I’m an unabashed fan of the good people at Defector, as well as the iteration of Deadspin that existed until last year with all of the same staff. The brashness, sometimes crudeness, of the writing style is not for everyone, but for my money there isn’t a better site out there when it comes to sports writing — especially the kind of sports writing that goes beyond the boxscore. Clearly not everyone agrees with me about that because their refusal to “stick to sports” ended with the death of Deadspin as we knew it around this time last year.