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You can always count on our Monday crossword.

If you've read Nicholas Russell, here or elsewhere, you've gathered that he is thoughtful, erudite, and extremely curious.

Nothing beats watching a billionaire eat filth in public, unless the chefs and waiters at Maison De Merde are all billionaires too.

College football fans who tuned into ESPN's College GameDay this Saturday were forced to encounter the alarming visage of Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

How best to react to the latest news on the Los Angeles Rams?

West Sacramento Athletics manager Mark Kotsay knew the drill from months of exercising it.

It was supposed to be a day to remember Chris Johnson, and it still can be.

The truest thing about college football is that there is no such thing as being too small, too petty, or too whiny about being too small or petty.

Welcome to the Defector College Football Watch Guide, where Israel Daramola and Ray Ratto will tell you which of the weekend’s college football games are worth giving a crap about.

Britt McHenry, a former Fox host and ESPN reporter best known for a towing-yard tirade, says she’s taken a job with the Trump administration.

This week on Nothing But Respect, we welcomed back million-time guest Giri Nathan to talk primarily about his experience covering the U.S.

On Sept. 10, ProPublica published a story by reporter Gus Garcia-Roberts detailing how Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz avoided prosecution after a traffic collision in the Dominican Republic, in which he rear-ended a motorcycle, killing all t…

The power of a well and oft-told narrative is not to be diminished, but it also should not be feared if countervailing information comes to light.

The NFL is built on parity.

I knew I had gone too far when the question of whether we should buy a gun crossed my mind.

The quality of the average tennis broadcast has skyrocketed in recent years.

Name an iconic scene from the first Spider-Man movie, the one directed by Sam Raimi that came out in 2002.

It’s being shouted from all corners: The U.S.

The first line of Emily St.

Go ahead and listen to this.

The National Football League is back, in case you haven't already been lectured, hectored, and badgered into aural submission by the various communication venues that have been screeching about it for weeks.

The science fiction author William Gibson's pithy observation that "the future is already here—it's just not very evenly distributed" has had different shades of meaning since it was first formulated.

Who knew Ben Shelton could do all that?

At my university, you had to take an introductory fiction writing workshop before you were eligible to apply for the more advanced workshops.

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season (except when the season starts on a Wednesday; kiss my ass, Goodell).

The time has once again come to break the rules: Only If You Get Caught is back for Season 2.

Welcome back to Minor Dilemmas, where a member of Defector's Parents Council will answer your questions on surviving family life.