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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, Rob Manfred, executive vice president of labor and human resources in the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball, NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, Michael Weiner, general counsel for the Major League Baseball Players Association, Travis Tygart, CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, Gabriel Feldman, associate professor of law and director of the Sports Law Program at Tulane University Law School, and Jeffrey Standen, professor of law at the Willamette University College of Law (L-R), testify on Capitol Hill on November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on doping in professional sports.(Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Roger Goodell; Rob Manfred; DeMaurice Smith; Michael Weiner; Travis Tygart; Gabriel Feldman; Jeffrey Standen

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Testifies On Anti-Doping Measures

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Why Do We Need Commissioners Anyway?

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MGM National Harbor, Governor Larry Hogan And Joe Theismann Launch Sports Betting In Maryland With BETMGM

Sports Betting Apps Are So Easy To Use It’s Terrifying

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Patrick Redford

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Chamath Palihapitiya’s Whole Game Is Being A Loudmouth

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David Roth

The error-strewn back text of the Topps Now cards commemorating Atlanta's 2021 World Series win.

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Those Extremely Wrong Topps World Series Cards Might Or Might Not Be The Future

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Casey Taylor

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The Cold War Killed Cannabis As We Knew It. Can It Rise Again?

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company Demonstrates Transport Tunnel Underneath Las Vegas Convention Center

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Please Enjoy Two Videos Of Elon Musk’s Obviously Bad Ideas Failing

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What The Hell Is This Company The 76ers Just Partnered With?

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The Wirecutter Union Won

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Logan Roy Is An American

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Samer Kalaf

South Dakota teachers scrabble on a canvas for dollar bills during a hockey game

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Hockey Team And Mortgage Company Partner Up To Humiliate Local Teachers

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These Musicians Are Angry, Organized, And Coming For Spotify

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Today Is A Good Day To Not Read Wirecutter

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History

An Historical Correction Needs To Be Seen

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How To Quit Your Job, According To The Washington Post: Fuck You

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Here Are The Seven Best Sentences From The Financial Times’ Story About Michael Milken’s High-Finance Jamboree

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Boston Tech Startup Develops Worst Imaginable Way To Get A Cup Of Coffee

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Fake It Until You Make It (A Worse Planet For Everyone To Live On)


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Dan McQuade

An ad for the Carlos Watson show. A quote calls him "Anderson Cooper Meets Oprah" on it.

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Media Meltdowns

Ozy Media Is A Monumental Bummer

KIRKLAND, WA - OCTOBER 28: Google Engineering Director Chee Chew demonstrates using the climbing wall during the grand opening of Google Kirkland October 28, 2009 in Kirkland, Washington. More than 350 employees work in the Kirkland facility, which includes amenities such as a gym and soda fountain, consolidates several offices throughout Kirkland. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)

Google Moves Into New Washington Campus

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Tech Companies, Ranked By The Skill Of People Wearing Their T-Shirts At The Climbing Gym

Hungarian sculptors and creators Reka Gergely (L) and Tamas Gilly (R) pose next to the statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious inventor of the virtual currency bitcoin, after its unveiling at the Graphisoft Park in Budapest, on September 16, 2021. - Hungarian bitcoin enthusiasts unveiled a statue on September 16 in Budapest that they say is the first in the world to honour Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious inventor of the virtual currency. The bronze life-size sculpture depicts a hooded figure with stylised facial features, alluding to Nakamoto, a pseudonym credited as bitcoin's founder, but whose identity remains unknown. (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) (Photo by ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images)

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This Is All Exactly What It Looks Like

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What Do We Do With The Big Business Of Immersive Art?

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA - JULY 11: NBA athlete Steph Curry tees off from the second hole during the final round of the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe South golf course on July 11, 2020 in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

American Century Championship – Final Round

Steph Curry, Crypto Cornball

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Laura Wagner

Future Of Film Panel: Stories By Numbers – 2014 Tribeca Film Festival

WGA East Council Slate Edits Platform After Everyone Gets Mad At Them

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An eviction notice is posted and the lock is changed on a residence in the unincorporated community of Galloway on March 3, 2021 west of Columbus, Ohio.

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The U.S. Is Failing Tenants, And It’s About To Get Even Worse

NCAA president Mark Emmert listens during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on “NCAA Athlete NIL (name, image, and likeness) Rights” on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress hopes to pass legislation on NIL compensation at the federal level before it takes effect in several states across the country on July 1.

Death To The NCAA

NCAA Decides That Someone Else Can Pay Its Unpaid Athletes