The Chicago Bears’ 2025 season was their best since they lost the NFC Championship Game during the 2010 season to the Green Bay Packers, but despite the success, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson admitted that he left a Bears-Packers game early to “beat the traffic,” and the NFL world is not going to let him live … Read more
It’s the dog days of summer and the only thing holding us together until meaningful Bucs football restarts in the fall is a cheesy game of Bingo. It’s times like these that hot takes tend to fill up the X timeline. One such take making the rounds right now is from ESPN analyst and former … Read more
15 Garcelle Beauvais is finally opening up about what pushed her to walk away from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and it turns out her decision had everything to do with protecting her peace. Garcelle Beauvais Admits She Quit RHOBH After Realizing She Had “No Friends” Left 8 The actress and reality star, 59, … Read more
With Mustafa Mubarak I went up Until the podium at the University of Kentucky commencement in May 2026, he was one of only four students personally selected by UK President Eli Capilouto to represent the entire Class of 2026, and the only one selected from the College of Engineering. Mubarak, an international student from Alexandria, … Read more
crime “These statements are deeply disturbing and do not reflect our city’s values, which are built on the principles of inclusion and respect,” city officials said. Amherst police are investigating several “hateful and racist” letters found in residents’ cars last week that were signed by a shadowy organization, the city said. “The community has felt … Read more
alfred Stieglitz, The Fountain (ready-made portrait by Marcel Duchamp)New York, 1917. Silver gelatin print. Size unknown. Box in the Fales Archives, Private Collection, USA © Marcel Duchamp Society / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2026 “You have to wait 50 or a hundred years until you see your real audience,” Marcel … Read more
3 Larsa Pippen is opening up about the unexpected pause of The Real Housewives of Miami, and according to her, even the cast is still confused about what really happened. Larsa Pippen Says RHOM Cast Was Left “In Limbo” After Pause, Admits “No One’s Even Given Us a Real Answer” 8 Speaking on Two T’s … Read more
I took the D-shirt challenge, knowing it would be an emotional rollercoaster through weepy terrain. There was some sun overhead though, and some smiles to cut through the cold reality that I had to do it alone. Dan McQuade was my son, and as anyone who is familiar with his work here at Defector and … Read more
Paris — A Parisian man couldn’t believe his luck Tuesday when he discovered he had won a $1 million Pablo Picasso painting with a $117 lottery ticket. “How can I be sure it’s not a hoax?” Ari Hodara (58 years old) said after organizers contacted him following the draw at Christie’s Auction House in the … Read more
Among a certain class of politics reporters and pundits, the single most legitimizing thing a Democratic politician can be is “loathed by everyone younger than, browner than, or to the ideological left of James Carville.” Safer by far than engaging with a politician’s policies, ideology, or track record is to simply take an index of … Read more