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"It is not a good feeling to pay $10.99 per month for a streaming service, largely for the purpose of watching sports, and then be presented with persistent pop-up ads for some dumb bullcrap that not even a baby would find entertaining." defector.com/am-i-a-bug-t...
Am I A Bug To You? | Defector
Some NBA games are starting at 11:00 p.m. ET. This is a new development coinciding with the league striking a new broadcast deal with NBC, which aired Tuesday night’s Nuggets–Kings game on the…
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November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"It is not a good feeling to pay $10.99 per month for a streaming service, largely for the purpose of watching sports, and then be presented with persistent pop-up ads for some dumb bullcrap that not even a baby would find entertaining." defector.com/am-i-a-bug-t...
Turning on the 11 pm Nuggets game and seeing a 20-minute countdown to tipoff on the screen… am I simply a worm? Am I a bug to you, Adam Silver??
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Turning on the 11 pm Nuggets game and seeing a 20-minute countdown to tipoff on the screen… am I simply a worm? Am I a bug to you, Adam Silver??
My favorite NBA podcast thing is when someone is talking about a bad team and is like “and it’s gonna get worse. I looked at their next 10 games, are you ready for this?” and then they read off a totally normal schedule
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My favorite NBA podcast thing is when someone is talking about a bad team and is like “and it’s gonna get worse. I looked at their next 10 games, are you ready for this?” and then they read off a totally normal schedule
An incredible story about the stuff guys used to do to entertain themselves before there was posting on the internet: defector.com/wilbur-huckl...
Wilbur Huckle For President: Solving A 61-Year-Old Mets Mystery | Defector
Earlier this year, on a cold Sunday in January, I walked into an antique store in a Washington D.C. suburb. When I go to a shop like this one, I’m not looking for chairs or lamps. My interests are a l...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
An incredible story about the stuff guys used to do to entertain themselves before there was posting on the internet: defector.com/wilbur-huckl...
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Defeat isn't enough for Andrew Cuomo and his pack of lunatics: defector.com/defeat-isnt-...
Defeat Isn't Enough For Andrew Cuomo And His Pack Of Lunatics | Defector
A New York City mayoral election is, definitionally, not anyone outside of the city’s business. That this year’s campaign, which ended in Zohran Mamdani’s victory on Tuesday night, became everybody’s…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Defeat isn't enough for Andrew Cuomo and his pack of lunatics: defector.com/defeat-isnt-...
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For this year’s Tip Jar drive, we invite you to travel to Philadelphia to either judge (easy mode) or bake along with (chaos mode) Kelsey McKinney and Chris Thompson as they take on another timed baking challenge. defector.com/help-secure-...
Help Secure Our Financial Independence By Infiltrating The Great Blogger Bake Shop | Defector
Last year, Defector’s operations geniuses submitted our annual Tip Jar drives for consideration in the Online Journalism Awards category of “Innovation in Revenue Strategy” for mid-size newsrooms. We…
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October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
For this year’s Tip Jar drive, we invite you to travel to Philadelphia to either judge (easy mode) or bake along with (chaos mode) Kelsey McKinney and Chris Thompson as they take on another timed baking challenge. defector.com/help-secure-...
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The NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal: defector.com/the-nba-medi...
The NBA Media Is Not Built To Cover A Gambling Scandal | Defector
Hours after the FBI arrested Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups, and published a pair of indictments detailing the former’s alleged involvement in a cooked prop-bet unders scheme and the latter’s…
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October 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal: defector.com/the-nba-medi...
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Shohei Ohtani plays the greatest baseball game of all time:
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Shohei Ohtani Plays The Greatest Baseball Game Of All Time | Defector
Shohei Ohtani creates a world in which there are no stupid questions. Could there ever be a two-way player in the majors? Could he become an elite power hitter and a frontline starter? Could he recove...
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October 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Shohei Ohtani plays the greatest baseball game of all time:
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I did a car blog: defector.com/i-have-devel...
I Have Developed An Unexpected And Revelatory Bond With My Car | Defector
I have never cared about my car. The first one I owned, a 2000-something Geo Prizm, came to me by way of my aunt when I was 15 and stayed with me until I moved to New York City when I was 24. It got m...
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October 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I did a car blog: defector.com/i-have-devel...
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Waiting on D'Angelo: defector.com/waiting-on-d...
Waiting On D'Angelo | Defector
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” This is from Psalms 23:4, a classic prayer about…
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October 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Waiting on D'Angelo: defector.com/waiting-on-d...
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excellent blogs today at defector. good time to subscribe! defector.com/products
October 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
excellent blogs today at defector. good time to subscribe! defector.com/products
Bartender accidentally made two extra cocktails and gave them to us for free
October 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Bartender accidentally made two extra cocktails and gave them to us for free
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Somehow, comedy is no longer legal again.
September 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Somehow, comedy is no longer legal again.
Obviously this is all horrible but it’s pretty funny that everyone on the right keeps being like “Our vengeance will be swift and unyielding” and “The cry of the Valkyrie calls us to war” and then they just go and get Jimmy Kimmel fired.
September 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Obviously this is all horrible but it’s pretty funny that everyone on the right keeps being like “Our vengeance will be swift and unyielding” and “The cry of the Valkyrie calls us to war” and then they just go and get Jimmy Kimmel fired.
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The official charity of the Savannah Bananas has a hard time explaining how its money is spent: defector.com/the-official...
The Official Charity Of The Savannah Bananas Has A Hard Time Explaining How Its Money Is Spent | Defector
Bananas Foster describes itself as “the official non-profit of Banana Ball,” the barnstorming baseball league that hosts the Savannah Bananas. Its mission, per executive director Jolie Chabala, is…
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September 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The official charity of the Savannah Bananas has a hard time explaining how its money is spent: defector.com/the-official...
[EMPATHY] - You should say something. This is important.
1. “My heart goes out to his family”
2. [Drama - Easy 8] Blow everyone’s minds with an epic and inspiring quote
FAIL
“Rest easy brother, we have the watch, I’ll see you in Valhalla”
1. “My heart goes out to his family”
2. [Drama - Easy 8] Blow everyone’s minds with an epic and inspiring quote
FAIL
“Rest easy brother, we have the watch, I’ll see you in Valhalla”
September 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
[EMPATHY] - You should say something. This is important.
1. “My heart goes out to his family”
2. [Drama - Easy 8] Blow everyone’s minds with an epic and inspiring quote
FAIL
“Rest easy brother, we have the watch, I’ll see you in Valhalla”
1. “My heart goes out to his family”
2. [Drama - Easy 8] Blow everyone’s minds with an epic and inspiring quote
FAIL
“Rest easy brother, we have the watch, I’ll see you in Valhalla”
Crazy week for indelible images. “Shots fired” TikTok guy… “was dead on impact” TV news girl… Clay Travis sobbing on air after reading an email from a listener whose 20-year-old son is too sad to come out of his room…
September 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Crazy week for indelible images. “Shots fired” TikTok guy… “was dead on impact” TV news girl… Clay Travis sobbing on air after reading an email from a listener whose 20-year-old son is too sad to come out of his room…
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Five years of Defector: defector.com/five-years-o...
September 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Five years of Defector: defector.com/five-years-o...
Ben Johnson trying to get Caleb Williams to make the first read and throw a normal ball
September 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Ben Johnson trying to get Caleb Williams to make the first read and throw a normal ball
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Calling this one Middle Infielders That I Was Oddly Fixated On For A Time
September 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Calling this one Middle Infielders That I Was Oddly Fixated On For A Time
We're celebrating our upcoming fifth birthday with a big sale! I think the site has been particularly good this week, so take a look at Defector.com and then smash that damn subscribe button. defector.com/defector-is-...
Defector Is Celebrating Its Fifth Birthday By Giving You A Big Fat Discount | Defector
Defector turns five next month. At last week’s offsite meetings, we celebrated that accomplishment and talked seriously about the 10-year mark—how we’re going to get there, and what we want Defector t...
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August 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We're celebrating our upcoming fifth birthday with a big sale! I think the site has been particularly good this week, so take a look at Defector.com and then smash that damn subscribe button. defector.com/defector-is-...