Dan McQuade

Thousands entered Boise State’s arena on Monday night for the first day of the college basketball season. They arrived, I must assume, with high hopes. The Broncos are generally pretty good. They’ve won at least 19 games a year since the 2019-2020 season, and went 26-11 last year. Three starters are gone from last season’s…

It was a crucial situation in the NFL’s marquee game of the week. The Lions had been unable to do anything on offense, but their defense had played well enough to keep them within a score of the reigning Super Bowl champions. Then the Lions finally did it. They broke through with a big play.…

Down 15 points in the fourth quarter, deep in their own territory, facing first and 11 after a false start penalty, the Las Vegas Raiders ran a plunge into the line. It went worse than you might expect.

All was well with the Philadelphia Eagles in the first half of Sunday's game. The defense looked dominant again. The offense, which had struggled in low-scoring wins the past two weeks, was churning again. The Dallas Cowboys' first drive of the game ended on downs. Another stalled with a lost fumble. In the first half, Jalen Hurts was 12-of-17 with two TD runs and a touchdown pass to A.J. Brown. Philly led at halftime, 21-7. The broadcast showed Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, and he looked miserable. Every Eagles fan was having a good time.

George Best was once the only man from Northern Ireland to make a stir kicking a ball in America. But now the NFL is rife with Irish kickers.

Sunday was bittersweet for Buffalo Bills fans. Yes, Buffalo rallied in thrilling fashion to beat the Bengals with three fourth-quarter touchdowns, and the snow made for a festive atmosphere. But there must've also been some tears in the crowd too, because this was the last holiday game at the old Highmark Stadium.

Michigan men's basketball came into Saturday night's game riding an impressive streak.

The Cincinnati Bengals are cheap. There is a good chance you already know this, as it is a longstanding issue. When Takeo Spikes joined the team in 1998, the team gave players used jockstraps. As of a few years back the organization had just six full-time scouts. “There’s a lot of overkill in scouting across…

It’s the most wonderful time of year, and we at Defector are proud to bring back our series discussing some of the most, uh, available holiday movies. Sabrina Imbler: Thank you for joining me in watching the first and hopefully the last Christmas movie I’ve ever seen about a consulting firm. In our world, Santa relies on…

Sabrina: Well, well, well. It's the final Christmas movie Defector has decided to watch this year, and I simply can't think of a less thrilling choice than Merv . What is Merv about?