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Some people are fans of the Seattle Seahawks. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Seattle Seahawks. This 2026 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the ...

Boxers almost never leave on their own terms, let alone get to say goodbye with the fight of their dreams. Then there’s Katie Taylor’s going away. The Irish superhero will take on Flora Pili of France ...

The first time I consciously contemplated a museum’s installation-specific smell was in Fernando Romero’s “El Sol” at Kristallwelten in Innsbruck, Austria. Viewers stand in a cave-like, red-lit room ...

It’s been more than a month since UNC general manager Mike Lombardi was placed on administrative leave, and now he’s gone for ...

In 1858, William Parker Foulke, a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences—a group of naturalists committed to public ...

Some people are fans of the New England Patriots. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New England Patriots. This ...

The 35-page report released on Wednesday by the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which contains a great deal of ...

As the dust settles following the NBA’s obliteration of the Clippers over the Kawhi Leonard–Aspiration scandal, one of the ...

Tom Dundon and the Portland City Council remain in a standoff. In early August, the city approved a $120 million expenditure ...

We can officially stick a fork in the fallout stage of former Athletic reporter Dianna Russini’s long and handholdy ...