The New Evangelists | Defector
In close-up for much of The Testament of Ann Lee, her eyes brimming with light, Ann Lee seems to be...
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It’s Child Week | Defector
As recently as last week I was telling you that the 19-year-old phenomenon Joao Fonseca might be the true threat...
It’s Gambling | Defector
What's the difference between betting on sports and "trading on a prediction market?" For the gambler herself, very little. If...
Brooches Won The Oscars | Defector
On the biggest night in movies, there are two ways to win: Your years of craft and toil can be...
Confessions Of A Bookanizer | Defector
I’m currently reading The Power Broker. Are you impressed? You should be. I am big-boy writer who reads big-boy books....
Defector Wuthers Some Heights | Defector
Wuthering Heights is always a stranger book than you remember. This holds true whether you last read it in high...
A Season For Hope | Defector
Defector has partnered with Baseball Prospectus to bring you a taste of their work. They write good shit that we...
The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off Condemns The Atrocities Of Back-To-School Week
Welcome back to The Not-So-Great Defector Bake Off, where Kelsey and Chris attempt to complete the technical challenges from the...
Defector Reads A Book Is Deciding If This Is The Funniest Novel Ever Written
The last few times Defector staffers have gathered to read a book, we've chosen sports novels. Namely, baseball and cycling....
Rob Manfred’s Two Jobs | Defector
Defector has partnered with Baseball Prospectus to bring you a taste of their work. They write good shit that we...
Ballhalla Is A Mindset | Defector
The team didn’t win, but everyone stayed. It wasn’t even their building. And still, most of the Golden State Valkyries...
Management Secrets Of Assholes, And Five Years Of Defector
There were no real expectations when we launched Defector, five years and one day ago. Plenty of planning went into...
The Critic Counts | Defector
Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also...
The Tour Is Theirs | Defector
Men’s tennis is just Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz hurtling toward one another, with loud and incandescent results. Since Sinner...
I Hurt My Back | Defector
I can't remember exactly what I was doing when it happened. The morning had started normally enough. It was a...
