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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

NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Live Event

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Albert Burneko

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Simply Become A Juan Soto Fan

Russell Westbrook, Kent Bazemore, DJ Augustin (Los Angeles Lakers)

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Maybe Russell Westbrook Knows It’s Over

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Chefector

Let’s Roast Some Beets

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Behold, The Nerdiest Question Ever Asked At An NBA Press Conference

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What The Hell Kind Of Kevin Durant Trade Can Even Work?

Hockey guy Ben Chiarot of whichever team is Florida's

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This Is So Stupid

How Many Buckets Could Ben Chiarot Give Aristotle? (I Promise This Makes Sense)

BuzzFeed executive guy Jonah Peretti looking like a real schmuck

BuzzFeed Inc.’s Listing Day

Media Meltdowns

How Dare BuzzFeed Workers Expect Their Compensation To Be Worth Anything

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Let’s Make Some Cold Soup

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Birdfector

Some Tips For Having A Successful Birdbath

Colorado Avalanche score against Tampa Bay Lightning, Game 2 Stanley Cup Final

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All Seven Goals In Colorado’s Blowout Game 2 Win, Graded

Warriors owners Joe Lacob and Peter Guber hoist the Larry O'Brien NBA championship trophy

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Get The Owner Out Of My Face

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Arts And Culture

Novelist’s Plagiarism Defense Is A Truly Mind-Blowing Document

Stephen Curry and Andrew Wiggins (Golden State Warriors) wrestle Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics) for the ball

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What’s Up With Jayson Tatum?

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Let’s Make Cacio e Pepe

Stephen Curry shoots against Al Horford and Robert Williams in Game 2 of the NBA Finals

2022 NBA Finals – Game Two

The Warriors Warriored All Over The Celtics

A bunch of old-timey basketball players from an Olympics in the black-and-white era

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A Sophisticated And Punctual Preview Of The 2022 NBA Finals, For Basketball Idiots

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Let’s Sauté Some Rapini, Because I Forgot It’s Memorial Day Weekend

Mass Shooting At Elementary School In Uvalde, Texas Leaves 21 Dead

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What It’s Like Here

Washington Commanders owners Daniel and Tanya Snyder

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The Commanders Bought Some Land In Freaking Patagonia

Adama Traore of Barcelona, Alfonso Pedraza of Villarreal, both going to the ground in pursuit of the ball

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Soccer

Thank God Barcelona’s Season Is Over

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Let’s Cook Some Blue Crabs

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Journalismism

Shams, Please, Go On Some Dates Man

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Barry Petchesky

In this photograph taken on June 17, 2011 a Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft of Susi Air prepares to take off at Jayapura airport in Papua province. An Indonesian aircraft with one Australian and one Slovak pilot on board crashed in the country's remote Papua region on September 9, 2011, a company spokesman said, with both men feared dead. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD (Photo credit should read ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images)

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Life's Rich Pageant

Point/Counterpoint: Landing A Plane If You Had To

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Won’t Somebody Think Of The Stupid Children?

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The Blog Of The Year Is This Deranged Book Excerpt