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A Day In The Chaos Of Cycling's Most Legendary Arena
9+ hour, 27+ min ago (1179+ words) A Day In The Chaos Of Cycling’s Most Legendary Arena Defector A Day In The Chaos Of Cycling’s Most Legendary Arena 12:12 PM EDT on July 25, 2026 ALPE D'HUEZ, France — Roughly halfway up the final climb of Stage 19, and roughly five hours…...
The Dodgers Went To Grandpa's House!
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (100+ words) 4:04 PM EDT on July 24, 2026 Trump pays tribute to the Dodgers: "There's the ballroom and the military facility. Here's the helipad we're building." "You think Biden would do that?" Trump asked. "I don’t think so." Over a long enough period of…...
From Cursed To First? Mayo And Teen Sensation Kobe McDonald Want To Win Just Once
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (289+ words) 1:53 PM EDT on July 24, 2026 DUBLIN — The All-Ireland Senior Football final, the Irish Super Bowl, takes place Sunday, July 26, at Dublin's historic Croke Park. This year’s game mismatches Kerry and Mayo, Gaelic football’s biggest winners against the most notorious losers in…...
A Good Tour de France Is In The Eye Of The Beholder
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1104+ words) ORCIÈRES-MERLETTE, France — When Richard Carapaz spread his arms in celebration after pounding up the final climb of Stage 18, I felt a sense of relief. The champagne flowed, the tears streamed. The hundreds of days that dozens of support staff worked…...
Danny McBride Leaves You Wandering
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (314+ words) 9:04 AM EDT on July 24, 2026 I can grant that not every joke is going to land, and that for every 10 times McBride’s editor snipped one of these little in-line bonks on the head, one or two slipped through. That’s plenty excusable....
Why Your Team Sucks 2026: New York Jets
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1069+ words) 11:21 AM EDT on July 24, 2026 Some people are fans of the New York Jets. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the New York Jets. This 2026 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all…...
Is Jimothy OK? A Creature Investigation
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1138+ words) Jimothy crept into our lives like any good cryptid—as a blurry, scuttling thing. Kiana Hall, the Seattle local whose firsthand footage resulted in Jimothy’s newfound fame, first thought she had spotted a cat running under a car. But upon closer…...
After The Argument Comes The Rest Of Your Lives
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (1199+ words) The actor Eli Gelb has really found a niche for himself as “unassuming guy in a three-hour play who’s able to avoid getting directly hit by the drama.” Before catching him in Birthright, the new off-Broadway play from Jonathan Spector,…...
The Red Sox's Streak Is Over, But The Children Have Feasted
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (893+ words) The Red Sox’s Streak Is Over, But The Children Have Feasted Defector The Red Sox’s Streak Is Over, But The Children Have Feasted 3:07 PM EDT on July 23, 2026 There's a Massachusetts–based restaurant chain that offers a free kids meal—kid…...
Arachnid Surgical Robots And Neckless Third Basemen, With Paul Tremblay
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (608+ words) Defector Arachnid Surgical Robots And Neckless Third Basemen, With Paul Tremblay 3:56 PM EDT on July 23, 2026 Sooner or later, you just run out of sports. There are currently a couple of regular seasons going on at the moment, but after a…...