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Defector is an employee-owned sports and culture website. We write about sports, politics, TV, movies, science, weird shit that happens on the internet, and anything else that catches our attention, because we believe that a good publication is one that reflects the genuine interests and obsessions of its staff. We started this company because media […]
Defector’s Favorite Sports Moments Of 2024
2024年12月23日 · These are the sports moments from 2024 that the Defector staff enjoyed. Shohei Ohtani’s Game 4 Home Run. I was blessed with a multitude of beautiful sports experiences this year: watching my alma mater get a football title; being alive for a Detroit Lions win I worried might never come; downing Fireball in Brooklyn after the Liberty pulled off an excruciating Game 5 triumph; cheering for my ...
A Comprehensive And Maddening History Of Color Star, Would …
2025年1月7日 · The story starts with a signing ceremony. On Dec. 20, 2021, the Philadelphia 76ers staged a publicity event to announce a new marketing partnership with the Chinese company Color Star Technology Co., Ltd. This was an unglamorous affair—a team backdrop, some placards, dreary fluorescent lighting—but it was certainly given more ceremony and publicity than the […]
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2 天之前 · 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.
The Ravens Ran 'Em Over | Defector
5 天之前 · The final score of Saturday night’s Wild Card matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens indicates a closer game than was had. The Steelers managed to outscore the Ravens 14-7 in the second half, securing a respectable-if-you-squint 28-14 final score. But everything that happened in the second half of this game—all those nice passes […]
Mike Vrabel Finds His Landing Spot | Defector
5 天之前 · The Patriots went 4-13 this season under the stewardship of first-year head coach and former New England linebacker Jerod Mayo. After firing Mayo shortly after the team’s final game of the season, the Patriots have landed on a method for improving the team: Replacing Mayo with a different former Patriots linebacker. Mike Vrabel is your […]
Never Doubt Tottenham’s Inability To Capitalize On Chaos
2024年12月8日 · Though neither is the other's biggest rival club, Chelsea and Tottenham always seem to put on fascinating matches, at least for neutrals. Tottenham has the ability to play up to any competition—or, as it may be, play down to any competition; sorry about that jinx, Spurs—and while Chelsea has been on a relative tear this season, emerging as dark-horse title contenders at absolute worst, the ...
The Crossword, Jan. 6: Miss Me | Defector
2025年1月6日 · If you can solve our Monday crossword, you can solve anything. This week’s puzzle was constructed by Marshal Herrmann and edited by Hoang-Kim Vu. Marshal lives in Chicago and is a longtime sports fan and, more recently, a crossword constructor. He’s excited to publish a third Defector puzzle at the intersection of these hobbies. Defector […]
We Finally Have Our College Football Playoff | Defector
2024年12月9日 · Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a playoff. The 12-team college football playoff has been set and, as is tradition, no one is happy. Weird how expanding it still doesn’t solve that problem. The shadowy committee that arbitrarily chooses who gets in seemed to have a hard time deciding which teams are actually good, in […]
Bradley Beal And The Suns Are Stuck Heavin’ In Hell
2025年1月8日 · Hell is always a little bit nearer at hand in the Western Conference. In the East you can want to be bad, and try to be bad, and in fact be quite bad, and still host a playoff series. Not so in the West: In the West it's possible to want to …