This Can’t Be The Sum Of All Of England’s Parts
Through two matches at Euro 2024, England sits atop Group C, with a relatively comfortable path into the knockout round....
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It’s A Lovely Day In The Pleistocene And You Are A Horrible Giga-Goose
If you're a Pal-level subscriber at Defector, you get access to a premium weekday newsletter called The Cipher, which has...
Never Let Your Sexy Nemesis Get The Best Of You
Gathering a bunch of hormonal young artists in one place almost guarantees you a good mess. Unfortunately I speak from...
Journalism Is Activism | Defector
We are a few months into The Great Will Lewis Experiment at the Washington Post, and everything there is fucked....
Willie Mays Was Baseball | Defector
Willie Mays, who died Tuesday at the richly merited old age of 93, was baseball itself, more than anyone else...
Turkey-Georgia Was Perfect | Defector
Under a weeping Dortmund sky, in front of a frothing crowd, on a stupid TV channel that nobody in the...
How Qualified Immunity Protects Cops Who Kill
During a May 10 hearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va., Maryland Assistant...
The Red Sox Have A Formidable Competitor In The Race To .500
The Red Sox button-mashed their way to a 9-3 victory Sunday night because they discovered an exploit in the Yankees'...
David Benavidez Underwhelmed In Victory
David Benavidez is a menace. He picks up steam as he fights, and there typically comes a moment when the...
JJ Redick And Shams Are Back, Maybe
Hey, look who's back! The Once And Future King, and there's still a possibility that he can pull off a...
The NWSL Is There For Barbra Banda’s Taking
One of the easiest ways to understand a soccer player's true talent level is to watch how their opponents treat...
The ‘Longform’ Podcast Told The Story Of An Industry
Wednesday morning, I saw a tweet from the Longform podcast: Jay Caspian Kang, a staff writer at The New Yorker,...
A Field Guide To Luka Doncic’s Many Busted Sports-Watching Setups
As aphorisms go, “Never meet your heroes” seems like a pretty smart and straightforward one. The public figure you admire...
A Guide To The 2024 Euros With A Depth Of Analysis Surpassed Only By Its Timeliness
At least in the European context, the cadence of major international soccer tournaments has long been consistent and well-spaced. One...
Two Bad Neighbors | Defector
"You know what I want?" Martha-Ann Alito asked a stranger who had briefly flattered her at a dinner for the...
