I was able to set aside my knowledge of what hockey player are like for Heated Rivalry, but making them straight fuckboys who say “puck bunny” yet really respect women was too far! good review from Heather Chen
had an absolute blast talking to the brilliant @catfitzpatrick.net about meter, rhyme, and what happens when you interview a cadre of drunk transsexuals at a lesbian bar
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“The real benefit they get out of their patronage is the power to hold something hostage… the operative function of holding fans captive is to impose a moral tax on fandom.” really good stuff from @redford.bsky.social
Brandy Jensen
Brandy Jensen
On Dec. 5, 2025, FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Donald Trump with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, nominally for Trump’s “tireless efforts to bring people together in a spirit of peace.” I f...
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Although Plato’s Symposium is best remembered as a Socratic dialogue, it was also, at its core, a story about a dinner party. In Athens, symposia consisted of a lavish banquet followed by a lot of dri...
A tour de force - a rich critique, somehow both plainspoken and eloquent. Thanks, Patrick Redford. The State Of Sportswashing - defector.com/the-state-of...
On Dec. 5, 2025, FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Donald Trump with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, nominally for Trump’s “tireless efforts to bring people together in a spirit of peace.” I f...
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Let's Dismember Some Guys: defector.com/the-universa...
One euphoric night in the city of OG Anunoby: defector.com/one-euphoric...
Beam team's esteemed dreams once deemed reamed, now redeemed with new regimes: defector.com/beam-teams-e...
From the moment you begin Robert Coover’s 1968 novel The Universal Baseball Association, Inc. J. Henry Waugh, Prop., you are in a rarified space. What kind of title is that for a novel, so long and…
Atlantic writer's son offers bold advice to Democrats: Pretend to be a sports moron defector.com/atlantic-wri...
Three years after making the playoffs together and contesting a beautiful, ultimately futile first-round series against the defending champs, Mike Brown and De’Aaron Fox are going to the NBA Finals.…
Are you ready to receive a powerful piece of information? OK, here it comes: Politicians can increase their chances of getting elected to office if they are seen as down-to-earth and relatable by…
‘Off Campus’ can't sell the hockey player fantasy: defector.com/off-campus-c...
In October 2024, about a year before Heated Rivalry was greenlit by studio producers in Canada, Amazon Prime Video announced that it was adapting the popular hockey romance book series Off Campus.…
I suspect this might be the best photo I ever take
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Texas Monthly and Penguin Random House have joined forces to relaunch Texas Monthly Press as the book-publishing imprint of the celebrated, award-winning media company that has defined Texas for millions of readers for 53 years. https://www.texasmonthly.com/press-room/texas-monthly-press-launch/
The copublishing arrangement will combine Texas Monthly’s storytelling mission with Penguin Random House’s publishing excellence to deliver important and influential books for a national audience.
The sounds coming out of me were causing the sleeping baby to stir, so I had to remove myself from the premises. But I had just seen the hand of god steal Game 4 in the greatest comeback in NBA…
