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Oscar Piastri edges out Lando Norris for pole position in QatarOscar Piastri edged out McLaren teammate Lando Norris to take pole position in Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix on Saturday in Doha, Qatar.,Piastri, who led the World Drivers' Championship standings for much of the season, trails Norris by 22 points entering the penultimate race of the season. The 24-year-...

‘Missing’ former NFL player Sergio Brown is posting bizarre videos from Mexico following his mother’s murderAt least one part of the mystery surrounding former Patriot and journeyman safety Sergio Brown is solved. It appears Brown is safe and sound in Mexico City, following a since-deleted Instagram post that tagged his location and several more this morning that appear to mock law enforcement’s attempts ...

Count Tua Tagovailoa among the Sound of Freedom’s ‘forgotten viewers’The movie rage hitting the theaters this summer extends beyond Barbie, and Oppenheimer. There’s a hidden treasure, one could even call it forgotten, and the independent, umm, film has brought in nearly $175 million. The Sound of Freedom — an action thriller about a child trafficking ring starring Ji...

'Visit Saudi' sponsorship furthers FIFA’s tone-deaf record ahead of Women’s World Cup

The Women’s World Cup is nearing, and as is tradition, FIFA marked the occasion with controversy. Host countries Australia and New Zealand are urging the soccer federation to back out of its sponsorship with Visit Saudi. The main issue with the deal is Saudi Arabia’s ever-present, awful record of wo...

The obliviousness of unfathomable wealth

It’s here that the Qatari rulers and FIFA would expect me to simply write about the quarterfinals of the World Cup that start today. And they are mouthwatering, in a vacuum of just soccer. All eight teams come in with a great story. Whether it’s Brazil not only trying to collect their sixth trophy b...

Lotta goals in the desert - World Cup Daily Diary: Day 10

And this is where the plot thickens. For the next four days, teams will move on, teams will meet the sword, and the drama ramps up to 11. I’m here to be your space coyote for it!...

Did Qatar even want the World Cup?

The small Middle Eastern country — known for its poor human rights record — is the World Cup host, but did Qatar actually WANT it to begin with? Whichever government officials were responsible for bringing the world’s biggest sporting event to their country must’ve wanted it enough to take the initi...

Lotta goals in the desert — World Cup Daily Diary Day 1

We’ll be running a daily roundup of everything that happens in Qatar, starting with the opening day today. Take the journey with us....

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World sporting events are becoming a different kind of guilty pleasure

While this World Cup is unlike any other due to the start time and Middle East location, there is a recent world competition that comes to mind. Think about it. Climate unfit to host the event, haphazard accommodations, stories of government overreach, and sportswashing. That sounds like the Beijing...

by Sean Beckwith|

|Sat Nov 19 2022

DeAndre Yedlin is USMNT’s only bridge to last World Cup appearance

Before we can truly look forward, we must go back in time, to a marvelous place where the United States men’s national team missing the World Cup was such an afterthought, it would be equal to falling into the abyss. Yeah, a few CONCACAF rivals like Panama and Costa Rica were rapidly improving and b...

by Eric Blum|

|Wed Nov 16 2022

Qatar definitely understands how this whole 'sports media' thing works

We’re less than a week away from the opening ceremonies for the World Cup (which, by the way, still don’t have an announced performer, after being turned down by Rod Stewart, Dua Lipa, and now Shakira), and things in Doha are progressing just about as well as expected when you hold a World Cup in a ...

by Julie DiCaro|

|Wed Nov 16 2022

I guess pop stars will be our moral compasses for the Qatar World Cup

Qatar’s effort to sportswash its abysmal human rights record has received a couple of assists from notable soccer players, with David Beckham taking some cash to be an ambassador for the country during the World Cup, and French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris essentially saying he will shut up and dribble....

by Sean Beckwith|

|Tue Nov 15 2022

France may be without their spine at the World Cup, and they won’t be alone

Crowbarring a World Cup into the middle of the club season in winter was always a dumb idea, probably equal to the idea that the tournament ever could have been held in the summer in Qatar, which is what the country and FIFA were originally selling when they awarded it to Qatar (and it was literally...

by Sam Fels|

|Tue Oct 25 2022

Qatar is conscripting its citizens to be security for the World Cup, so this is definitely going to go well

Here’s the thing about Qatar hosting the World Cup in about six weeks: Even if you could ignore the disgusting and egregious human rights abuses that built the infrastructure for it (which you can’t), or if you could ignore the country’s homophobia and sexism as state policy (which you can’t), or th...

by Sam Fels|

|Tue Sep 27 2022

These USMNT players vying for World Cup roster will benefit from transfer window

The biggest hammer never dropped during transfer deadline day for the United States men’s national team fans. Christian Pulisic still wears Chelsea blue, which will prove to be a blessing in disguise or what plummets the USA’s chances at a deep run at this year’s World Cup. The Yanks’ captain and be...

by Eric Blum|

|Sat Sep 03 2022

If you want to drink or get laid at the World Cup, this is not your year

Qatar has gone the way of Catholic parents before prom, enacting a ban on sex for the biggest party the city has ever thrown in the 2022 World Cup. If the lethal heat, deadlier working conditions, strict rules concerning alcohol, and summer-ruining schedule change wasn’t enough rain (sunlight of a h...

by Sean Beckwith|

|Thu Jun 23 2022

In this edition of ‘Should That Be a Statue?'

Imagine if your lowest moment was so abysmal that people would want to build a statue to it? No, I’m not talking about the Southern part of the United States, I’m referring to Zinedine Zidane’s headbutt of Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup Final that earned him a red card before France fell to I...

by Sean Beckwith|

|Wed Jun 08 2022

NFL Schedule Leaks was just another troll job

Legends aren’t born, they’re made. The Twitter account @NFLGameLeaks is no different....

by Grace McDermott|

|Fri May 13 2022

Miles Robinson’s injury leaves USMNT in a bind

The conversation can’t be delayed. Procrastinating about specific personnel decisions that will expose Gregg Berhalter’s future at the helm of the United States men’s national team are now harmful to delay after this weekend. Miles Robinson went from World Cup lock to out of the 23-man roster being ...

by Eric Blum|

|Wed May 11 2022

Can anyone fill the void left by Serena Williams and now Ash Barty?

Ash Barty’s retirement from professional tennis was a blunt instrument between the eyes of the WTA community. Barty was coupled with Naomi Osaka as the future of women’s tennis. At 25, she was coming into her own after winning the Australian Open in January, Wimbledon in 2021 and the 2019 French Ope...

by DJ Dunson|

|Wed Mar 23 2022

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