Olympian Helen Stephens Suffered Through An Anti-Queer Panic That Still Reverberates
This article is based on research from The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports, available for...
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There Are No Easy Solutions For The Second-Driver Conundrum
Thanks to Formula 1's lack of tampering regulations, every part of the season is silly season. It's another level of...
‘Jeopardy!’ Contestants Still Don’t Know Anything About Sports
You might wanna sit down for this, but Jeopardy! contestants still don’t know anything about sports. Spoiler alert for tonight's...
MLB Makes A Convenient Example Of Several Gambling Bozos
There are decisions you can make when you're 23 years old that will define the entire rest of your life,...
Feds Accuse America’s Weirdest Media Company Of Being A Money-Laundering Front For The Falun Gong
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had arrested Weidong Guan, the CFO of an international newspaper...
A Sunday Night With The Caitlin Casuals
BROOKLYN — Yeah, yeah, she's growing the game or whatever, but I took a bit personally the number of CLARK...
Let Us Consider The French Open’s Thrilling, Waterlogged First Week
Defector's tennis desk has spent the past week and change watching the French Open. Two-thirds of said desk have done...
Real Madrid Is Bulletproof
You have to score goals to win soccer matches. The more chances a team creates, the more likely they are...
Caitlin Clark And The Fever Are Going Through It
Caitlin Clark played the 10th game of her WNBA career on Saturday, which ended with her Indiana Fever barely holding...
3 Big Things on ‘Furiosa’ – A SPOILER-FREE Video Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qawguomVOm0 VERDICT As much as I don’t like the term, “Thrill-Ride” might be the most appropriate description for a movie...
The Doubts Were Not Reasonable
Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter, examining the apocalyptic politics and coverage...
I Will Drive This Fucked-Up Car Until One Of Us Dies
This week, Defector has turned itself over to a guest editor. Brandy Jensen, former editor at Gawker (RIP) and The Outline (RIP), and writer...
There Are No Tidy Endings In Rafael Nadal’s Clay Temple
PARIS — Rafael Nadal has a higher success rate at winning matches at Roland Garros than I do tying my...
The Late-Night Television Wars Are Worth Reliving
This week, Defector has turned itself over to a guest editor. Brandy Jensen, former editor at Gawker (RIP) and The Outline (RIP), and writer...
The State Of The Website And The Two Types Of Butter
I wouldn't say that I was anxious about Defector's team meetings, which are, as you read this, happening in the...
