Much Ado About A Worthless Pick In An Awful Draft
The pick that delivered Bronny James to the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday night was the 55th of 58 selections made...
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Brewers look to continue home surge vs. Cubs
Brewers third baseman Andruw Monasterio celebrates after delivering a walk-off single against the Rangers in the bottom of the 10th...
Rachel McAdams Is So Good At Playing Mothers
If you're a Pal-level subscriber at Defector, you get access to a premium weekday newsletter called The Cipher, which has...
Is The Phillie Phanatic A Muppet?
You always know where the Phillie Phanatic is because the children are pointing. It doesn't matter which section of the...
The Knicks Spend Five First-Round Picks On A College Reunion
A disconcertingly chipper Drake once said, during the 2019 NBA playoffs, that the Toronto Raptors were "a college sports team,...
Never Show Group C To Me Again
As our esteemed Billy Haisley wrote on Tuesday, the group stage of a tournament like the European Championship is the...
It’s Never Too Late To Fall In Love With ‘Stop Making Sense’
Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s...
Momentum Or The Moment? | Defector
Is momentum real? Do past outcomes—the outcomes themselves, and not the processes that led to them—influence future results? This is...
A Slimy New Contender For The Olympic Diving Team?
This weekend's U.S. Olympic Diving Trials saw many dizzying dives from varying heights. Delaney Schnell won the individual women's 10-meter...
The Spanish Grand Prix Evolved From A Procession Into A Spectacle
Forget the actual race. Look at the top six qualifiers at the Spanish Grand Prix, look at the top six...
Appalling Errors In Vulture’s Ranked List Of Muppets Movies, Ranked
New York magazine's Vulture section published a ranked list of Muppets movies last week; as several readers quickly observed, the...
If You Run Seven Marathons In Seven Days In Central Park, Does It Make A Difference?
There's a common myth about the origin of the marathon that you've probably heard at some point in your life....
A €12.3 Million Estate Where We Can Become Wine Barons
One of my goals for 2024 is to consumer more culture. I am trying not to limit myself in this...
The Oilers Are Astonishing | Defector
The first seven minutes of Game 6 were notable to me because, finally, both teams in the Stanley Cup Final...
Who On Earth Wants To Fight Tank Davis Now?
Gervonta "Tank" Davis was so good last weekend he might’ve hurt his own career. Who’d want to fight this guy...
