Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s book, The ...

When I was growing up, my mother kept notebooks where she meticulously recorded every dollar our family spent. She never ...

Bill Simmons has been a part of my life for about 20 years now. As with any relationship that lasts that long, my feelings ...

One advantage I have always held in the literary arts is speed. I am a fast reader and an even faster scanner. I can draft ...

There is no shortage of entrepreneurial Bills in New York City. A trip around town can bring you to such businesses as the ...

Major League Baseball gathered together all the big boys with their big bats from around the league to show off for us. And ...

This weekend, my family and I went up to Lake Placid, where I saw several loons. As is the case when I see birds of note, I ...

Financier Bill Ackman has been widely shamed for his appearance in a professional tennis tournament last week. Since shame is no longer operative in American culture, he’s continued to explain every ...

It’s been a few weeks since we heard anything salacious, greedy, stupid or just plain time-wasting from Bill Belichick, which is a surprise as well as a blessing given that he is one of those sports ...

Facing job loss and declining wages, more journalists are launching local, independent media organizations. They often get bogged down in building operational infrastructure, distracting them from ...

The MLB All-Star Game has unfortunately been handed over to Pat McAfee, who spent Monday kicking off the week’s festivities on ESPN. What better way to get baseball fans excited about the Home Run ...

The Space Shuttle drips romance. Representing nearly a half-century of human spaceflight—from its conception in 1968, even ...