Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew ...

For nearly six years, I have been fascinated by the case of the Spine Collector. The publishing world came to the collective ...

I can’t think of a time in my life when the idea of a Muslim terrorist was not the most acceptable societal enemy. As someone ...

For a guy who has spent most of his career as a backup, Case Keenum suddenly has a decent collection of signature wins. OK, ...

In each week of the NFL season so far, Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair has worn eye black that bears the name of a Palestinian child slain during Israel’s genocide in Gaza. When he did it in ...

Does it still feel a little too early for hockey? Well, too bad! The NHL has expanded to an 84-game schedule, so we’re ...

It was many WNBA news cycles ago—but not that many human years ago!—that the league’s central power struggle was shaping up ...

Inside the hundred-meter mark, after 273.3 kilometers of racing, Brandon McNulty looked back one last time to see the chasing pack behind him sprinting it out for silver. He banged on his handlebars, ...

Call ‘em the Badwill Games. Ireland scored three early goals and cruised to a 3-0 win over Israel in the first of two matches ...

You ever need something so badly it scares you to say it aloud, just because the universe might smell that stench of ...

Progress in the NFL is not linear, past success doesn’t guarantee future success, regression to the mean is normal and ...

It’s time to wrap up the month with a challenging themeless. Keep an eye out for tricky clues and fun wordplay. This puzzle ...