Buy The T-Shirt, Not The Jersey
BARCELONA — Plaça Sant Jaume in Barcelona was filled to its considerable brim Sunday night, and with only some exceptions...
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Chilling Tales Of A Haunted And Constipated Global Traveler
Untroubled people are all alike, but every haunted person is haunted in their own way. Me, I wince over fish...
In Defense Of That Whole Weird ’90s Rock Marble-Mouthed Thing
This week, Defector has turned itself over to a guest editor. Brandy Jensen, former editor at Gawker (RIP) and The Outline (RIP), and writer...
Sometimes The Puck Goes In, And Sometimes It Doesn’t
This year's conference finals have provided all but the most frail and anxious fans an ideal version of high-stakes hockey...
A Requiem For ‘Inside The NBA’ From A Guy Who Barely Watched It
Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s...
Boston Is The Cruelest Team
In the playoff semifinals two weeks ago, PWHL Boston devastated a Montreal crowd when they outlasted the Quebecois in a...
The Crossword, May 27: The Young And The Restless (Themeless)
Let's wrap up the month with a themeless—look out for tricky clues and fun wordplay. This week's puzzle was constructed by...
Deal With It | Defector
It's in the nature of really good basketball teams to seem inevitable. It's not really in basketball's nature to let...
Sam Altman’s Scarlett Johansson Whoopsie Is The True Future Of AI
Give OpenAI CEO Sam Altman this much credit: I did not think he had the capacity to surprise. Among the...
Anoint Yourself, Dammit! | Defector
Let it not be said that the Boston Celtics are bad at basketball. They are, in fact, pretty good! Thursday...
Xavi, Who Quit And Then Un-Quit And Then Was Maybe Gonna Get Fired, Is Now Fired
Barcelona club president Joan Laporta fired manager Xavi Hernández on Friday, a little over a week after reports surfaced Laporta's...
Programming Notes | Defector
Hello! I hope you are making preparations for the the long holiday weekend. Before you go, I have some precious...
Ademola Lookman’s Time Has Finally Come
There are as many different career trajectories in soccer as there are individual players. Nonetheless, certain paths share some overarching...
Please Do Not Strive For Documentary Realism In A Movie (Spoiler Alert) Where A Huge Worm Bursts Out Of A Man’s Eye-Socket
I'm not going to look this up, but I assume there have been far fewer found-footage-style films in the romantic...
Staying On Paul Schrader’s Good Side, With Stephen Rodrick
At some level, I imagine that a person would have to be a good hang to write a good magazine...
