3 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.

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2025年1月21日 · Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter, examining the apocalyptic politics, coverage, and consequences of Campaign 2024. Monday morning, before Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th and possibly final president of the United States, Joe Biden hosted him at the White House. “Welcome home,” Biden told Trump […]

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2024年12月26日 · This is what the Defector staff enjoyed reading in 2024. The Stadium, by Frank Andre Guridy . A historical and contemporary view of the stadium as America's latest version of the public square for good, ill, joy, evil, and plaintively stupid in that uniquely American way.

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.

2025年1月29日 · I will admit, there was a point at the start of New York magazine's profile of the jubilant young Trumper right when I started to get nervous. The article opens on Inauguration Day, depicting a party scene in D.C. full of young people enjoying the night, the atmosphere, and each other, the kind of celebrations that have felt all too rare in the COVID-19 pandemic's aftermath.

3 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.

2024年12月26日 · Against all odds, the kneecap-biter himself—a cartoon caricature of a Big Stupid Ball Coach—has spearheaded a seismic shift in how NFL coaches approach fourth down, with teams now far more likely to go for it on fourth-and-short than ever before.A basic tenet of game management has shifted, maybe permanently, in just a few years, because one coach challenged football orthodoxy to a staring ...

2024年12月10日 · It's a pretty big day for Normal Gossip and Defector! We know everyone loves treats, and today you’re getting three big ones: unhinged cruise ship gossip, our own Kelsey McKinney in the role of guest, and Rachelle Hampton as your brand-new host!