Why Your Team Sucks 2025: Arizona Cardinals
Some people are fans of the Arizona Cardinals. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Arizona Cardinals....
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Has The World’s Biggest K-Pop Group Already Come And Gone?
Blackpink is the biggest global group in K-pop. With BTS on hiatus and NewJeans in the midst of a prolonged...
Taylor Swift Turned Me Straight
I finally get Midnights. I don’t just mean, “Oh, I thought this album was whatever when I first heard it,...
A Playlist Of Ear-Splitting Brazilian Funk Ideal For A Long Drive
Like many who have loved and left New York City, I dearly miss the transportation setup there. The walkability, the...
Why A Bunch Of Real Dicks Keep Throwing Fake Ones
Every misogynist joke poses a question to its female audience: Can you laugh along? Will you be chill or are...
Victoria Mboko Is Here To Break Brains
Elena Rybakina must have figured she had the match won. She’d just battered 18-year-old Victoria Mboko in a 25-shot rally...
How College Mascots Conceal Their Identity And Their Ass
This piece was originally published on FOIAball, a new publication covering college football programs using this country’s robust Freedom of...
Why Your Team Sucks 2025: Indianapolis Colts
Some people are fans of the Indianapolis. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Indianapolis Colts. This...
You’re Invited To Defector’s Fifth Birthday Party And Also Some Baseball Games
Defector started publishing blogs on Sept. 10, 2020. We are somehow mere weeks away from our fifth anniversary.To celebrate, Defector...
How To Put Down Your Phone And Read A Book
Welcome to Ask The Book Doctor, a recurring series about books and reading them.The beautiful shiny phone is killing us. We...
A Very Fine Cheerwine, With Emma Baccellieri
There are only so many ways to describe a podcast, as regular readers of these little blogs already know. Because...
John Rocker Reveals Our Fantasy Draft Order At His Discretion
The 14th season of “OUCH, My Fucking Clavicle!” is upon us. A league known for its inappropriate fantasy football team...
Sweating Through The Existential Angst Of A Las Vegas Table Tennis Tournament
LAS VEGAS — From July 3-13, World Table Tennis staged a Grand Smash tournament in Las Vegas for the first...
Cameron Brink Is Back And Ready To Swat
Oh yeah, Cameron Brink! The Los Angeles Sparks’ No. 2 pick in 2024 last played in the WNBA over a...
ESPN Now Partially Owned By Biggest League It Reports On
ESPN's position on the NFL is not unlike that of every other network with a significant sports presence, which is...
