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NBA
The Story Of The Jazz’s Emergency Plane Landing Is Extremely Unpleasant
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Tom Ley
April 1, 2021
Soccer
Gareth Bale May Or May Not Have Meant To Elbow This Racist Prick Right In The Face
79
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Tom Ley
March 31, 2021
Remind Everyone That Your Team Sucks
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Defector Up All Night
Every Deep Drive Into Left Field By Nick Castellanos That Made It A 4-0 Ballgame
145
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Tom Ley
March 30, 2021
College Basketball
Woman Who Didn’t Call A Timeout While Her Team Gave Up A 19-0 Run Has Thoughts On COVID Testing
152
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Tom Ley
March 30, 2021
NBA
Here Is Your 2021 NBA Trade Deadline Roundup
133
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Albert Burneko
and
Tom Ley
March 25, 2021
College Basketball
I Alone Can Get Oral Roberts University To The Final Four, But My Flock Can Help
154
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Tom Ley
March 22, 2021
Death To The NCAA
Here Is Your Open Thread For The First Weekend Of The NCAA Men’s Tournament
365
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Tom Ley
March 19, 2021
MLB
Curt Schilling Is Leaving Massachusetts Because The People Aren’t Nice Enough
270
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Tom Ley
March 19, 2021
NFL
Masseuse Accuses Deshaun Watson Of Sexual Assault In Civil Suit
121
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Tom Ley
March 17, 2021
This Is So Stupid
Taysom Hill’s Big Fake Contract Should Be Even Bigger And Faker
134
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Tom Ley
March 15, 2021
MLB
Now Here Is Some Baseball-Ass Baseball
108
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Tom Ley
March 14, 2021
Soccer
Erik Lamela, Oh My God
100
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Tom Ley
March 14, 2021
The Fights
Today Is The Day To Watch Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s Greatest Fight
64
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Tom Ley
March 14, 2021
Life's Rich Pageant
High School Sport Announcer Clarifies That His Vile Racist Outburst Was Simply The Result Of Spiking Blood Sugar
217
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Tom Ley
March 14, 2021
Life's Rich Pageant
Feebly Mumbling “Blue Lives Matter” Did Not Get Johnny Damon Out Of His DUI Arrest
287
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Tom Ley
March 10, 2021
NFL
The Dak Prescott Deal Is Good For Everybody
127
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Tom Ley
March 9, 2021
Staff Chat
The Defector Staff Is Here To Chat With You
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Tom Ley
March 5, 2021
Defector Reads A Book
So We Blog On, About ‘The Great Gatsby’
290
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Giri Nathan
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Kelsey McKinney
,
Maitreyi Anantharaman
, and
Tom Ley
March 4, 2021
This Is So Stupid
Longtime Triple-Double Machine Mason Plumlee Now Has A Second Triple-Double, And Get This: He Did It With A Pal
66
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Tom Ley
March 4, 2021
College Basketball
Greg McDermott Said What?
117
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Tom Ley
March 3, 2021
NBA
Nikola Jokic Explains Rare Poster Dunk With Science And Mime
64
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Tom Ley
March 2, 2021
NBA
The Knicks Are Above .500, And We Must Remain Vigilant
144
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Tom Ley
March 1, 2021
NBA
Just What The Hell Was All This About?
114
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Tom Ley
February 26, 2021
NBA
Luka Doncic Pulled The Celtics Closer To The Toilet
117
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Tom Ley
February 24, 2021
MLB
Tim Tebow’s Baseball Career To Lie Down In Green Pastures
158
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Tom Ley
February 18, 2021
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