Ten NFL teams voted against banning the Tush Push today, leaving the Philadelphia Eagles free to convert short-yardage plays ...

The saddest stories in local news are the ones where the body has been left to sit for a while. I worked in local news for ...

Nobody takes a hint less well than Rich Hill, and conversely nobody proves prevailing wisdom wrong more often than Rich Hill.

There was a sequence in the first quarter of Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals where the Oklahoma City Thunder used a ...

The rule is simple and straightforward, and it rarely proves anything but true: Judgments made after Game 1 of any series ...

Thank god my Amtrak was only 20 minutes late. I arrived in Rochester on Friday afternoon ahead of a top-secret non-Defector ...

Tuesday’s Mets-Red Sox game marked a return to action for both Red Sox starter Walker Buehler and manager Alex Cora. Buehler was put on the IL with a shoulder injury on May 2; the inflammation cleared ...

One of my friends loves to say “buy the ticket, take the ride”—usually referencing the giant smothering cloud of apprehension and nausea that hits before the good part of the shroom trip (not that I’d ...

Spike Lee didn’t invent the floating dolly shot, but he did make it his signature move. It’s not just in his repeated use of the technique, but rather in his understanding of its storytelling ...

It’s early Sunday evening on the last weekend of April, and I’m perched beside a currently out-of-use lane in a dimly lit ...

With the NBA conference finals matchups set, the most interesting narrative question of these playoffs has been answered.

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