On Wednesday, the Phoenix Suns agreed to a buyout of Bradley Beal’s contract, ending a putrid era that amounted to very ...

There was a moment, near the end of my week-plus in Maine, when I could actually feel myself Becoming Normal again. The ...

There are only two pieces of media that have made me wistful for a small-town/suburban childhood I didn’t have: A Christmas ...

Victor Ortega Jiménez was visiting the Atlanta zoo with his family when he became mesmerized by a flock of Chilean flamingos.

The Buffalo Bills of my childhood are not the Buffalo Bills I live with now. They are certainly not the Buffalo Bills I’ve ...

This is Defector Music Club, where a number of our writers get together to dish about an album. Today, in honor of Bills Week ...

We have been living through a pop-cultural age—particularly in cinema—made in Quentin Tarantino’s image. Before Marvel, before George Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney, Tarantino made nerd culture ...

For Bill Guerin, who’s been GM of the Minnesota Wild since 2019, the beginning of this month must have felt like finally taking off an extremely tight pair of pants after a very long day. As a ...

To call it a “pleasant surprise” wouldn’t quite be right. As someone with an abiding interest in the colorful names and nicknames of Brazilian athletes—my all-time favorite remains that of Leandro ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s book, The ...

Defector is launching two new podcasts in partnership with Radiotopia!  When Kelsey and I handed off Normal Gossip to ...

It’s been a few weeks since we heard anything salacious, greedy, stupid or just plain time-wasting from Bill Belichick, which ...