Bryce Harper is still grouchy about Dave Dombrowski’s loose ponderings: defector.com/bryce-harper...

Ray Ratto drinks a rare craft beer: defector.com/an-afternoon...

The Crossword, Feb. 16: Swish defector.com/the-crosswor...

A.S. Hamrah speaks about state of the film industry today, the demarcation between cinema and Hollywood, the generational uptake of technological innovation, and what it takes to make a living as a critic today. defector.com/where-is-cin...

Chromosome testing will take sports back to the dark ages: defector.com/chromosome-t...

How does the outdoor recreation industry earn its well-deserved respect? For some, the answer is unions.

Which terrifying sliding sport would you brave if you had to? defector.com/which-terrif...

It's the final JAMBOROO of the season:

This backward guy medaled: defector.com/this-backwar...

"People doing weird stuff is how you get good stuff. You just have to accept a lot of bad stuff that gets produced on the way."

The big Canada-Sweden curling beef, explained: defector.com/the-big-cana...

Try the Defector crossword!

Antetokounmpo has taken a somewhat routine process in his sport and turned it into a tedious and vaguely self-righteous odyssey.

The first and most important thing to know about mustelids is that they are extremely, undeniably cute. The second thing to know is that they are extremely deadly.

In this week's Funbag: how to lose your virginity at 50. defector.com/the-real-hig...

Alluringly homoerotic and abjectly nonsensical, doubles luge might be the strangest event of any Olympics, winter or summer.

Even Ilia Malinin is mortal:

The guy running the next Summer Olympics is coming under intense pressure for popping up in the latest tranche of Jeffrey Epstein emails. defector.com/famous-clien...

Ilia Malinin brings figure skating to the crossroads: defector.com/ilia-malinin...

Wawa: The Defector Review defector.com/wawa-the-def...

The Phillies can never make me hate Nick Castellanos: defector.com/the-phillies...

Giannis Antetokounmpo has become exhausting: defector.com/giannis-ante...

The Utah Jazz got fined for losing too oafishly: defector.com/the-utah-jaz...

The outdoor industry needs workers, and workers need unions: defector.com/the-outdoor-...

"There is a palpable difference between watching a Kagiyama and Malinin performance, and during the short program, where the technical gap is smaller, it's understandable why some want Kagiyama to be rewarded for it, perhaps even with a higher score."

Brandy Jensen on the cheating Norwegian biathlete: defector.com/adulterous-n...

When it comes to Johannes Klæbo, perhaps the best athlete at these Games, it is hilariously obvious that no other skier can touch him.

Lauren Theisen on Justin Verlander's return to the Tigers:

Libby Watson goes to Criss Angel’s Breakfast Lunch and Pizza in Overton, Nevada: defector.com/criss-angel-...

Defector has published some really good Olympics blogs so far, and I am going to thread some of them here.

I wrote about the best Olympic sport defector.com/high-level-a...

Choosing your Pomeranian, with Kathryn Xu: defector.com/choosing-you...

Famous clients bail on Casey Wasserman over gross sex emails to Ghislaine Maxwell: defector.com/famous-clien...

Ukrainian skeleton slider banned from competition over helmet honoring athletes killed by Russia:

High-level, actionable insights from watching doubles luge for the first time:

The NBA could really use a break: defector.com/the-nba-coul...

Damian Clara was Italy's improbable bastion: defector.com/damian-clara...

There are no good teams in the Premier League: defector.com/there-are-no...

FUNBAG:

These are Olympic athletes! Have some respect!

I'm nostalgic and nervous about Justin Verlander's return to the Tigers: defector.com/the-tigers-n...

"With all that said, I fully expect Marie-Philip Poulin to score a bullshit game-winner (assisted by Jocelyne Larocque) in a maddening gold medal game that Canada takes 2-1, after a 48-save performance from Ann-Renée Desbiens."

Resharing this because the top teams in ice dancing just took the ice — a primer on the dark backstory behind France's viral ice dancing team. They are among the favorites for gold. Gift link:

Ilia Malinin brings figure skating to the crossroads: defector.com/ilia-malinin...

France's viral ice dancing team has a dark backstory: defector.com/frances-vira...

Team USA's speedy children delivered a beatdown of Canada:

Adulterous Norwegian biathlete’s appeal denied: defector.com/adulterous-n...

Johannes Klæbo ran everybody off the course: defector.com/johannes-kla...

The Tigers need more than nostalgia from Justin Verlander: defector.com/the-tigers-n...

On the breathtakingly cynical Giannis Antetokounmpo Kalshi investment: defector.com/on-the-breat...