World Cup Recaps and Previews, Tuesday June 23: The Stars Show Out Again
Mbappe, Messi, Haaland Yet Again
Holy shit, it's Friday. It's about time. For those that have had a relatably stupid week, I say to you: Friday. Beer. Hand. Mjolnir. Repeat.
We've got a heavyweight Illinois-Michigan matchup in 13 hours. Let's dive into some links.
(For the love of Commissioner Delaney, someone please ask me how long it's been since Michigan beat Illinois. I beg you.)
Which type of drunk fan are you?
Here’s why you keep getting cut off.
David Covucci
The Hidden Pressure on College Sports’ Quietest Officials
In a world where stats are more important than ever...who is ACTUALLY logging those stats?
Matt Brown
My Fellow Americans, We Are Richer Than Ever Before. Well, You Aren’t, But We Are
by Eli Grober
McSweeney’s
The Five: Even They Couldn’t Ruin These Olympics
Mikaela Shiffrin, George Orwell, and why patriotism is not nationalism.
Michael Weinreb
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 taking in the best possible message from NBC’s explicitly patriotic broadcast. Even I can feel it, in my…
Lauren Theisen
Identity crisis
In LA28’s quest to have so many logos, now LA’s games have no logo
Alissa Walker
