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NBA
Everyone Hates Dillon Brooks
117
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Patrick Redford
March 21, 2023
Soccer
Bukayo Saka Is Arsenal’s Beating Heart
57
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Patrick Redford
March 20, 2023
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NBA
Nobody Is As Clutch As De’Aaron Fox
49
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Patrick Redford
March 16, 2023
NBA
Ja Morant Is Coming Back
106
Comments
Patrick Redford
March 15, 2023
NBA
The Mavericks Are Running Out Of Time To Become Normal
104
Comments
Patrick Redford
March 14, 2023
Capital
The Collapse Of Silicon Valley Bank Is Testing Tech’s Loudest Evangelists
432
Comments
Patrick Redford
March 12, 2023
NBA
The Knowable Unknown Of The 2023 NBA MVP Discourse Is Breaking Our Brains
182
Comments
Patrick Redford
March 12, 2023
NBA
Can The Sacramento Kings Be Bigger Than The Beam?
90
Comments
Patrick Redford
March 10, 2023
NBA
Even The Warriors Seem Sick Of The Warriors
105
Comments
Patrick Redford
March 8, 2023
NBA
Ja Morant Needs This Time Away
101
Comments
Patrick Redford
March 7, 2023
Cycling
Wannabe Cyclist Horse Steals The Show At A Spicy Strade Bianche
70
Comments
Patrick Redford
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Laura Wagner
March 6, 2023
Defector Music Club
Introducing Defector Music Club, With Neutral Milk Hotel’s Magnum Opus At 25
421
Comments
Israel Daramola
,
Luis Paez-Pumar
,
Giri Nathan
,
Lauren Theisen
, and
Patrick Redford
March 3, 2023
NBA
The Clippers Don’t Feel So Good
67
Comments
Patrick Redford
March 2, 2023
College Basketball
Caitlin Clark, Real Hooper, Fears Nothing
55
Comments
Patrick Redford
February 27, 2023
Soccer
Alex Morgan Is All The Way Back
38
Comments
Patrick Redford
February 24, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
We Went Rogue With China Miéville’s ‘This Census-Taker’
166
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Kelsey McKinney
,
Giri Nathan
,
Barry Petchesky
, and
Patrick Redford
February 22, 2023
NBA
Where Should Victor Wembanyama End Up?
200
Comments
Patrick Redford
February 22, 2023
Soccer
The USWNT Is Still Coming Together Slowly
56
Comments
Patrick Redford
February 20, 2023
NBA
Best Not To Provoke Luka Doncic
39
Comments
Patrick Redford
January 31, 2023
NBA
There’s No Sense In The Lakers Crying Over The Unavoidable
131
Comments
Patrick Redford
January 30, 2023
NFL
Steve Wilks, Lawyers Express Disappointment With Panthers Hiring Frank Reich
156
Comments
Patrick Redford
January 27, 2023
The Fights
Dana White’s ‘Power Slap’ Is An Abomination
450
Comments
Patrick Redford
January 27, 2023
The Great Outdoors
Local Lifeguard Wins Big-Wave Surfing’s Most Prestigious Competition
89
Comments
Patrick Redford
January 25, 2023
Soccer
Arsenal Is Halfway Home
118
Comments
Patrick Redford
January 23, 2023
NFL
Mike McCarthy On Hilarious Final Play: That Wasn’t What We Meant To Do
394
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Patrick Redford
January 23, 2023
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