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WEBDefector is an employee-owned sports and culture website. We write about sports, politics, TV, movies, science, weird shit that happens on the internet, and anything else that catches our attention, because we believe that a good publication is one that reflects the genuine interests and obsessions of its staff. We started this company because media […]
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Three Days At Fanatics Fest, Michael Rubin’s Hollow ... - Defector
WEBAug 22, 2024 · NEW YORK CITY — Throughout the three days I spent at Fanatics Fest, a phrase kept rattling around in my head: “Just be in sports culture heavy.” This past weekend was the inaugural edition of an event that Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin hopes to establish as the sports version of Comic Con. Just like New […]
Why Your Team Sucks 2024: Cleveland Browns | Defector
WEBAug 22, 2024 · This is the stupidest organization in football. What’s new that sucks: Guess which team still didn’t have any first-round picks this spring because they traded for eternal infamy? To fix their offense, the Browns had to dig into the market for RBs D’Onta Foreman and Nyheim Hines, and then traded for Broncos washout Jerry Jeudy to be their WR2. They even gave Jeudy a contract extension ...
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WEBJan 17, 2023 · Finally, Defector merch for the baby who loves food. Designed by illustrator extraordinaire Hawk Krall, our new Chefector baby onesie is the perfect outfit for those little fans of various mush.
Why Your Team Sucks 2024: Houston Texans | Defector
WEBAug 28, 2024 · Oh yeah. That scratches the itch. Your 2023 record: 10-7. Most stunning one-year turnaround in recent memory. You know the whole deal with the Texans leading up to now: racist founder, stupid nickname, no AFC title game appearances, a grope-eriffic QB, a near-erotic fixation on the idea of Head Coach Josh McCown, and a front office run by Joel Osteen’s stunt double until just a couple of ...
The Ghosts Of New Atheism Still Haunt Us | Defector
WEBMay 29, 2024 · It is this legacy we are still contending with today. Since roughly 2014, takeslingers across the prestige media landscape—and at the New York Times and The Atlantic in particular—have declared their allegiance to Team Rationality in droves, dutifully going to the mat against the forces of Team Tribalism wherever they can be found. (This, it turns out, is mostly on college campuses.)
A Fistful Of Eastwoos: Inside The Battle For Clint Twitter
WEBApr 20, 2023 · There’s something almost nostalgic about this mix of genuine befuddlement—the whole thing does actually feel like a 92-year-old man trying to run a social media account—and active fan participation.The accounts’ followers seem like an even split between folks who believe they are genuinely engaging with Eastwood (or someone representing him, at some level), and “Film Twitter ...
Some Kind Of Summer Vibes | Defector
WEBAug 29, 2024 · Even when it is working on your brain at full strength, summer does not feel endless so much as it does abundant. It ends, it has to end, but when you are in an appropriately summery cast of mind it just feels like there is enough of it to make that ending feel abstract. The […]