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What’s everyone’s deal again? A quick guide to the WNBA’s second half: https://t.co/vfmMckEvR3
This is now a run-first offense presided over by a head coach who fucking hates running the ball. The Rams suck: https://t.co/QzLFMnz0VR
The Jordan Chiles bronze medal fiasco is even dumber than you imagined: https://t.co/5QfRLWcxbJ
Gena Rowlands played pathetic better than anyone: https://t.co/jLsgQjy4Hc
Anna Marie Tendler trusts you’ll know who she’s talking about: https://t.co/bJU5EZlcwl
And now, a timely and exhaustive preview of the 2024-25 Premier League season: https://t.co/IIOsI8wqLB
How a 170-year-old lizard finally came home to Jamaica: https://t.co/tR6JYQ503N
Josh Hartnett was always guaranteed to jack you up: https://t.co/9nVxKxIuRS
At home with the worst team in baseball: https://t.co/jP3JZPPPGV
What’s everyone’s deal again? A quick guide to the WNBA’s second half: https://t.co/vfmMckEvR3
Untimely crash throws Tour de France Femmes into chaos: https://t.co/gTfjtjzn1Y
On this week's episode of the Distraction, new Defector staffer Rachelle Hampton joins Roth and Drew to talk about podcasting, the Olympics, and fun days online: https://t.co/J4Jxn8LWwo
There is still no escaping Colleen Hoover: https://t.co/alIYplpc76
Joe Burrow is the finest quarterback in Bengals franchise history, and in the end all you’ll have to show for it is a lonely AFC title trophy named after the guy who founded your most hated rival. https://t.co/SFv97pj1gu
NASCAR boots controversial race winner back to loser town: https://t.co/XmaAP9BXB1
With Mauricio Pochettino, USMNT aims high and scores for once: https://t.co/S2dDVR568V
How Chennedy Carter reclaimed her superstar pedigree: https://t.co/X2mPJnfyoh
‘ESPN Bet’ is a black hole: https://t.co/LrDrOOWala
Who’s trending up and trending down in the ‘Industry’ season premiere: https://t.co/dKVZLSrech
‘Borderlands’ made me hate video games, movies, and even Cate Blanchett: https://t.co/IydbsSA7kI
Gymnastics and IOC leadership found a way to screw over everyone: https://t.co/7wV11ZQmkt
Russian chess player arrested for allegedly poisoning opponent with mercury: https://t.co/eybwAJvcRz
Putting a team in this city was a mistake. Nothing about the past three decades of its existence has changed that fact. The Jaguars suck: https://t.co/qU4o9LGLHb
At home with the worst team in baseball: https://t.co/jP3JZPPPGV
DraftKings eats shit, reverses course on stupid gaming tax surcharge: https://t.co/nxLzPufgmP
Josh Hartnett was always guaranteed to jack you up: https://t.co/9nVxKxIuRS
How a 170-year-old lizard finally came home to Jamaica: https://t.co/tR6JYQ503N
Aaron Rodgers has spoken with Jeg: https://t.co/xm3i2U2LiE
Saudi Pro League player whipped by incensed fan: https://t.co/QDv71yGrTd
The sublime clarity of goo: https://t.co/cLju4Zc0A1
These dad shoes are made for workin’: https://t.co/8gdPpLHlbU
O.J. taught us things about ourselves we didn't want to know and yet now embrace because we can't pretend any longer. https://t.co/CpKkWyz6V5
What do we do with our climate anxiety? https://t.co/iuJUuAWEAo
Here is a list of some of the new, notable, and downright nutso stuff alleged within the criminal complaint against Ippei Mizuhara. https://t.co/a8AOnLRl6m
Gambling addiction is a nasty, nasty thing: https://t.co/1cMW6g0aVB
If you love podcasts, dump Spotify: https://t.co/dk571j7L9a
In the eyes of Joe Biden and the U.S. government, Palestinian lives count for less. https://t.co/dOKurInhZu
Tara VanDerveer, who never needed the spotlight, retires in the night: https://t.co/Zl7OS4V0xY
Make gambling embarrassing again, with @justin_halpern: https://t.co/3KMm7MPiGC
The wildest stuff alleged in the criminal complaint against Ippei Mizuhara: https://t.co/a8AOnLRSVU
It's time for Remember Some Guys! Come join @theisen95 and @david_j_roth as they open some baseball card packs and talk about the players inside. You know, the usual. We're live now: https://t.co/Ck7gCvRvGN https://t.co/mzllZOB5Ss
‘Shōgun’ is the best and most human show on TV: https://t.co/pnJ70ty31f
O.J. Simpson was always more than polarizing: https://t.co/CpKkWyz6V5
Not even an Ippei Mizuhara guilty plea will take MLB off the hook: https://t.co/SVE29ny1RS
AEW still isn't over CM Punk: https://t.co/QqIjAeviUQ
‘The Kid Detective’ is too good to be forgotten: https://t.co/DB9NSdNOnh
The Coyotes have a Salt Lake City plan: https://t.co/rwp1im08AB
MLB's radio streams still suck: https://t.co/lQ1kNjdfEy
An American dumbass in London: https://t.co/rFTcQp6Adv
How facts went out of fashion: https://t.co/F7RmKQKXA2
What will it take to fix SafeSport? https://t.co/sQgGDfg7A7
"I was looking across the driveway at the largest, loudest, and most visibly furious swarm of flying insects I've ever seen in my life." https://t.co/ok4QLnsHZt
It's not who plays the next Bond. It's how you write him. https://t.co/izyZM02ori
Enter the Western Conference anxiety vortex: https://t.co/pv4GLJOJ0u
As he heads out, let's remember Kevin Borseth’s remarkable entrance: https://t.co/zBRbgGAoCa https://t.co/0993p9v2V0
This was the Champions League at its dramatic best: https://t.co/DgqOjhhYhV
Tara VanDerveer, who never needed the spotlight, retires in the night: https://t.co/Zl7OS4V0xY
Stop it! Stop it! The Flyers are already dead! https://t.co/x3fg4kWXmd
This is about as wrong as 15 seconds of basketball can go: https://t.co/2KgrFKKBp5
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s calf joins Doc Rivers’s reputation in the infirmary: https://t.co/xXJw8N5Qlh
The exchange rate on Palestinian life: https://t.co/dOKurInhZu
Reminder: In order to play hockey you need access to water https://t.co/GM3mIu5RXg
Víkingur Ólafsson plays the familiar and makes it his own: https://t.co/s8DkqOliA5
WrestleMania distilled WWE's worst excesses into five glorious minutes: https://t.co/eobI3D7FCl
How to fix Chicago's White Sox-shaped black hole: https://t.co/9JHVCKrgl5
I was a Habs fan for a night and that's plenty: https://t.co/G4o5ne4YZx
50 years later, my first Final Four is still the best: https://t.co/P6hwnUlXZP
NAIA becomes first organization to ban trans athletes from college sports: https://t.co/V24TeKdaKt
It's not who plays the next Bond, it's how you write him: https://t.co/izyZM02ori
That's a lotta friggin' bees right there, buddy. https://t.co/tY2LMZG0YD
A huge frickin' swarm of honeybees came to my house! https://t.co/ok4QLnsHZt https://t.co/AuTYqoHUpH
Let's cook some blue crabs: https://t.co/83vYfi5LnK
The Giro d’Italia has turned into a hazardous slog: https://t.co/dJLg46QAWS
Heartwarming: Trevor Bauer is getting lit up in Japan https://t.co/4WzYTlYjCJ
"He's not Logan, but what does that matter, Disney is remaking all their old cartoon movies worse now too and they're still making the same money." https://t.co/BBqSpUsx8v
Shemy Schembechler experiences sudden change of heart about slavery after short-lived Michigan job: https://t.co/OMVvtNCGmU
My car has legs and bears are cheering for me: https://t.co/dHwBoIi1ZB
Joe Mazzulla looks totally lost out there: https://t.co/b6j92M1r2V
La Liga’s racism problem boils over: https://t.co/xkanby88TI
The Golden Knights have the edge no matter the score: https://t.co/h97rXytszZ
Happy Recrimination Season to all who celebrate: https://t.co/uUlYlEAGAy
On this edition of What Is This USWNT Player's Deal, let's look at Gotham FC forward Lynn Williams: https://t.co/MdW0NppzSz
Jimmy Butler is a good college player in reverse: https://t.co/29XzSJZgdM
'BlackBerry' director Matt Johnson is not wearing an outfit: https://t.co/sNfszxqftu
Nikola Jokic was there when it mattered most: https://t.co/fEFJnqHRwR
Is Chris Pine, who along with Patty Jenkins joined the WGA picket line and brought empanadas, the best Hollywood Chris? A very short debate: https://t.co/ik16BczqYF
The Celtics are gifting the Heat this series: https://t.co/sB2tMjv0eR
Arizona is Gary Bettman's Waterloo: https://t.co/cjr8AV4PYZ
What comes after meeting the neighbors? https://t.co/W2SxnWc97C
Two fans of usually bad teams deal with the specter of expectations: https://t.co/thAkJ4aZjI
How not to interview a Transportation Secretary: https://t.co/loqQmhBd7f
Welcome to the chair saga: https://t.co/rMwQPQdGsq
The Dearica Hamby trade will always sting https://t.co/5sHVis4iKW
Everyone should be nicer to Koroks: https://t.co/oZfZTolDck
The superteams and the other teams: A preview of the 2023 WNBA season https://t.co/kUetZp3c4P
A $1.2 million house where we can be a Sim: https://t.co/N806sG3K85 https://t.co/4zrczTtmbr
Burning down the house: https://t.co/kVsJ9YWT6e
Look at this asshole's asshole truck: https://t.co/8pJlkHePqE
There’s something I’ve never seen before: https://t.co/rQFAESWlm6
Ted Silary gave a voice to high school athletes: https://t.co/WBiTmWgmP0
When was the first sexy kiss? https://t.co/NLMM4GgoIL
How the Rays raised their offensive game: https://t.co/6dRkQMqjP0
Lynn Williams is the NWSL's all-time leading American scorer, and she's on scorching form for Gotham FC this season. What's her deal? https://t.co/MdW0NppzSz
We had one of my favorite writers on the podcast this week and my one regret is that we didn't ask him more stuff about the Knicks. https://t.co/OmWrQFWo4F
The superteams and the other teams: A preview of the 2023 WNBA season https://t.co/kUetZp3c4P
LeBron cost the Lakers: https://t.co/LC8XbuowY8
Reports: Mets owner to do something stupid https://t.co/4qGnU6YYGz
How not to interview a Transportation Secretary: https://t.co/loqQmhBd7f
Game 1 didn’t last long enough: https://t.co/xdrRWUHP8V
The Commanders’ new owner is eyeing an exciting opportunity to piss off grateful D.C. fans: https://t.co/cQmeepYEv0
The Dearica Hamby trade will always sting: https://t.co/5sHVis4iKW
Dan and Dave explore the American Dream (mall): https://t.co/0X5RpabICl
Well well well. We've got a special treat for Defector Thursday Night Trivia this evening: the return of @david_j_roth boards! Come dive into Roth's mind palace with us: https://t.co/MbQuUyPf57 https://t.co/i5hu3S6oh3
When was the first sexy kiss? https://t.co/NLMM4GgoIL
Dodgers cave to culture war crank and senator from other side of country, disinvite venerable charity group from Pride Night: https://t.co/zjkzmiRTbm
Rafael Nadal will be out of the French Open, and out of tennis after 2024: https://t.co/dHIHCijRNw
Today on The Distraction: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' author and long-suffering Knicks fan @DavidGrann https://t.co/sKmjsN2SqV
Ted Silary gave a voice to high school athletes: https://t.co/WBiTmWgmP0
Nobody pounces like the Heat: https://t.co/LqiM1v8enb
There’s something I’ve never seen before: https://t.co/rQFAESWlm6
Zac Gallen is now an enemy of the birds: https://t.co/vXGKvICphM
Suddenly Joe Lacob has a budget: https://t.co/v0ZRgknfI4
It sure feels like it’s Manchester City’s time: https://t.co/uuTrvrKR93
Quick, everyone play dead! https://t.co/AZFJ199iP1
Look at this asshole’s asshole truck: https://t.co/8pJlkHePqE
Welcome to the chair saga: https://t.co/rMwQPQdGsq
Tennis baby beats Novak Djokovic again: https://t.co/YKjc36nHBJ
‘BlackBerry’ director Matt Johnson is not wearing an outfit: https://t.co/sNfszxqftu
The Lakers better hope their Jokic-stopper is for real: https://t.co/lRCiDutqb7
We're live with the Ratto Mystery Stream: https://t.co/Ck7gCvRvGN https://t.co/OjFNK456LI
The Ratto Mystery Stream is back once again at 12 p.m. ET today. There are some sports to talk about, after all. https://t.co/MbQuUyPf57 https://t.co/vNHpAWqGqX
Formula 1 cancels Imola grand prix due to deadly floods: https://t.co/MCBAeEWNXb
Arizona is Gary Bettman’s Waterloo: https://t.co/cjr8AV4PYZ
San Antonio is the perfect spot for Victor Wembanyama: https://t.co/4nR8XtQkL8
What comes after meeting the neighbors? https://t.co/W2SxnWc97C
Over and under in the XFL championship: https://t.co/C0irODfA2T
The Matt Araiza transcript doesn't have all the answers: https://t.co/qQgiIyElPV
Aces coach Becky Hammon suspended for comments on former player's pregnancy: https://t.co/pIvFGEzvb5
The Blue Jays are curious about Aaron Judge's eyes: https://t.co/fVS61BWF8Z
Sixers deny Doc Rivers the chance at a fourth straight second-round loss: https://t.co/fwhUBDmeEo
The case against the ironic LOL: https://t.co/U78NlBzHoI
Happy Recrimination Season to all who celebrate: https://t.co/uUlYlEAGAy https://t.co/ZCwcFNvIjU
The Stars stretched the Kraken too thin: https://t.co/aTx3d43P7i
Two fans of usually bad teams deal with the specter of expectations: https://t.co/thAkJ4aZjI
Everyone should be nicer to Koroks: https://t.co/oZfZTomb1S
I'm glad Shohei Ohtani didn't hit for the cycle actually: https://t.co/TJAy9s5URO https://t.co/9HyyHEmpS2
Celebrating Robert Pollard’s no-hitter and the rock-jock nexus: https://t.co/OpeTbhCVuc
Burning down the house: https://t.co/kVsJ9YWT6e https://t.co/7UAlREEK33
Pink lemonade for everybody! https://t.co/LM73RJrtOi
Over and under in the XFL championship: https://t.co/C0irODfA2T
"After all those hours, all that manpower and resources, nobody can still tell Doe, definitively, what did happen that night and then into the early hours, how she got bruised, or why there was blood on her. They can't even find her phone." https://t.co/qQgiIyElPV https://t.co/B9InX07RNB
The Matt Araiza transcript doesn't have all the answers: https://t.co/qQgiIyElPV
Joel Embiid is a finite resource: https://t.co/1CJCjwHu0f
Bryce Harper has had it with the entire concept of the Colorado Rockies: https://t.co/AH5mZnz2ij
Jonathan Marchessault is Vegas's heart and sault: https://t.co/UDuephz3iH
If you treat everything like none of it matters, and then teach the world to behave the same way, eventually nothing will matter and people will act accordingly. Luckily, this is only a TV show! https://t.co/Vyyp7G3WIF
What comes after meeting the neighbors? https://t.co/W2SxnWc97C
That's Oil, folks: https://t.co/5DX6saeVnH
That's gotta hurt: https://t.co/N49lqkYCCs
Celebrating Robert Pollard's no-hitter and the rock-jock nexus: https://t.co/OpeTbhCVuc
I used to be a summer crank: https://t.co/0i6O0VJW3V
Happiness is fixing a guitar: https://t.co/S4SsjY30OS
Owner of newspaper that Daniel Snyder tried to put out of business now owns Snyder's football team: https://t.co/kyIyKJnQ7K
Grizzlies suspend Ja Morant after he plays with a handgun on Instagram Live again: https://t.co/GbDmrts852
Into thin AirPods: https://t.co/PAYMjQllSu
"They just wind up iterating and re-iterating ever more optimized and anti-human versions of the present, in the hope that the next might finally be the one that runs itself." https://t.co/kVsJ9YWT6e
What are grain weevils, and how do you fight them to the death? https://t.co/mOYObohQVc
I am now 'Is this a heart attack?" years old: https://t.co/GSr1XytEFz
The computers are coming for the wrong jobs: https://t.co/iPCrDjoOLT
Lindsey Horan is one of the USWNT's most talented and decorated players, but she has tough competition in the midfield. What's her deal? https://t.co/gcc7HRfVur
Pink lemonade for everybody! https://t.co/LM73RJrtOi
This Mike Florio paragraph has been bouncing around my brain for 4 years now: https://t.co/CIOrk6W6dN
The Suns did it again: https://t.co/4aJPnc7OqT
The Sixers had another nightmare finish against Boston: https://t.co/ST5BxmH1dA
Welcome to our new series "What Is This USWNT Player's Deal?" First up: Lindsey Horan. https://t.co/gcc7HRfVur
Jayson Tatum hit the shots when it mattered: https://t.co/k2cnfwQsdq
The computers are coming for the wrong jobs: https://t.co/iPCrDjoOLT
Indie cinema is now genre cinema: https://t.co/F3rWNZbBrU
Drew Millard on the healing power of golf: https://t.co/nbnvgNvDZz
Oh no, Shaquille O’Neal is still evading the FTX lawsuit! https://t.co/vjowldzAVG
Happiness is fixing a guitar: https://t.co/S4SsjY30OS
The Bucks’ playoff defeat has caused Giannis to massively think: https://t.co/KRwZK4ex6v
MLS proves itself as a world-class league with match-fixing scandal: https://t.co/0l51ECRJZd
On this Distraction @adamconover, who's a member of the WGA's negotiating team, talks about the strike with Drew and Roth: https://t.co/WUIeAn32YV
Quentin Grimes ignored the pain and stole the ball: https://t.co/gsT5kNCl2e
The little Oilers finally stepped up: https://t.co/JJg7a4k7pt
The NFL schedule release is a beast that won't stop growing: https://t.co/LciKUBX6tv
This Mike Florio paragraph has been bouncing around my brain for four years now: https://t.co/CIOrk6W6dN
I am now "Is this a heart attack?" years old: https://t.co/GSr1XytEFz
The Leafs return home with bruises, nerves, and a win: https://t.co/CBKFnwVu1k
Lakers-Warriors is a series searching for a story: https://t.co/vkJIWKLzao
Going against the grain weevils: https://t.co/mOYObohQVc
Going from baseball in Oakland to baseball in Chicago was like going from portobello mushrooms to psilocybin. https://t.co/swWI9k5t2e
Getting old is rude but it beats the alternative: https://t.co/PfNHCfxAA8
I used to be a summer crank: https://t.co/0i6O0VJW3V
The A's Vegas deal might be falling through already: https://t.co/6GlDTWufoa
What's a guy gotta do to make a friend around here? https://t.co/kQnP2Y0wL0
Oh no, Shaquille O’Neal is still evading the FTX lawsuit! https://t.co/vjowldzAVG
“I’m usually thinking about other shit”: Drew Millard on the healing power of golf https://t.co/nbnvgNvDZz
Enough with the blowouts! https://t.co/J4ml67dQpU
IMPORTANT: New NFL TV rules will reduce my Mark Schlereth risk factor by 50 percent https://t.co/2X5BcZob6r
Indie cinema is now genre cinema: https://t.co/F3rWNZbBrU
We're live with the Ratto Mystery Stream. https://t.co/MbQuUyPf57 https://t.co/9P9sNpmMH4
The Ratto Mystery Stream will be live on Twitch at 12 p.m. ET today. That's all you need to know. https://t.co/MbQuUyPf57 https://t.co/fyTSWdpHko
Joel Embiid is showing up his biggest critic: Joel Embiid https://t.co/D1YmySZ26D
Denver's success can be charted by the smirks, scowls, and grimaces of its stars. https://t.co/60BruOQwFS https://t.co/KjJDHkmL5F
Everyone who knows what Elizabeth Holmes did wrong, step forward (not so fast, The New York Times) https://t.co/MJ6ZrbGTqg
Bob Huggins, live on the radio and with all his faculties, uses homophobic slur: https://t.co/Sd0Ji3r1WR
Who could mistake Tucker Carlson for anything else? https://t.co/UWdfqy6UUV
The Warriors blew it: https://t.co/rJY5VTGTce
i think a lot of people who get their iDevices stolen wonder if, just what if, they used the Find My app to actually try and track down the thief. Reader, I lived that dream https://t.co/et4ro5Wwc1
Two more college athletic departments swept into online gambling troubles: https://t.co/Z3pBH50tl5
Oakland A's fan discovers real baseball: https://t.co/swWI9k5t2e
Lonnie Walker IV rewarded LeBron James's trust: https://t.co/OzrPG7TErU
I used to be a summer crank: https://t.co/0i6O0VJW3V
The Leafs are the hockey Knicks, unless it's the other way around: https://t.co/l2PW20bDy2
The Golden Knights shredded the lesser Oilers: https://t.co/dxpbp517Kt
The A’s’ Vegas deal might be falling through already: https://t.co/6GlDTWufoa
Getting old is rude but it beats the alternative: https://t.co/PfNHCfxAA8
The Heat sapped New York's will to live one rebound at a time: https://t.co/yDl8yY4GEA
Akil Baddoo caught stealing with throw that ricocheted off his Jiminy Crickets: https://t.co/lwr56bFoAL
The last female Yangtze softshell turtle is dead: https://t.co/wZ1yOyHTHx
A $900,000 house where we can become Narcissus: https://t.co/KygtlpG3Mm https://t.co/ycdLmj6FyC
The Cardinals have a problem and a scapegoat: https://t.co/C6xCyl9C4X
That's too many dead horses: https://t.co/iSeGtFT076
Everyone who knows what Elizabeth Holmes did wrong, step forward (not so fast, The New York Times) https://t.co/MJ6ZrbGTqg
A messy Madrid Open launches a new rivalry: https://t.co/OeUZJxYi6t
The ‘Succession’ Misery Index: It’s all just money and gossip https://t.co/cqyPted7X6
"The AirPods were close. They were obtainable. I’d known going into this relationship that I would lose them; until this moment, I hadn’t thought about the possibility that I’d be able to redeem myself by finding them again." https://t.co/PAYMjQllSu
Ray Jay Johnson and other people I know only from 'The Simpsons.' https://t.co/3roSgEIGNx
Connor Bedard is not a cure: https://t.co/XjsFO4LgUv
Miami Grand Prix driver intros as narrated by LL Cool J, ranked: https://t.co/nYrHHKyxlJ
Let’s all agree that Nikola Jokic shoving Mat Ishbia was good fun: https://t.co/haJZVuLfxn
“He sent me a song,” Harden said. “It’s a gospel song and I'm like, ‘Alright, whatever.’ So I just told my homies let’s put it on. It’s a seven minute song! I let the whole song play and I’m like, ‘Alright, there gotta be some good ju-ju in this song." https://t.co/OkRDK6p0Gv
Just keep the name Commanders and be done with it: https://t.co/afHAjcC4zW
Remembering “The Winners,” George Romero’s forgotten sports documentary series: https://t.co/xG9CCBSYio
The last female Yangtze softshell turtle is dead: https://t.co/wZ1yOyHTHx
‘De La Soul Is Dead’ made us nostalgic for skits and samples: https://t.co/TgrI1J59LY
That's too many dead horses: https://t.co/iSeGtFT076
This is the 21st time the 76ers and Celtics franchises have met in a playoff series. I wasn't alive for most of them, but they still make me angry. https://t.co/pOxOptJqfT
The Oilers' power play is out for blood: https://t.co/1rFdfnTicI
He was a Colorado recruit. Then dozens of women came forward. https://t.co/9CzmZdJ7eH
The internet isn't meant to be so small: https://t.co/FqTvVlkJID
"My fight club really was just a priest, a lawyer, and me in a church basement." https://t.co/ecfhBZdxEr
AI art sucks ass and you should say it's bad: https://t.co/cdAoJRCd1N https://t.co/tWLTg3SG7Y
Jordan Neely just needed some help: https://t.co/f6miuvRqJM
When ‘Seinfeld’ abandoned the Mets for the Yankees: https://t.co/BFt3dcE3g5
Reality TV won't fix what's broken about Hollywood economics: https://t.co/W7wwH9AaIP
Cam’ron and Mase argue about sports now, and it's working: https://t.co/br6NRs1JHl
Mike Budenholzer takes the fall for the Bucks' playoff flameout: https://t.co/6RMgYMsexf