The PWHL season resumes on Saturday after a three-week international break for the Women’s World Championship in Czechia. In the absence of play, there has still been some action: The league announced ...

ESPN host Shannon Sharpe released a statement Thursday announcing that he will “step aside temporarily” from his role at the ...

You could hear it on the horizon, getting louder as the hour and object drew closer. It was the sound of Drew, on his way ...

The Houston Rockets have been one of the most fascinating teams in the league all year. The competitive dynamic of basketball is changing, and the Rockets epitomize the trajectory of that shift, with ...

For a moment, there was silence. Not even two minutes into AFC Toronto’s inaugural match in the National Super League, Canada ...

When Matt O’Malley was forced out of his position at the National Resources Conservation Service, he didn’t just lose a job: ...

NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something you wanna contribute? Email the Roo. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, through here. I’m ...

I’d rather gaze directly upon the opening of the Ark of the Covenant than spend too much time looking at Stuart Skinner’s ...

It is possible to accurately calculate the Philadelphia Phillies’ record based only on the current state of the team’s NBC ...

Against the Dodgers last night, the Cubs gave up three runs in the top of the first, scored five runs in the bottom of the first, and none of it really mattered, because what happens at the beginning ...

It has been more than 60 years since the first Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue hit newsstands, a moment in history that bound the business of sports journalism to the business of making sports fans ...

One of the tenets of being a Miami Marlins fan is that the future will always be presented as the appeal. The Marlins have ...