Skip to Content
Subscribe
Log In
Menu
Search
Search
Crosswords
NFL
NBA
NHL
WNBA
Soccer
Podcasts
Arts And Culture
Politics
Science
About Us
Send Us A Tip (News)
Send Us A Tip ($)
Merch Shop
How To Pitch Defector
How To Comment On Defector
Defector Freelancer Policies, Created In Partnership With The National Writers Union
Crossword Submission Guidelines
Masthead
Defector Hall of Fame
Log In
Subscribe
Defector X (formerly Twitter)
Defector Twitch
Defector Bluesky
Give Some Blogs, Get A Calendar:
Olympics
Topics
NFL
NBA
NHL
Soccer
Arts And Culture
Capital
Podcasts
Creaturefector
Chefector
NBA
Steve Kerr Needs Some Better Excuses
86
Comments
Chris Thompson
July 29, 2024
Olympics
Canada Is Proving It Doesn’t Need Drones To Fly
26
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
July 29, 2024
The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock
Bad news: It's getting colder. Good news: The best way to cover your forearms has returned. The critically acclaimed Defector crewneck sweatshirt has been restocked in all sizes. Now's the time to get one of our most popular items, printed with union labor in the USA.
Olympics
Welcome To The Ilona Maher Fan Club
125
Comments
Kelsey McKinney
July 29, 2024
Olympics
The USWNT Still Has Questions To Answer
59
Comments
Billy Haisley
July 28, 2024
Olympics
Canada, Untrustworthy Nation To The North, Accused Of Massive Soccer Cheating Plot
93
Comments
Billy Haisley
July 26, 2024
Olympics
How Kareem Maddox Went From Public Radio To The Olympic Stage
46
Comments
Alex Sujong Laughlin
July 26, 2024
Tennis
When It Comes To Alexander Zverev, Tennis Is Going To Stick To Tennis
48
Comments
Diana Moskovitz
July 26, 2024
NBA
Joel Embiid Continues His Summer Of Grousing
97
Comments
Giri Nathan
July 25, 2024
Olympics
No, Canada!
106
Comments
Albert Burneko
July 24, 2024
Underexplained Lists
Olympic Events Most Likely To Kill Me, A Mildly Athletic Blogger
298
Comments
Kelsey McKinney
July 24, 2024
Media Meltdowns
AI Is Now Advanced Enough To Blow Al Michaels’s Mind
110
Comments
David Roth
June 26, 2024
Olympics
Team USA’s 3×3 Hoops Is Unmissable No Matter Who’s In Paris
48
Comments
Lauren Theisen
June 20, 2024
WNBA
Basketball Isn’t A Popularity Contest, Except When It Is
71
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
June 13, 2024
Olympics
Olympian Helen Stephens Suffered Through An Anti-Queer Panic That Still Reverberates
37
Comments
Michael Waters
June 5, 2024
Gymnastics
Simone Biles Somehow Looks Even Better
40
Comments
Diana Moskovitz
May 20, 2024
Olympics
What Will It Take To Fix SafeSport?
46
Comments
Diana Moskovitz
April 9, 2024
Olympics
At The Olympic Trials Marathon, DFL Means Pain Over Regret
134
Comments
Dennis Young
February 22, 2024
Women's Basketball
My Basketball GOAT Is 5-Foot-4
50
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
February 14, 2024
NHL
It’s Hockey’s Turn To Reckon With Sexual Violence
56
Comments
Diana Moskovitz
February 6, 2024
Olympics
How Four Marathoners Organized A Ceasefire Protest From Across The Country
34
Comments
Dennis Young
February 4, 2024
Figure Skating
Two Years Later, The Russian Figure Skating Scandal Still Lingers
70
Comments
Diana Moskovitz
January 31, 2024
Gymnastics
Mary Lou Retton’s Third Act Is Her Most All-American
323
Comments
Diana Moskovitz
January 12, 2024
Olympics
Lawsuit: Olympic Bobsledder Says Team Chiropractor Sexually Abused Her For Years
78
Comments
Diana Moskovitz
September 21, 2023
Olympics
Ex-Union Chief Donald Fehr Says Olympic And Paralympic Athletes Need Their Own Type Of Union
15
Comments
Diana Moskovitz
September 7, 2023
Gymnastics
Al Fong, Valeri Liukin, And The Stubborn Culture Of The Tyrant Coach
39
Comments
Diana Moskovitz
August 28, 2023
Newer
Older