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June 11, 2014
Rabih Alameddine
Please Help Me Find a World Cup Team to Hate
Now accepting nominations for a side that deserves my scorn
June 11, 2014
Jess Walter
Why Cameroon Will Beat Mexico on Friday
The Lions' secret advantage: the spirit of the oldest player to ever score in a World Cup
June 11, 2014
Fernando Rodriguez-Vila
All You Tiki-Taka Haters Are Just Jealous
Like it or not, possession still wins matches
June 11, 2014
Simon Schama
This Is the Team That Actually Invented Total Football
They did it in stadium known as Wankdorf (some things a nine-year-old doesn't forget)
June 11, 2014
Leon Krauze
The Pleasures of Rooting Against Brazil
No team has ever acted so entitled to World Cup glory.
June 11, 2014
Kevin Alexander
Here's Hoping This Brazilian World Cup is Half as Wild as the Last One
Blackmail, dropouts, and upsets, oh my
June 10, 2014
The New Republic Staff
The 2014 World Cup, Illustrated: Hand-Drawn Match Highlights
Illustrations by Simon Prades
June 10, 2014
Howard Wolfson
How I Got My Soccer-Hating Son to Watch the World Cup
A sticky solution.
June 10, 2014
Miles Kohrman
The Smart Fan's 2014 World Cup Social Media Guide
All the feeds you need to be following, right now
June 10, 2014
Franklin Foer
Welcome to Goal Posts III
June 10, 2014
Luke Dempsey
21 Things That Must Happen During This World Cup
June 10, 2014
Franklin Foer
Slavery, Sex and the Roots of Brazil's Transcendent Style of Soccer
Reflecting on my alternate life as a Futebol fanatic
June 6, 2014
Shaj Mathew
Do U.S. Soccer Fans Steal Europe's Customs? Damn Right We Do!
A British writer calls American soccer fans “derivative, excessive and utterly ridiculous.” Those same adjectives apply to his essay.
June 4, 2014
Dan Packel
Horse Racing Can't Be Saved, Even If California Chrome Wins the Triple Crown
May 12, 2014
Marc Tracy
How Major League Soccer Can Beat the English Premier League in America: Embrace Its Inner Brooklyn
With a new TV deal, the league is ready for almost-primetime
May 12, 2014
Buzz Bissinger
The Genius Pundits Who Called the Manziel Pick
April 29, 2014
Marc Tracy
Could Donald Sterling Halt the Sale of the Clippers?
April 29, 2014
Marc Tracy
Racist NBA Owner Donald Sterling Has Been Banned for Life. But This Story’s Only Just Begun.
April 27, 2014
Marc Tracy
The NBA Will Ditch Racist Owner Donald Sterling
It’s the players’ league. The owners just own it.
April 24, 2014
Marc Tracy
Michael Pineda’s Foul Ball
Why was the Yankees pitcher suspended for breaking a rule that everyone breaks?

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