Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking about ...

Because I have a normal inner life and a healthy relationship to sports, after watching the Yankees lose Game 2 of the ALDS ...

For a while there, the New York Jets were convinced that they were just one piece away from realizing their vision of ...

In the New Testament, a carpenter from Nazareth saved his followers from damnation and promised them eternal life in his ...

It’s the nature of baseball economics that each offseason’s record-breaking contract will wind up being surpassed; if it ...

About halfway through my millionth encounter with Elephant, the fictional, Andrew Lloyd Webber-spoofing musical that features ...

The most prominent scoopster in basketball will take over the ESPN job recently vacated by his mentor and rival. Or, as he ...

The Buffalo Bills might not have been guaranteed a win in overtime, but they definitely didn't have to lose in regulation.

Being an NFL Draft nerd is fun but pessimistic work. It begins with the idea that most of the cool things you see happening ...

After Jürgen Klopp departed Liverpool at the end of last season, new boss Arne Slot was faced with a doubly difficult task. Like any recently hired manager, he had to acclimate to a new club and a new ...

There are so many plucky Teams of Destiny in this year’s playoffs that it’s hard to pick just one to win the World Series off ...

The New York Liberty made their early reputation as the WNBA Finals’ kick-me sign. They came to the Finals, they saw the ...