Lauren Theisen

It's A Dome That's Shaped Like A Saddle | Defector CALGARY, Alberta — The Germans are famous for squishing words together to form useful new compounds. But Calgarians perfected the art when they came up with “Saddledome.” You look at it, and you say, ...

I paid my respects to the Saddledome during what feels like a nadir for the Flames: defector.com/its-a-dome-t...

First Cow, Red Rock West, Brokeback Mountain, Holes (just naming ones that I'm not sure if you've seen)

Calgary Flames makeup

view of the river

an empty snowy park at dusk

view from the top of a hill

street at night with the lit tower in the foggy background

quiet scenes from Calgary

can't say I love the narrative that Hilary Knight is somehow being coerced into making appearances with the Hughes brothers

read the blog if you want to know this guy's deal

New Japan Makes, The World Takes | Defector TRENTON, N.J. — The Trenton Transit Center isn’t pretty, or even notable, and it won’t win any architectural awards, but it gets the job done if you’re coming down to see Tomohiro Ishii wrestling in t...

everything you needed to know about the Japanese wrestling show in New Jersey on Friday night: defector.com/new-japan-ma...

a sign that says "Play Now!" with an arrow that says "Just past MrBeast Burger"

these six words are never going to leave my head

it's a shimmery pink top with the Jets logo in the front and "Rodgers 8" in the back

I found it: the absolute worst item of licensed apparel ever created

my bf and I on an empty ice rink

I ❤️ NJ

The U.S. Hockey Men Spoil The Fantasy | Defector To be a U.S. Olympian is to represent the best that your country has to offer. That sounds extremely lofty when it’s written out like that, but I think that’s really how it works, ideally, if you’re t...

On the ideals of the Olympics, the fiction of hockey romance, and the real world: defector.com/the-u-s-hock...

Rogers Hornsby quote: "I stare out the window and wait for spring"

I'm Hornsbymaxxing tonight

Jack Hughes Sheds Blood And Teeth For His Country, U.S. Wins Olympic Gold | Defector In the third period of Sunday’s USA-Canada gold medal men’s hockey game, the American forward Jack Hughes spit blood after he took a high stick to the mouth from Sam Bennett. The ensuing four-minute…

Jack Hughes sheds blood and teeth for his country, U.S. wins Olympic gold: defector.com/jack-hughes-...

Mikhail Shaidorov Celebrated Gold By Skating In A Panda Suit | Defector The NBC Saturday primetime broadcast used the figure skating exhibition gala as a way to provide a curtain call for their appointed Olympic protagonists. Of the five segments they aired from the event...

I know that it's an American broadcast for Americans but I really think NBC could have given Shaidorov a lot more love. defector.com/mikhail-shai...

I Finally Understand This Tara Lipinski Commercial | Defector The one and only you is the human forged by the path that only you are on. Facing the not-knowing, putting one foot in front of the other. She’s not your trophies. Because our trophies sit on the shel...

thank you @laurentheisen.bsky.social for expressing my exact feelings exactly
defector.com/i-finally-un...

Nirvanna The Band is a great movie about how you can just go up in the CN Tower and do whatever the hell you want

Why The Hottest New Pro Wrestling Chant Is "Fuck ICE" | Defector The most intriguing storyline in pro wrestling this month is not a title chase or a bloody feud, but whether or not fans are going to keep chanting “Fuck ICE” at shows. I am more than happy to…

The most intriguing storyline in pro wrestling this month is not a title chase or a bloody feud, but whether or not fans are going to keep chanting "Fuck ICE" at shows.

I stand by the pun

I'm wearing overalls

overall score: 203.16

Why The Hottest New Pro Wrestling Chant Is "Fuck ICE" | Defector The most intriguing storyline in pro wrestling this month is not a title chase or a bloody feud, but whether or not fans are going to keep chanting “Fuck ICE” at shows. I am more than happy to…

Why the hottest new pro wrestling chant is "Fuck ICE" defector.com/why-the-hott...

Why The Hottest New Pro Wrestling Chant Is "Fuck ICE" | Defector The most intriguing storyline in pro wrestling this month is not a title chase or a bloody feud, but whether or not fans are going to keep chanting “Fuck ICE” at shows. I am more than happy to explain...

here's a helpful explainer if you've heard something or other about wrestling fans chanting "Fuck ICE" defector.com/why-the-hott...

the "hello, human resources?" meme with Jordan Binnington for Team Canada and Jordan Binnington for the St Louis Blues

The Tigers Need More Than Nostalgia From Justin Verlander | Defector Huge breaking news in Detroit on Tuesday: The Tigers came to a deal with a multi-time Cy Young winner universally beloved by fans. No, not Tarik Skubal, who’s still due to become a free agent after th...

I'm nostalgic and nervous about Justin Verlander's return to the Tigers: defector.com/the-tigers-n...

Me watching figure skating: Wow he skates so pretty!

Johnny Weir as soon as the music stops: A disgraceful performance. Horrible. I'm going to have nightmares about it for years.

wow congrats to my gold medal winning sister

The future of media is here!

What An Unbelievable Fourth Quarter From Drake Maye! | Defector I can’t speak for every neutral, but I think for a lot of us, the experience of watching the Super Bowl was sitting around willing Drake Maye to do something for the New England Patriots—not because…

What an unbelievable fourth quarter from Drake Maye! defector.com/what-an-unbe...

internet ad: "Pork: a complete protein. Enjoy some delicious Ham & Cheese Sliders."

super bowl ads could learn a thing or two from this

they should just put the Chicago Bears out on the field and pretend nothing's different, like a late-season sitcom recasting

I'm doing it 🦁