People have been quoting The Simpsons to me so often, and for so long, that even if I don’t recognize the quote, I am able to ...

The last few times Defector staffers have gathered to read a book, we’ve chosen sports novels. Namely, baseball and cycling.

Welcome to The Backlog, a series in which we will take a look back at 12 games from 2020 that, in one way or another, had a ...

Well, here we are! October is creeping up on the horizon, which means it is almost time for the playoffs. Except it is not ...

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

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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