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2 days ago · 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.
Chappell Roan Confronts The Sickness Of Modern Fandom
Aug 21, 2024 · Over the past few years, I’ve become increasingly hesitant to identify as a fan of any living artist. There are plenty of artists whose work I like, or even love, but the entire concept of being a fan, and what the act of fandom entails, has shifted in ways I …
Marc Caputo Leaves NBC News One Week After Gloating About …
Feb 1, 2023 · Politics reporter Marc Caputo announced on Tuesday that he is leaving his job at NBC News. This sudden career change comes one week after Caputo spent a day chronicling on Instagram his recent eviction of a tenant renting a home Caputo owns in Key West, through screenshots of text conversations with the tenant and property manager.
Normal Gossip - Defector
Normal Gossip delivers juicy, strange, funny, and utterly banal gossip about people you’ll never know and never meet. Host Kelsey McKinney discusses reader-submitted comedic gossip with guests, diving into the lives and decisions of complete strangers.
The Last Page Of The Internet - Defector
Jun 11, 2023 · Gradually over the last decade, Reddit went from merely embarrassing but occasionally amusing, to actively harmful, to—mainly by accident—essential. As the platform that swallowed niche message boards, it became home to numerous small communities of surprisingly helpful enthusiasts, and grew into a repository of arcane knowledge about, and instantly available first-hand expertise on, a ...
The Last Of The Brooklyn Dodgers - Defector
Feb 19, 2024 · For most Major League teams, relocation is the end of the story. The New York Giants left the city the same year as the Dodgers did, but beyond ogling at the career of Willie Mays and the occasional Shot Heard 'Round the World clip, the New York Giants are in every sense of the word a defunct team. “It’s right there in what you said,” Aspromonte answered when asked why the Dodgers ...
The 2023 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog
Dec 20, 2023 · [Opens security gate] You’ve arrived! Oh my stars, look at you! You look so HEALTHY! Who do you go to for Botox? Don’t tell me, don’t tell me!
Defector Podcasts
The Distraction is Defector’s flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! […]
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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.