Washed-up clown Spencer Pratt will not be the mayor of Los Angeles: defector.com/washed-up-cl...

The Knicks stopped moving and died: defector.com/the-knicks-s...

Judge reinstates Brendan Sorsby to Texas Tech, says QB will miss just two games: defector.com/judge-reinst...

Jacob Misiorowski is throwing so damn hard: defector.com/jacob-misior...

Mirra Andreeva did the inevitable: defector.com/mirra-andree...

Monaco will always be like this: defector.com/monaco-will-...

had an absolute blast talking to the brilliant @catfitzpatrick.net about meter, rhyme, and what happens when you interview a cadre of drunk transsexuals at a lesbian bar defector.com/cat-fitzpatr...

Portugal belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo for a little bit longer: defector.com/portugal-bel...

Border security theatrics are rising at history's stupidest World Cup: defector.com/border-secur...

Morocco is not only here, but here for good.

The Crossword, June 8: Double Teams defector.com/the-crosswor...

Donald Trump’s birthday plans have made Washington D.C. hideous and depressing:

Cat Fitzpatrick on writing transsexuals into iambic pentameter: defector.com/cat-fitzpatr...

Bari Weiss even worse at her job than previously imagined: defector.com/bari-weiss-e...

The president has arrived to fuck up the hottest party in New York defector.com/the-presiden...

I Have Been Olivia Miles-Pilled defector.com/i-have-been-...

"What is the hardest thing to do in professional sports from the perspective of the referee/umpire?" defector.com/there-are-mo...

The Hurricanes took Vegas to the brink and the rest of us got hockey nirvana defector.com/the-hurrican...

The Knicks know something about pressure defector.com/the-knicks-k...

Everything about this World Cup is designed to make you hate it.

This is Make It Nice, Defector’s best interior design advice column:

Try this week's Defector crossword:

"The people inside Delaney Hall have learned that their humanity only extends one way. That is, they can be punished for crossing the law, but when the law crosses them, they are no one at all."

Before the World Cup, we'll be previewing each of the top 15 teams by FIFA rankings that made the tournament. Why the top 15? Because that's how many we needed to do in order for the USMNT to make the cut. Read all our previews so far:

Everything you've ever wanted to know about bird masturbation:

"I can observe almost in real time a stranger who has newly discovered what it means to be a person in the world: to care for someone else even if you don’t want to fuck them."

How do you know when to let your kid quit something?

Who says that six grown men cannot be WAGs of a professional hockey player?

Could anything ruin the vibes in Madison Square Garden for Game 3? Well, imagine if a half-alive racist who everyone hates decided to show up and make the whole night about himself.

"With the help of Elon Musk, who is once again salivating like a dog at the attention of a charismatic fascist with a bad haircut, support for Restore Britain has expanded all the way to the NL Central." defector.com/why-did-the-...

Six grown men can be WAGs, too! defector.com/six-grown-me...

Report: Stupid asshole headed to New York to ruin everything

Prisoners at private ICE jail in New Jersey collectively refuse conditions of death: defector.com/prisoners-at...

The Netherlands has to get over the hump at some point, right? defector.com/the-netherla...

The World Cup for nobody is almost here: defector.com/the-world-cu...

Carolina refused to die, and the Stanley Cup Final has new life: defector.com/carolina-ref...

Dave McKenna on what to do when your kid wants to quit something:

"I call them my dummies, the people who I watch on my big screen in the evenings as a way to calm my nervous system. I love them so much."

"Democrats have been eating shit for decades by following the advice of consultants who insist that a willingness to just say stuff is an effective stand-in for having genuinely held beliefs or interests, and that voters will be too stupid to tell the difference."

Why did the Brewers' VP of communications retweet this racist crap? defector.com/why-did-the-...

This week's Distraction guest is Leander Schaerlaeckens! defector.com/the-dutch-st...

"A big reason why this World Cup feels so nasty is that FIFA has dropped any pretense that it sees North America, and the United States in particular, as anything more than a mature market to be looted for all it's worth." defector.com/fifa-will-no...

Make It Nice: Bathrooms, backyards, and DIY ambitions defector.com/make-it-nice...

it was amazing to watch KAT outplay Wemby by overcoming his own worst tendencies. and to hear him describe the source of his calm defector.com/karl-anthony...

Karl-Anthony Towns was calm: defector.com/karl-anthony...

Shohei Ohtani is very difficult to wrap your head around and very easy to enjoy. defector.com/shohei-ohtan...

Cristopher Sánchez gave up a run: defector.com/cristopher-s...

Belgium's old dogs are back for one last trick: defector.com/belgiums-old...

Shohei Ohtani is illogical: defector.com/shohei-ohtan...

Germany just wants to be Germany again: defector.com/germany-just...