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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

It is October-y enough to be October, even though October is still days away, which means it’s time to find out how many of ...

Pitchers are a kooky breed: superstitious, hypercompetitive, quite often a little bit nuts. It’s a personality type that ...

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

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

The phrase “road playoff game” can have a variety of meanings depending on the circumstances, and the one that Paige Bueckers ...