It is a strangely nice thing that putting up a post containing the link to that week’s episode of The Distraction has become ...

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something ...

Warner Bros. Discovery is for sale. The family that just made Bari Weiss one of the most powerful people in American ...

It’s the most wonderful time of year, and we at Defector are proud to bring back our series discussing some of the most, uh, ...

Welcome to Listening Habits, a column where I share the music I’ve been fixated on recently. After working in music ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder are 21-1 and the prohibitive favorite to repeat as NBA champions this year; they also might improve ...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have commissioned a 10-part docuseries on themselves and Amazon Prime has agreed to air it, starting on December 11. Even by the debased standards that apply to vanity sports ...

The Los Angeles Clippers and point guard Chris Paul are splitting up. The team is awful. They’ve lost five straight and eight ...

Against all odds, something special is happening in Phoenix. The Suns began the season without a first-round draft pick, and ...

Several months ago, I received a text from my friend Giulia with news that every former musical theater nerd yearns to hear: ...

The male comedians are going through something. I know, I know, but this time I’m not referring to the obvious ones who have ...

I gotta admit, I’m terrible about introducing myself to my neighbors. I’m much more likely to chat with someone who lives on ...