Even though you knew about the great rice/wheat cultivation divide, the extent to which you missed rice after one-and-a-half ...

Be amazed all you like by the Los Angeles Dodgers firing out another $182 million for the next five years of Blake Snell’s ...

Speaking from experience, buying into symbolism will drive you mad. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been absolutely certain that a certain gesture definitively means a person is now my enemy. My ...

When Germans woke up on the morning of Nov. 6th, it felt like déjà vu: Once again the country had been on the edge of its ...

There was no big Defector-style Professional Women’s Hockey League season preview last year, because I was (shameless plug) a little busy reporting this feature on the league’s formation. But it’s ...

Maybe this is my fault. For years, I’ve been begging Kendrick Lamar to lighten up a little. To stop with the hip-hop savior ...

Hayfield High’s season from hell is done. The Alexandria, Va., school’s leaders tried adopting the winningest football ...

Wolverhampton Wanderers are a soccer club in sort of the same way that Silvio Dante’s Bada Bing was an adult entertainment ...

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

Have you ever found yourself reading an article, and needing to stop halfway through in order to ask yourself an important ...

This is the time of year when the best, biggest, and most ambitious movies come out. Not Oscar season, but rather that ...

Bad news: It's getting colder. Good news: The best way to cover your forearms has returned. The critically acclaimed Defector crewneck sweatshirt has been restocked in all sizes. Now's the time to get ...