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Barry Melrose Brought Hockey Home
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (611+ words) Go ahead and listen to this. (For the real perverts, use this one; you just know you’re about to stay up until 1:00 a.m. for a particularly shitty Sharks–Mighty Ducks game.) What does it evoke? What do you think of?...
The NFL Opener Had That Wednesday Night Football Feeling
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (1106+ words) The National Football League is back, in case you haven’t already been lectured, hectored, and badgered into aural submission by the various communication venues that have been screeching about it for weeks. This post-modern Christmas, with all the soul-crushing commercialism…...
Ben Shelton Took Down Carlos Alcaraz In The Match Of His Life
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (847+ words) Defector Ben Shelton Took Down Carlos Alcaraz In The Match Of His Life 3:33 PM EDT on September 9, 2026 Who knew Ben Shelton could do all that? Certainly not the Defector writer who was slandering him in the early stages of the…...
Let's See If The Colorado Rockies Have Learned How To Play Baseball Yet
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (451+ words) Let’s See If The Colorado Rockies Have Learned How To Play Baseball Yet Defector Let’s See If The Colorado Rockies Have Learned How To Play Baseball Yet 11:15 AM EDT on September 9, 2026 This is a September blog about the Colorado Rockies....
Callaway Golf Got Wrecked By YouTube Doofuses Because Everyone's Out Of Ideas
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (1256+ words) Callaway Golf Got Wrecked By YouTube Doofuses Because Everyone’s Out Of Ideas Defector Callaway Golf Got Wrecked By YouTube Doofuses Because Everyone’s Out Of Ideas 9:17 AM EDT on September 9, 2026 Try this, maybe: Think of the internet as an ocean vast…...
The Light's Gone Out At Florida State
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (605+ words) Pretty much from the moment the Florida State Seminoles decided to retain Mike Norvell as their coach for the 2026 season, the word out of the football program has been pain and misery. They lost three dozen players to either graduation…...
There's Still Tennis At The U.S. Open
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (233+ words) 2:23 PM EDT on September 8, 2026 To some, though, Alcaraz's off-court movements are of more interest. During his first-round match, I inadvertently glanced at my media section neighbor's phone and caught an incoming text, printed here with neighbor's permission: "Is Carlos a…...
Should College Football Have An Age Limit?
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (1324+ words) 3:07 PM EDT on September 8, 2026 Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. Today, we're talking…...
The Angels Are Just Passing Through
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (212+ words) 1:51 PM EDT on September 8, 2026 Defector has partnered with Baseball Prospectus to bring you a taste of their work. They write good shit that we think you’ll like. If you do like it, we encourage you to check out their site…...
Aaron Judge Back
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (625+ words) Did you forget about the Yankees? I know you did not because you are not allowed to. But New York has had a relatively quiet season by their flamboyant and national-TV-darling standards. A big part of this is that the…...