Tom Ley
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Co-owner Defector Media
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Tom Ley
Defector
about 22 hours ago
Rich Paul's podcast was built to be useless:
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Rich Paul's Podcast Was Built To Be Useless | Defector
Rich Paul, CEO of Klutch Sports and active NBA agent, has drawn some ire this season for things he said on his new podcast called Game Over, which he cohosts with Max Kellerman. Anonymous members ofâŚ
https://defector.com/rich-pauls-podcast-was-built-to-be-useless
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Sabrina Imbler
1 day ago
for anyone craving more Alysa Liu content
@yuekaxu.bsky.social
has been on a tear of figure skating blogs that are simply beautiful to read and learn from
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Alysa Liu Is Untouchable | Defector
When athletes are said to thrive under pressure, that generally does not mean that they do not feel it. Rather, the common understanding is that athletes, or at least the great ones, are capable of ta...
https://defector.com/alysa-liu-is-untouchable
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Threading four high-quality Olympics blogs that can be read right now on Defector dot com.
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Defector
3 days ago
The suffering of Lindsey Vonn:
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The Suffering Of Lindsey Vonn | Defector
I woke to a flurry of notifications on my phone. Overnight in Cortino, Linsdey Vonn violently crashed in her Olympic downhill race and was airlifted from the mountain. My group chat, made up ofâŚ
https://defector.com/the-suffering-of-lindsey-vonn
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A thing that we do at Defector that I really like: explainers that don't suck
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The Big Canada-Sweden Curling Beef, Explained | Defector
As a sport most people pay intense attention to for two weeks every four years and then not at all the rest of the time, curling can be slightly impenetrable to the casual viewer; its intricacies and ...
https://defector.com/the-big-canada-sweden-curling-beef-explained
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Defector
5 days ago
Chromosome testing will take sports back to the dark ages:
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Chromosome Testing Will Take Sports Back To The Dark Ages | Defector
In the late 1990s, Olympics officials were suddenly eager to exit the business of testing womenâs DNA. After three decades of requiring all women athletes to sit for chromosome tests in order toâŚ
https://defector.com/chromosome-testing-will-take-sports-back-to-the-dark-ages
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Defector
6 days ago
The big Canada-Sweden curling beef, explained:
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The Big Canada-Sweden Curling Beef, Explained | Defector
As a sport most people pay intense attention to for two weeks every four years and then not at all the rest of the time, curling can be slightly impenetrable to the casual viewer; its intricacies and ...
https://defector.com/the-big-canada-sweden-curling-beef-explained
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Defector
8 days ago
Even Ilia Malinin is mortal:
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Even Ilia Malinin Is Mortal | Defector
Before Ilia Malinin had his disastrous free skate to lose gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics, there was Yuma Kagiyamaâwho skated a near-perfect short program only to underperform in his free skate on th...
https://defector.com/ilia-malinin-mikhail-shaidorov-olympics
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When they cut back to the NBC studio after the menâs figure skating final Scott Hamilton looked like 9/11 had just happened.
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sean kuhn
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kathryn does a good job articulating the ambivalence i feel toward power athletes in "artistic" disciplines. one additional problem no one is talking about is that he looks too much like jack suwinski
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Defector
9 days ago
Famous clients bail on Casey Wasserman over gross sex emails to Ghislaine Maxwell:
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Famous Clients Bail On Casey Wasserman Over Gross Sex Emails To Ghislaine Maxwell | Defector
While the worldâs attention is currently focused on the various performances, admissions of infidelity, and blood-soaked mascots of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, the guy running the next SummerâŚ
https://defector.com/famous-clients-bail-on-casey-wasserman-over-gross-sex-emails-to-ghislaine-maxwell
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Sabrina Imbler
9 days ago
I wrote about the best Olympic sport
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High-Level, Actionable Insights From Watching Doubles Luge For The First Time | Defector
To the uninitiated, luge itself might seem a silly sport, given that the average person might guess it mostly consists of holding onto a sled real tight as it goes fast down the ice. Of course, this o...
https://defector.com/high-level-actionable-insights-from-watching-doubles-luge-for-the-first-time
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Defector has published some really good Olympics blogs so far, and I am going to thread some of them here.
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Itâs crazy how god punishes me multiple times a year by allowing the Nuggets and Everton to both have bad losses in a 24-hour period.
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Defector
16 days ago
What we loved about Dan McQuade:
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What We Loved About Dan McQuade | Defector
Today is Dan McQuadeâs funeral. To celebrate our friend, we wanted to give the people he worked with a place to explain what they loved so much about him. If you would like to support Danâs widow Jan,...
https://defector.com/what-we-loved-about-dan-mcquade
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Sabrina Imbler
18 days ago
I wrote about an extremely strange fellow from 410 million years ago
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Who The Hell Was This? | Defector
It was a bonnie morning 410 million years ago in what are now the Rhynie chert fossil beds in Scotland. The mists had begun to lift and swirl over the landscape, where hot springs burbled, lichen pape...
https://defector.com/who-the-hell-was-this
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Jasper Wang
19 days ago
It's been really lovely reading all the tributes to Dan. Many people have asked if they can contribute to support his wife and son. You can do so here:
everloved.com/life-of/dan-...
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This is how the Thunder guard Jokic
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From: A Very Famous Rich Guy To: Jeffrey Epstein Subj: Opening the seal I look forward to reading from the Black Book with you this weekend. May the blessings of Mammon continue to fall upon us. From: Jeffrey Epstein To: A Very Famous Rich Guy Subj: Re: Opening the seal 9 p./m.. txt wen u arive
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Defector
22 days ago
Sixers enact intentional, then unintentional tribute to the late great Dan McQuade:
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Sixers Enact Intentional, Then Unintentional Tribute To The Late Great Dan McQuade | Defector
We interrupt our ongoing tribute to Comrade McQuade to provide a score from last night: The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Sacramento Kings, in Philadelphia, by the deeply mockable score of 113-111.âŚ
https://defector.com/sixers-enact-intentional-then-unintentional-tribute-to-the-late-great-dan-mcquade
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Iâve been thinking about Dan non-stop, and what Iâve come to understand is just how much I admired him. Dan built his life and moved through the world in a way I wish I could emulate more easily. Iâll keep trying, and in moments when I succeed Iâll think of him again.
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Dan McQuade, 1983â2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his diag...
https://defector.com/dan-mcquade-1983-2026
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Defector
24 days ago
Dan McQuade, 1983â2026:
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Dan McQuade, 1983â2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of hisâŚ
https://defector.com/dan-mcquade-1983-2026
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patrick
25 days ago
The season finale of Only If You Get Caught is out today. Thank you to everyone for listening and sharing with all your most influential friends!
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The Class Warfare Behind The Varsity Blues Saga | Defector
The first distinguishing characteristic of the Varsity Blues scandal is that itâs extremely funny: a bunch of rich parents paid a guy to photoshop their underachieving children into athletic scenarios...
https://defector.com/the-class-warfare-behind-the-varsity-blues-saga
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25 days ago
I wrote about prediction markets, where weâre at and how we got here for Defector
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Itâs a 37-12 run in the third quarter. JDâs trying to draw up a play but nobodyâs listening. Millerâs at the end of the bench with a towel over his head. Trumpâs just watching the mascot take half-court shots.
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alex pareene
26 days ago
I have a piece today in Defector making the case for "more training" for ICE agents. A *lot* more training.
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I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector
The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather more success...
https://defector.com/i-have-a-great-idea-for-retraining-ice-agents
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Defector
26 days ago
I have a great idea for retraining ICE agents:
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I Have A Great Idea For Retraining ICE Agents | Defector
The several thousand federal agents currently running rampant in the Twin Cities have so far achieved little in the way of legitimate law enforcement objectives, but they have been rather moreâŚ
https://defector.com/i-have-a-great-idea-for-retraining-ice-agents
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If any of your friends or family work for DHS, you should check in on them during these difficult times. There are important conversations to be had.
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Lauren Theisen
27 days ago
Jarrett Stidham is a PROBLEM!! 𤯠ALL PASSES đľ RUNS đą TDS 𼾠2025 SEASON đ¤ŞđĽđŤ
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David_j_roth
29 days ago
I talked with Tom Ley about our shared love for the delightfully and unnecessarily committed and entirely batshit 28 Days Later sequels. (There are spoilers in here but nothing you wouldn't have learned from reading basically any review of the films.)
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We Live In The Bone Temple Now | Defector
David Roth: I feel like when we have these sorts of conversation blogs on the site, the subject is generally something that everyone kind of likes, but not in a way that theyâd fully feel comfortable ...
https://defector.com/we-live-in-the-bone-temple-now
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The Peyton Watson Emergence has me ready to start saying some truly reckless things about the Nuggets. Such as, "I wonder what it will look like when Jokic comes back and suddenly has prime Kawhi Leonard on his team?"
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Scanning one of these QR codes and shouting âThis oneâs weak to necrotic damage!â
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Wearing a tuxedo on a tour of the CBS studios so I can take a selfie in front of this and caption it "when it goes up it stays up đŁď¸"
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Albert Burneko
about 1 month ago
"If Weiss is exceptional, it's only in her knack for making a spectacle of the sort of things that slicker operators in media say and do all the time without causing too much of a fuss."
@tcraggs22.bsky.social
on Bari Weiss and all the Bari Weisses:
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Bari Weiss Is The Symptom | Defector
Who says Bari Weiss doesnât know how to run a newsroom? âMy general view here,â the CBS News editor-in-chief wrote in a memo before shelving the now-infamous 60 Minutes report on El Salvadorâs CECOT c...
https://defector.com/bari-weiss-is-the-symptom
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Maddy Myers đłď¸âđ
about 1 month ago
hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague
@zoehhannah.com
. it's called
mothership.blog
. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D
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Not the Guy
about 1 month ago
JD Vance: meanwhile ICE agents are ::checks notes:: literally storing trauma in their whole ass bodies????
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Defector
about 1 month ago
ICE agent kills woman, DHS tells obvious, insane lies about it:
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ICE Agent Kills Woman, DHS Tells Obvious, Insane Lies About It | Defector
On Wednesday in Minneapolis, masked government agents apparently representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrounded a stationary vehicle stopped in the middle of a residential street.âŚ
https://defector.com/ice-agent-kills-woman-dhs-tells-obvious-insane-lies-about-it
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Dan McQuade
about 2 months ago
Hi friends. Iâm taking some time off for chemo. Not the way I wanted to start 2026, but itâs a necessary step. Iâll be trying to stay disconnected. I hope you can keep me in your prayers as I continue treatment.
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Barry Petchesky
about 2 months ago
This all happened to one guy.
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What Horrible Things Did We Do To Our Penises Last Year? | Defector
Getting stuff stuck in your rectum is so 2025. Doing Looney Tunesâstyle violence to your groin is the new hotness. Below are some very real, very gnarly penis injuries suffered by Americans. All descr...
https://defector.com/what-horrible-things-did-we-do-to-our-penises-last-year-6
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Abigail Segel
about 2 months ago
A couple weeks after going to their live podcast taping in San Jose, I spoke with Tobin Heath and Christen Press about their ever-shifting relationship with the public, covering a generation of stars with a quieter approach to politics and labor issues, the NWSL salary cap, and more:
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Christen Press And Tobin Heath Want To Keep Up The Fight | Defector
SAN JOSE, Calif. â When the podcasters arrived, they bypassed the wide talk show armchairs. Instead, they sat at the edge of the stage, heads barely above the crowd of adoring fans in front of them, a...
https://defector.com/christen-press-and-tobin-heath-want-to-keep-up-the-fight
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Defector
about 2 months ago
Here are a few great blogs from Defector's 2025, starting with Chris Thompson's comprehensive and maddening history of Color Star, would-be titans of just about anything:
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A Comprehensive And Maddening History Of Color Star, Would-Be Titans Of Just About Anything | Defector
The story starts with a signing ceremony. On Dec. 20, 2021, the Philadelphia 76ers staged a publicity event to announce a new marketing partnership with the Chinese company Color Star Technology Co., ...
https://defector.com/a-comprehensive-and-maddening-history-of-color-star-would-be-titans-of-just-about-anything
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Enjoyed this review of Martin Foremost from E.Y. Zhao.
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about 2 months ago
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Hereâs my impression of every scene in Stranger Things. Character A: OK so hereâs my theory Character B: Alright.
about 2 months ago
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Best thing about the Bari Weiss disaster is she canât even try to save face by positioning herself as the voice of reason bringing CBSâ millennial wokes to heel. Scott Pelley is old as hell. Sharyn Alfonsiâs been doing this since the 90s.
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Defector
2 months ago
These are Defector's favorite sports moments of 2025:
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Our Favorite Sports Moments Of 2025 | Defector
These are the sports moments from 2025 that the Defector staff enjoyed. Aâja Wilson Hits A Game-Winner In Phoenix By October, I think I did know subconsciously that Aâja Wilson was the greatest player...
https://defector.com/our-favorite-sports-moments-of-2025
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sean kuhn
2 months ago
who calls the shots where you get your news?
defector.com/products
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The point in every Rian Johnson movie when one of his characters inevitably says something about "libtards" or "cucks" or "substack."
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Drew Magary
2 months ago
GREAT NEWS! This yearâs Williams-Sonoma catalog is powered by AI!
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I hopped in here to write about how effectively Reiner turned his warm visual language into something terrifying in Misery:
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2 months ago
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Defector
2 months ago
CBS News hitches its wagon to these two duds:
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CBS News Hitches Its Wagon To These Two Duds | Defector
Last Wednesday, newly minted CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss dropped the big news. As she walked through the CBS newsroom, Weiss looked into the camera, mechanically moved her hands around, andâŚ
https://defector.com/cbs-news-hitches-its-wagon-to-these-two-duds
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