As the United States men’s national team backed into the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday night, Friday’s draw couldn’t have realistically worked out any better for them. Read more…
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FIFA doesn’t want to ask itself the hard questions [Updated]
It is so simple, at least to anyone not entangled in the middle of the mess. All of Poland, Czechia, and Sweden have said they will refuse to play Russia in World Cup qualifiers at the end of March. While a ban from FIFA isn’t going to end Russia’s occupation of Ukraine, there is no […]
It’s time to drop Roman numerals from Super Bowl branding
The NFL is the only league of the four major North American sports that use roman numerals in the moniker of its championship. The MLB, NBA, and NHL all use the year within which the championship occurs. But the NFL decided to go a different route with their naming convention. Read more…
The Beijing Olympics are everything you’d thought they’d be
At least we can say the Winter Olympics are practiced at holding their events in a communist dictatorship, as they’ve held two of the last three in one. We’re just about three or four days into the whole thing, and already the stories of athletes being held against their will, shitty facilities, unprepared venues, and… […]
Police track down, arrest Tour de France spectator who caused massive crash
The sign looked like a joke. Read more…
Niall Horan & Harry Styles Reach Fan Army Face-Off Semifinals
Harry Styles and Niall Horan have caused it into the semifinals of both Billboard’s Fan Army Face-Off. Styles outlasted Poor Bunny, Shawn Mendes, SuperM and former bandmate Louis Tomlinson. Meanwhile, the Horan ousted Shakira, NCT 127, both Madonna and Taylor Swift. However they have yet another former One Directioner at the last four of this contest: Liam Payne, who’s […]