On Saturday in Minneapolis, federal agents surrounded 37-year-old Veterans Affairs intensive care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, ...

Paul Allen, longtime play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Vikings and “the voice” of the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network, ...

Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss the 2026 NBA All-Star game. He hurt his calf Friday night in a loss to the Denver Nuggets.

The first half of Sunday’s AFC championship game, played between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos, was ugly and halting, featuring two bumbling offenses questing for any sort of ...

The origin of Michael Connelly’s new true crime podcast, Killer in the Code, was a rather far-fetched tip fielded by Rick ...

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something ...

Have you heard the old wives’ tale that if two football teams face each other in four consecutive matches, their fates swap ...

I feel like when we have these sorts of conversation blogs on the site, the subject is generally something that everyone kind ...

Drama is where you make it, and in how willing you are to inflate a story past the outer limits of its molecular structure.

Was the biggest sports story in Ireland this week fake, or just early? The National League hurling and football seasons kick ...

The cheek, to even attempt a deflection from there. It’s hard enough to tip in a puck right from the goalie’s doorstep. That ...

Jimmy Butler’s season is over. His painful-looking collapse in the third quarter of Golden State’s win Monday night over the ...