Some people are fans of the New York Jets. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New York Jets. This 2025 Defector ...

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I just read Leo Tolstoy’s 1870s novel Anna Karenina for the first time, and I am treating it like a real accomplishment. For basically all of my life, whenever I’ve heard reference to Tolstoy—OK, ...

I can still remember the sound of the dull thud, and the scream that came after. It was a tournament game, and our pitcher, Paul, was dealing. He always did, because he could throw 80 mph as a 13-year ...

A Hall of Fame case does not get built in the same way, or out of the same things, as a legend. There are plenty of Hall of ...

Some people are fans of the Las Vegas Raiders. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Las Vegas Raiders. This 2025 ...

The Tour de France is over. I hope you enjoyed the racing and the 11 dispatches I was able to bring you from the race, on ...

Four hours before the final stage of the Tour de France begins, I walk the length of the last, newest climb on the race ...

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When scientists discover new prehistoric species, the fossils alone fail to conjure the creature in the flesh. It’s impossible to summon the entirety ancient shark from a single tooth, or some weird ...

Before this year’s rendition of the Belgian Grand Prix, it was all feeling a little bit 2021. The Circuit de ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking about ...