Welcome to the Defector College Football Watch Guide, where Israel Daramola and Ray Ratto will tell you which of the ...

The existence of a Saudi Arabia comedy festival has been on the periphery of my mind for a few weeks, but there’s no more ...

Before he worked up the usual rundown of questions and topics and suchlike, Drew messaged me to see if I wanted to talk about ...

Remember Modell’s? C’mon, it wasn’t that long ago. If you are a Defector reader from the Northeast United States, you ...

E.Y. Zhao’s Underspin is a novel about a table tennis prodigy, Ryan Lo. The book opens with his funeral. From there, it’s a ...

At 12:01 a.m. on July 1, Cal Raleigh had 33 home runs, 71 RBIs, a 1.036 OPS, the coolest nickname in baseball (The Big Dumper ...

The Phillies did not send their best lineup out there on Wednesday night. They needed just one win or one Dodgers loss to ...

Following his team’s loss to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider engaged in a bit of cope. “It feels like the sky is falling right now, and it’s fucking not,” ...

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something you wanna contribute? Email the Roo. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, ...

Welcome to Listening Habits, a column where I share the music I’ve been fixated on recently. Let’s talk about Bars, son. What is the state of Bars in 2025? Do they still exist? Do they matter? Jay ...

Roughly halfway through HIM, our protagonist—the promising quarterback Cameron Cade—is instructed by a sinister doctor to spend a few hours recovering in a hyperbaric chamber. The camera shows a ...

Chicago Cubs infielder Matt Shaw missed his team’s 1–0 loss Sunday in Cincinnati. The win completed a sweep for the Reds, ...