

Feuerwehrmänner haben den Gullydeckel angehoben und befreien das Eichhörnchen

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History Repeats: Red Squirrel Gets STUCK In Manhole Cover In Germany, Just Four Years After Similar Squirrel’s Manhole Stranding

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Now Coming Onto The Pitch For West Ham: Wife

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Barry Petchesky

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Who Needs Umpires, Anyway?

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Israel Daramola

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 08: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers takes the field for player introductions prior to a game against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on January 08, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Lions defeated the Packers 20-16.

Detroit Lions v Green Bay Packers

This Is So Stupid

Aaron Rodgers’s Darkness Diary

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Chris Thompson

Spring Training Speech Turns Terry Francona Into Mr. Bean

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Laura Wagner

Four tweets from Chargé 'Affaires Karen Decker (@USAmbKabul) As I reflected on his legacy this week, it occurs to me to ask -Who is Afghanistan's MLK? What Afghan person, driven by their faith and a desire for peace, can lead the Afghan people "to the mountaintop?" Are Afghans familiar with #BlackGir|Magic and the movement it inspired? Do Afghan girls need a similar movement? What about Afghan Women? Teach me, ready to learn. #BlackHistoryMonth®® @Beyonce @lizzo @ReginaKing Abe Lincoln born today in 1809. He did some stuff. It's also NAACP Day - home of grassroots activism, inclusive communities and making sure Black voices are heard. What does that look like for Afghans struggling to be heard? #BlackHistoryMonth • @NAACP @LincolnsCottage Super Bowl LVII. 2 elite QBs who happen to be Black made history in epic showdown. Congrats to @Chiefs for thrilling victory! Afghans - what's the most exciting sports match you remember? #BlackHistoryMonth°

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Life's Rich Pageant

U.S. Ambassador To Afghanistan Celebrates Black History Month With Deranged Tweets

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Kelly Conaboy

Rihanna is seen out and about on July 07, 2021 in New York City. And then we photoshopped her purse into a giant NFL football

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If Rihanna Songs Were About Football, Ranked

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Ray Ratto

Memphis Grizzlies v Sacramento Kings

The NBA Is Good When It’s Goofy

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Samer Kalaf

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Possible Fart Briefly Disrupts Vancouver Canucks Broadcast

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Lauren Theisen

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What Sports Video Game Intro Will Never Leave Your Head?

Liberty v Arkansas

College Football

Hugh Freeze Is Thinking Massively

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What’s Your Go-To Doodle?

Golden State Warriors v Minnesota Timberwolves

Maybe A Few More Steph Curry Technical Fouls Will Fix The Warriors

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Soraya Roberts

Audacy Beach Festival

Music

The Internet’s Biggest Jack Antonoff Hater Explains Himself

Liz Truss resignation

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Relegation-Bound United Kingdom Sacks Liz Truss

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Wife Needs Crudités!

Southend United v Carlisle United – Sky Bet League Two

Mate, You’ve Gone And Named Your Stand After A Bloody Serial Murderer!

2020 NBA Finals – Game Six

This Is The Only Good Use Of A Team Twitter Account

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Patrick Redford

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 13: Rebekah Vardy arrives at Royal Courts of Justice, Strand on May 13, 2022 in London, England. Coleen Rooney, wife of Derby County manager Wayne Rooney, and Rebekah Vardy, wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, are locked in a libel battle dubbed by the media as the "Wagatha Christie" trial. The case centres around accusations that Mrs Vardy leaked false stories about Mrs Rooney's private life to the press. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Coleen Rooney And Rebekah Vardy Libel Trial – Day 4

Rebekah Vardy Loses Libel Suit Against Coleen Rooney

EUGENE, OREGON - JULY 18: Athletes in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final run around a cameraman on the track on day four of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 18, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

World Athletics Championships Oregon22 – Day Four

Track And Field

Hey Man … You Can’t Be Here

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