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Giri Nathan
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Tennis
Novak Djokovic Finally Adds Olympic Gold To His Hoard
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Giri Nathan
August 5, 2024
Politics
Donald Trump Bumbles His Way Toward A More Perfect “Kamala”
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Giri Nathan
August 2, 2024
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Olympics
Coco Gauff’s Olympic Singles Run Ends With An Umpire Argument And Tears
51
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Giri Nathan
July 30, 2024
Olympics
Rafael Nadal And Novak Djokovic Play One More For The Road
16
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Giri Nathan
July 29, 2024
NBA
Joel Embiid Continues His Summer Of Grousing
97
Comments
Giri Nathan
July 25, 2024
Wings Week
Who Was Getting Buckets At The JFK Airport Basketball Court?
74
Comments
Giri Nathan
July 18, 2024
Wings Week
A Bird’s-Eye View Of Tennis’s Post-Wimbledon Landscape
24
Comments
Patrick Redford
,
Owen Lewis
, and
Giri Nathan
July 18, 2024
Wings Week
Celtics Wing Kisses Ring After Dissing King’s Offspring
47
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Giri Nathan
July 16, 2024
Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz Is Eating Well At The Big Table
43
Comments
Giri Nathan
July 15, 2024
Tennis
No One Can Invent A Guy To Be Mad At Quite Like Novak Djokovic
63
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Giri Nathan
July 9, 2024
Tennis
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard’s Aces Are A New Nightmare
9
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Giri Nathan
July 3, 2024
NBA
The Knicks Spend Five First-Round Picks On A College Reunion
85
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Giri Nathan
June 26, 2024
Tennis
The Defector Tennis Desk Bids Adieu To The French Open
16
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Giri Nathan
,
Owen Lewis
, and
Patrick Redford
June 11, 2024
Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz Conquers Jannik Sinner In Choppy Ninth Installment Of The Best Rivalry In Men’s Tennis
27
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Giri Nathan
,
Owen Lewis
, and
Patrick Redford
June 7, 2024
NBA
Behold The Defector NBA Finals Mega-Preview
143
Comments
Patrick Redford
,
Giri Nathan
,
Tom Ley
,
Albert Burneko
,
Chris Thompson
,
Luis Paez-Pumar
, and
Ray Ratto
June 6, 2024
Tennis
Let Us Consider The French Open’s Thrilling, Waterlogged First Week
33
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Giri Nathan
,
Owen Lewis
, and
Patrick Redford
June 3, 2024
Tennis
There Are No Tidy Endings In Rafael Nadal’s Clay Temple
29
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Giri Nathan
May 31, 2024
NBA
For Once, The Knicks Can Avoid An Offseason Existential Crisis
84
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Giri Nathan
May 21, 2024
Defector Reads A Book
Come And Sit By ‘The Fire Next Time’ With Defector Reads A Book
22
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Kelsey McKinney
,
Giri Nathan
,
David Roth
, and
Patrick Redford
May 16, 2024
NBA
Jalen Brunson Might Be Sore, But He Can Still Cook The Pacers
55
Comments
Giri Nathan
May 15, 2024
NBA
The Knicks Are Decaying Rapidly
165
Comments
Giri Nathan
May 13, 2024
Tennis
‘Challengers’ Captures The Dirty Little Bits Of Tennis
60
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Giri Nathan
May 9, 2024
NBA
Sure, Yeah, Malachi Flynn Scored 50
27
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Giri Nathan
April 4, 2024
NBA
Joel Embiid Didn’t Get The Officiating Memo
58
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Giri Nathan
April 3, 2024
Tennis
Danielle Collins Conquers The Miami Open For The First And Last Time
44
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Giri Nathan
April 1, 2024
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