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Paramount CEO Announces Layoffs One Day After Boasting About Super Bowl Revenue
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Israel Daramola
February 13, 2024
Arts And Culture
The Usher Super Bowl Halftime Moments, Ranked
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Israel Daramola
February 12, 2024
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Can Usher Escape The Nostalgia Trap?
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Israel Daramola
February 9, 2024
Arts And Culture
To Love ‘Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans,’ You Must Loathe It
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Israel Daramola
February 1, 2024
Death To The NCAA
NCAA’s Desperate Flailing Invites Another Lawsuit
94
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Israel Daramola
January 31, 2024
Arts And Culture
The Five New Playboi Carti Songs, Ranked
59
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Israel Daramola
January 24, 2024
NFL
Lamar Jackson And The Ravens Cleared A Few Things Up
152
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Israel Daramola
January 21, 2024
Journalismism
Music Journalism Can’t Afford A Hollowed-Out Pitchfork
413
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Israel Daramola
January 18, 2024
NFL
Jets Players Inspired By Guy Who Spent Most Of The Season In Malibu Talking To Pat McAfee
224
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Israel Daramola
January 5, 2024
Arts And Culture
Does It Matter If Adam Driver Is A Bad Actor?
222
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Israel Daramola
December 29, 2023
NFL
Packers Suspend Jaire Alexander For Must-Win Game Because He Fucked Up A Coin Toss
128
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Israel Daramola
December 27, 2023
NFL
That Was A Painfully Jaguarian Drive
122
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Israel Daramola
December 5, 2023
College Football
The College Football Playoff Was Always Just A TV Show
221
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Israel Daramola
December 4, 2023
College Football
Bobby Petrino And Arkansas Football Are Reunited At Last
76
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Israel Daramola
November 30, 2023
Defector Music Club
Defector Music Club Wants A Piece Of Britney Spears’s ‘Blackout’
32
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Lauren Theisen
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Patrick Redford
, and
Israel Daramola
November 22, 2023
Arts And Culture
Local Man In His 30s Gets Really Into PinkPantheress
87
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Israel Daramola
November 15, 2023
Death To The NCAA
What Does Breaking The Rules Even Mean In A Sport Where Everyone Cheats?
228
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Israel Daramola
November 14, 2023
College Football
Dabo Swinney Engages In Heated Theological Debate With Sports Radio Caller
208
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Israel Daramola
October 31, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Is The Latest Entry In Martin Scorsese’s History Of Evil
89
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Israel Daramola
October 26, 2023
College Football
Caleb Williams Might Be Buckling Under The Weight Of His Own Hype
146
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Israel Daramola
October 23, 2023
Defector Music Club
Defector Music Club Gets Lost In Sleater-Kinney’s ‘The Woods’
138
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Israel Daramola
,
Giri Nathan
,
Patrick Redford
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David Roth
, and
Lauren Theisen
October 19, 2023
NFL
It’s Nathaniel Hackett’s Big Day
99
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Israel Daramola
October 9, 2023
Arts And Culture
Four Days At The Flooded New York Film Festival
34
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Israel Daramola
October 5, 2023
NFL
The NFL Belongs To Taylor Swift Now
458
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Israel Daramola
October 2, 2023
Defector Music Club
Defector Music Club Takes On The Expansive ‘Speakerboxxx/The Love Below’ As It Turns 20
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Luis Paez-Pumar
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Lauren Theisen
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Giri Nathan
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Israel Daramola
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