The Alexander Isak transfer saga has gone public. The Newcastle United striker, one of the world’s best at his position, ...

David Garry and his son were making their biggest purchase ever. They just didn’t know how big yet. David, 43, had gotten ...

As college football administrators deliberate over whether to expand the current 12-team playoff to 16 teams, monopoly-minded ...

Some people are fans of the Los Angeles Chargers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Los Angeles Chargers. This 2025 Defector NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all ...

It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of ...

The injuries came as fast as the goals. One, two, three Chicago Stars players were down and out by the 55th minute of Monday’s match against the Seattle Reign. That moment felt like a low point in ...

Two weeks ago, news broke that former Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca had agreed to a deal with the Mohegan Tribe to buy the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun for $325 million, with plans in place ...

Mönch (Monk) is a solid polyester figure, life-sized and jarringly lifelike in its details, depicting a somewhat gaunt man dressed in roughly Franciscan habit: a floor-length cowled robe, a rope ...

Some people are fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. This ...

Defector’s own Giri Nathan is the father of an insanely great new baby and the author of an insanely great new book. Just as ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew ...

Defector turns five next month. At last week’s offsite meetings, we celebrated that accomplishment and talked seriously about ...