I was an adult when I encountered Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” for the first time. I grew up thinking Whitney ...

Like all people not gravely deficient of soul, I teared up a little when I heard Dolly Parton died. I am by nature something ...

Most people think of the tits. That’s understandable, given they would enter a room some not-insignificant amount of time before the rest of her. But there was also the hair, often high enough to ...

Some people are fans of the San Francisco 49ers. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the San Francisco 49ers. This ...

Some people are fans of the Buffalo Bills. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Buffalo Bills. This 2026 Defector ...

I was a Mystery Kid, and every Mystery Kid knows how that goes. Only stories of remarkable children—Nancy Drew, Frank and Joe ...

Welcome to the Defector College Football Watch Guide, where Israel Daramola and Ray Ratto will tell you which of the ...

When I learned that Defector would be running Reds Week for its random annual late-summer theme week, I had one thought: Man, ...

Is there life on Mars? That’s the wrong question. Every time scientists from NASA, the European Space Agency, or any other ...

For most women who play baseball in the United States, playing America’s pastime in a professional league has been little ...

There’s a mission about halfway through Red Dead Revolver that I have not forgotten even in the 22 years since I first played ...

As with some of my best decisions in life, I bought a red light mask because Kelsey McKinney uses one. I saw Kelsey posting ...