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Maitreyi Anantharaman
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NBA
Sometimes You Just Need Ish Smith
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 27, 2021
MLB
Charlie Morton Broke His Leg! But When???
93
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 27, 2021
The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock
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WNBA
The Sky Seized Their Championship Window And Championship Door
40
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 19, 2021
WNBA
Candace Parker Never Stopped Wanting To Win
30
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 18, 2021
WNBA
How A Heartbroken Expansion Team Remade Its Way To The WNBA Finals
21
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 15, 2021
WNBA
The Mercury Are The Villains Who Can’t Be Killed
22
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 14, 2021
MLB
A Modest Rule Proposal: Cool Plays Should Be Unreviewable
136
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 13, 2021
Interviews
An EXPLOSIVE Tell-All Interview With Acclaimed Memoirist Drew Magary
119
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 12, 2021
WNBA
Candace Parker Simply Loves Getting Trampled
25
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 11, 2021
WNBA
The Old, Bruised, Dying, Dead, Shorthanded Phoenix Mercury Are In The WNBA Finals
13
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 10, 2021
Defector Reads A Book
It’s Time To Clock In And Talk About ‘The Factory’
101
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Giri Nathan
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Barry Petchesky
,
Maitreyi Anantharaman
, and
Kelsey McKinney
October 7, 2021
MLB
Baseball Fun Is When Fortunes Change
135
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 7, 2021
WNBA
The Sky-Sun Series Gave Us Some Last-Second Shambles, As A Treat
17
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 4, 2021
WNBA
Call An Ambulance, But Not For Diana Taurasi
31
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
October 1, 2021
WNBA
Simply Get The Ball To Jonquel Jones
18
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
September 29, 2021
WNBA
The Joy Of The Playoffs Is In The Texture, Not The Stakes
13
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
September 27, 2021
This Is So Stupid
Who Is The Real @ScottBears?
164
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
September 24, 2021
WNBA
Sophie Cunningham Talked Some Shit And Saved The Mercury’s Season
39
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
September 24, 2021
Defector Up All Night
Ben Simmons Who?
63
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
September 23, 2021
NHL
Nathan MacKinnon Announces That He Is Normal, Regular Guy
92
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
September 16, 2021
MLB
The Brewers And Tigers Had A Stupid, Charming Pitcher’s Duel
32
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
September 15, 2021
WNBA
The Connecticut Sun Are Dealing, Stealing, And Healing
28
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
September 15, 2021
WNBA
The Seattle Storm Are In The Bad Zone
12
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
September 14, 2021
Women's Basketball
The “Guru” Of Women’s Basketball Gets His Due
34
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
September 10, 2021
Defector Up All Night
A Nation Waits With Bated Breath For The Hronek AAV
37
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
September 3, 2021
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