Taylor Frankie Paul was supposed to save The Bachelorette. The show’s viewership has been in a steady decline for almost a ...

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For the majority of the NBA season, there has been an odd, Los Angeles Lakers–shaped hole at the center of the conversation.

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The colonial travelogue was already a bloated genre by the time Jonathan Swift decided to poke fun at it in the 1720s. London ...

March came in like a lion last night. An off-balance three-pointer from UMBC at the buzzer caromed off the backboard, ...

What’s the difference between betting on sports and “trading on a prediction market?” For the gambler herself, very little.

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This week we are launching The Span, Defector’s first and only culture newsletter. Every other week, we will collect the best ...

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Afroman, once world famous for his song about being high (though I always preferred “Crazy Rap” myself), has emerged as a new kind of internet folk hero in the aftermath of an incident in 2022 with ...