The injuries came as fast as the goals. One, two, three Chicago Stars players were down and out by the 55th minute of Monday’s match against the Seattle Reign. That moment felt like a low point in ...

Two weeks ago, news broke that former Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca had agreed to a deal with the Mohegan Tribe to buy the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun for $325 million, with plans in place ...

David Garry and his son were making their biggest purchase ever. They just didn’t know how big yet. David, 43, had gotten ...

The Alexander Isak transfer saga has gone public. The Newcastle United striker, one of the world’s best at his position, ...

It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of ...

Some people are fans of the Los Angeles Chargers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Los Angeles Chargers. This 2025 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all ...

Mönch (Monk) is a solid polyester figure, life-sized and jarringly lifelike in its details, depicting a somewhat gaunt man dressed in roughly Franciscan habit: a floor-length cowled robe, a rope ...

As college football administrators deliberate over whether to expand the current 12-team playoff to 16 teams, monopoly-minded ...

For the first time in sports media history, Defector is now publishing a podcast about, get this, basketball. Nothing But Respect makes its Defector debut today, and to mark the occasion, my co-host ...

Defector’s own Giri Nathan is the father of an insanely great new baby and the author of an insanely great new book. Just as ...

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Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew ...