Morning, lads and lasses. It's a midsummer Friday. This should be a dead zone of dead zones for the sports world. And yet, we're here agonizing over the ass-end of the World Cup group stage results. It's a reprieve from the silence, sure. And there are serious concerns with our beloved country, ones that a FIFA World Cup hosting and a group stage win can't adequately paper over.
But also:
USA USA USA USA USA!
Happy Friday, folks.
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