What I Wrote This Week (8/14)
Two more stories from me this week before we go into full-on Premier League Preview Mode:
No Grass in the Clouds
Demystifying soccer -- one shot, and one sweater, at a time.
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What I Wrote This Week (8/7)
The other day, one of my friends told me he was soccer-ed out from the World Cup.
What I Wrote This Week (7/24)
After these two stories, my World Cup has ended:
What I Wrote This Week (7/17)
Normally, I am ethically opposed to the third-place game.
What I Wrote This Week (7/10)
I guess it’s a sign of growth, right?
What I Wrote This Week (7/3)
I tried writing an intro where I likened this summer’s growing discontent with soccer’s adoption of technology — beginning with the constant, thankless efforts of a select few (like the early subscribers to this newsletter), eventually co-opted by the masses (American Outlaws, the Croatian government, etc.) — to how upstart political movements actually affect change on a large scale, but my brain…
What I Wrote This Week (6/26)
Are you and your loved ones also confused by our English-language American broadcasters continually using the phrase “unplayable” to describe a soccer player who is simply playing soccer at a really high level and not one who is unable to or not good enough to play?
What I Wrote This Week (6/19)
We’re just over a week into the World Cup and rather beginning this newsletter by attempting to make some kind of pithy comment that tries to sum up everything that’s happened, I wrote you an entire column about it.
What I Wrote This Week (6/11)
The World Cup starts in a couple hours, so we’re coming to you a day early this week:
What I Wrote This Week (6/5)
There are approximately 78,000 words from me on ESPN dot com this week.