About Us - Defector
Defector 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 […]
Why Your Team Sucks 2024: Chicago Bears - Defector
Aug 2, 2024 · Some people are fans of the Chicago Bears. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Chicago Bears. This 2024 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: Chicago Bears. Please don’t do the “Da Bears” thing. Society moved on long ago. […]
Can Someone Please Write Normally About This Fascinating …
Nov 20, 2024 · Augusta Britt has had, by any reasonable accounting, an extraordinarily rich and interesting life, and seems like a vivid and fascinating person. By her mid-teens in the mid-1970s, she was a pistol-packing Arizona refugee from her own abusive family and any number of atrocious foster homes. She met the novelist Cormac McCarthy by a motel […]
All Posts - Defector
This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.
Normal Gossip - Defector
Normal Gossip delivers juicy, strange, funny, and utterly banal gossip about people you’ll never know and never meet. Host Kelsey McKinney discusses reader-submitted comedic gossip with guests, diving into the lives and decisions of complete strangers.
Netflix Can’t Even Do Commercials Right - Defector
Dec 10, 2024 · I’ve been rewatching Lost, which is streaming on Netflix. When I first started this undertaking, I was able to enjoy each episode without commercial interruption. Since then, however, Netflix has started subjecting paying subscribers to its base package to commercials, so now I have to watch Lost with commercials. Whatever. I did that the first […]
The Crossword, Dec. 16: Lost At Sea | Defector
Dec 16, 2024 · Hit the deck! It’s time for our Monday crossword. This week’s puzzle was constructed by Josh Goodman and edited by Hoang-Kim Vu. Josh is an M.D./Ph.D. student in New York City who will be starting a pediatrics residency next year. In his spare time he enjoys going to alt-comedy shows and doing bar trivia with his wife, […]
The Forces Of Nature Are Arrayed Against Jerry Jones
Nov 19, 2024 · Thankfully no one was hurt, as this stadium already has enough ways of punishing its fans for attending (it makes them watch the Cowboys). Owner Jerry Jones blamed the wind for the crumbling state of his megalithic tomb. "Certainly, there was no risk at all to anybody on the field playing once we shut the roof and again," Jones said.
When Will The 'Wicked' Press Campaign End? | Defector
Nov 21, 2024 · Since it was first announced in December 2012, the feature film adaptation of the wildly popular musical Wicked, itself an adaptation of the incredibly strange Gregory Maguire novel, has been beset by delays.First, there were eight years in development hell, easily enough to kill most films. Then there was a pandemic. Nearly a decade had passed since the initial announcement by the time Jon M ...
Do Not Accept An Unscientific American | Defector
Nov 20, 2024 · Laura Helmuth was named editor-in-chief of Scientific American in March 2020, shortly before the magazine was set to celebrate its 175th year in print. Helmuth, who had previously directed health and science coverage at The Washington Post, told Poynter it was her dream job: "I love this magazine. It’s been around forever ... and I …