Jeffrey Epstein was the unofficial advice columnist for the elites: defector.com/jeffrey-epst...

The Sacramento Kings are an abomination: defector.com/the-kings-ar...

Let’s check in with people who threatened to leave Zohran Mamdani’s NYC: defector.com/lets-check-i...

Today on Twitch, join @girinathan.bsky.social @redford.bsky.social and @remas.bsky.social for another episode of Colossal Ponderings. Let's raise our status to the maximum. Watch live at 2 p.m. ET: www.twitch.tv/defectormedia

Earlier this week, I watched Sam Altman join Steve Kerr for a conversation about "innovation, leadership, and San Francisco," here's what they said (plus some stray thoughts on SF in the third tech boom) defector.com/an-evening-w...

NBA media is not built to cover a gambling scandal, but Defector is: defector.com/products

The NBA media is not set up to cover a gambling scandal: defector.com/the-nba-medi...

Theres a guy who makes videos where he forces Barstool employees to do the NYT mini and so far the two people who’ve done it took 5 and 8 minutes respectively. Insane

interesting NBA news today, someone should make a narrative podcast about breaking the rules

I listened -- this was great, congrats, patrick! Subbed!

Riding my hobbyhorse into the sunset, via @redford.bsky.social's rad new podcast: Sports conspiracy theories are how fans do structural analysis.

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Only If You Get Caught S1E1 is about the most infamous basketball conspiracy theory: Did the NBA fix Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference Finals? Our guest is the great @tcraggs22.bsky.social. Subscribe now, Or Else!!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

this team is going to be so cool, either they get annihilated by a league that has passed them by (90 percent chance) or they succeed in a really stupid way: by the dark magic of Ethical Buckets (10 percent)

excellent blogs today at defector. good time to subscribe! defector.com/products

EXCITING NEWS: Only If You Get Caught, a new podcast hosted by me and produced by @alexlaughs.bsky.social drops one week from today. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

No good art comes from greed: defector.com/taylor-swift...

excited to cover these desert Finals for Defector! a dispatch from the most crowded and eagerly awaited WNBA press conference I've ever been to... defector.com/the-hottest-...

simply a brilliant blog from @redford.bsky.social on billionaire bootlicker bari weiss taking over cbs news defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

I wrote about Bari Weiss as the grim future of mainstream media under billionaire control: defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

Israel breaks international law so that it can continue to starve Gaza: defector.com/israel-break...

this week's Nothing But Respect, with @maitreyiaa.bsky.social, also functions as an informal state of WNBA Australians. it is out on podcast platforms, there is time to listen four times before the fever-aces game tips off

shirt so good i'm becoming a #BallmerBoy bsky.app/profile/lawm...

RIP

good @redford.bsky.social on a bad movie

One Battle After Another, banger, yes, though a scene in beautiful Sacramento, CA—America’s farm to fork capitol—supposedly taking place in 2008 or 2009 shows the current Sacramento Kings arena, which did not open until 2016; concerning.

Hollow Knight may be the Dark Souls of Metroidvanias but Silksong is the Dark Souls of Hollow Knights

i wrote about navigating the splendor & contradictions of queer fandom in ballhalla for @coyotemedia.org, check out this piece! proud to be part of their launch this week. and if you're into political/cultural/queer writing about the wnba, dive into rough notes: wnbaroughnotes.substack.com

We had Noah Kulwin on NBR this week for what I thought was a great conversation about the Ballmer/Kawhi saga and the ways the NBA media landscape is and is not prepared to cover something like that. Check it! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Proud to have subscribed to @coyotemedia.org today, all Bay Area people should check out what they're building, they have a great crew!

today is Defector’s fifth birthday, thanks for supporting us, and here’s to the next five! defector.com/five-years-o...

Thank you @brandyjensen.bsky.social

going live soon to Remember Some Guys! come hang www.twitch.tv/defectormedia

You can advertise the state of Israel on your shirt or ride undisrupted in La Vuelta, but not both: defector.com/you-can-adve...

tried my hand at remembering some guys 🫡 www.immaculategrid.com/football/rem...

i've been talk' talk' talkin' on pods about women's basketball, queer wnba, living legends of the sf pioneers, the world of ballhalla & more. check 'em out! so thrilled to be in convo with: @redford.bsky.social @defector.com @nocapspacewbb.com @aghaubner.bsky.social @kalwradio.bsky.social

shoutout to Mary Carrillo for buying the first signed CHANGEOVER of the day @astoriabookshop.bsky.social

highlight of the week might be getting this remarkably stupid image of me and @redford.bsky.social onto the Tennis Channel

the first Defector-era episode of Nothing But Respect is here! this episode, with @maitreyiaa.bsky.social and @davidjroth.bsky.social was really fun, hope you enjoy: defector.com/the-defector...

Not surprisingly, @girinathan.bsky.social's new book about Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz is so rich, observant, and filled with pitch-perfect sentences. I love interviewing my coworkers when their books come out 🥲 and loved this chat about sportswriting with the best in the biz

CHANGEOVER is so good, as thoughtfully crafted as closey observed as you'd expect from Giri, but also with the presence of 2500-3000 bees; I advise you to preorder it

most American possible beach experience

The Tour de France’s new Paris finish was a smash hit. Reporting from the scene: defector.com/the-tour-de-...

Tadej Pogacar and the boredom of perfection: defector.com/tadej-pogaca...

incredible vibe up on Montmartre already

I did not see ham trucks in the south of France. For the full explanation, you have to listen to this podcast (I’ve been doing the Tour Daily show with the @escapecollective.bsky.social boys all throughout the Tour!)

The Tour de France is also the Tour de Brands defector.com/there-is-no-...

My Tour de France lunches, reviewed: defector.com/my-tour-de-f...