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This Is So Stupid
Taysom Hill’s Big Fake Contract Should Be Even Bigger And Faker
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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
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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
Comments
Tom Ley
March 9, 2021
Staff Chat
The Defector Staff Is Here To Chat With You
767
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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
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
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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
NBA
It’s Important To Actually Own A Thing
244
Comments
Tom Ley
February 16, 2021
Announcements
Transactions, February 16
248
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Tom Ley
February 16, 2021
NBA
A Good Pass Is One That Makes A Guy Look Silly
36
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Tom Ley
February 15, 2021
NBA
Mason Plumlee Is Officially A Triple-Double Machine
76
Comments
Tom Ley
February 15, 2021
NFL
JJ Watt Got His Wish To Escape The Texans
168
Comments
Tom Ley
February 12, 2021
Defector Up All Night
Was Wayne Gretzky A Fraud?
271
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Tom Ley
February 11, 2021
NBA
Trae Young Got Owned By His Own Foul-Drawing Brain
92
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Tom Ley
February 11, 2021
NFL
Well, That Was Awful And Familiar
248
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Tom Ley
February 8, 2021
NFL
Was Tom Brady Crud Tonight?
157
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Tom Ley
February 8, 2021
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