Morning, all. It's Wednesday in the late July haze (not from the wildfire smoke, at least for this week). Let's get to a few links!
Spain Won As Only Spain Can
It sure looks like Spain has found the formula for winning World Cup finals. All it takes is a truly hideous game, marked by defensive intensity and borderline tackles, and a late goal from a Barcelona player. In the Wario to the 2010 final, Spain beat 10-man Argentina, 1-0, thanks to Ferran Torres’s emphatic 106th-minute…
Luis Paez-Pumar
FIFA Got What It Came For | Defector
A WELL-KNOWN VENUE IN THE MEADOWLANDS THAT FIFA WOULD THANK YOU TO CALL “NEW YORK NEW JERSEY STADIUM” BECAUSE IT DIDN’T GET PAID BY THAT STADIUM’S CORPORATE SPONSOR — The grass told the entire story. If given the opportunity, FIFA would have very happily stripped every seat and beam and light fixture out of the…
Leander Schaerlaeckens
Wembley, Show Me The Way | Offprint
An American realizes what he’s been missing at Wembley Stadium
Bonus Ball
^this is a goddamn delightful article.
A World Cup conundrum
Time after time
Nicholas Bond and Brad Hill
What is the best Big Ten college football stadium? We ranked all 18 of them
The Big Ten has some of the best-known college football stadiums. Where do they stack up against each other? We ranked
, USA TODAY
^yes, this is clickbait, but it's late July. We'll allow it for now
The Old Man and the Strait
by Carlos Greaves
McSweeney’s
