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World Cup 2022 Preview: Group D — Can Denmark be the midnight bomber what bombs at midnight?If you ascribe to the theory that this will be a truly goofy World Cup — that the short run-up, the injuries everywhere (not clear the amount of injured is all that abnormal but let’s go with it), the odd setting — and that some team from out of nowhere could make a run, you’re probably sizing up yo...

Hamilton vs. Hutchinson/Thibodeaux is this year’s Chase vs. SewellWhen a team has as many holes as the Jacksonville Jaguars and is in rebuild mode, it can be difficult to determine who to take, not because of talent level, but because certain positions are more vital to a rebuild than others. Obviously, the most important position for a successful rebuild is quart...

France couldn’t just turn it on and off foreverYesterday, we dove into the very nature of Spain. How its championship pedigree is still around, but how the frustrating, and at times incomprehensible, frailties that surrounded that glorious era are in their DNA, too. And you’ll see all of them in the same match. They can’t help it. It’s who they ...

France gets even scarier with return of Karim Benzema, also more blackmail-y

With club seasons stumbling to their final weekend, and the normal curtain-closer Champions League Final now less than two weeks away, attention and anticipation starts to turn to the postponed European Championships, which are still called “Euro 2020” even though it’s 2021. And also seems to be los...

Another barrier broken as Jesse Marsch looks set to replace Julian Nagelsmann

It’s Red Bull/Bundesliga manager tilt-a-whirl! Watch it spin! Where it stops...well, we actually have some idea. And where it stops provides yet another landmark for Americans in European soccer, this time the first Yank to manage in the Bundesliga. ...

Deadspin Awards: Worst Mascot

The Deadspin Awards are in July—keep your eyes on this space to see how you can win tickets to the event—and we need our readers to decide the winners of these prestigious honors. Today, we ask you to vote on one of the most important of all questions: Who is the worst mascot of all?...

Bayern Munich Score Twice In Extra Time, Beat Juventus In Balls-Out Comeback

This is why Bayern are rightly considered one of the two best teams on the planet. Under immense pressure, down two goals to a great Juventus side, the Germans stormed back to tie the game up in regulation, then finished the job by adding another two in extra time....

HURR Come Here Children I'm The Sun

Scottish soccer club Partick Thistle released its new uniforms today, but the only reason to mention that bit of news is to justify posting more photos of Kingsley, the dorky sun mascot....