FIFA World Cup

Man, I gotta tell you about this deep dive I just wrapped up. I was sitting here, talking trash with my buddy Mike about old football tournaments, and he told me I was dead wrong about something. This whole project—this...

Man, let me tell you about this rabbit hole. When I first looked at the title—Whats short for World Cup: This 2-letter nickname is key!—you probably think, “Duh. Everyone knows that.” Trust me, I did too. I thought this whole...

Man, let me tell you about this whole World Cup Pearl Lounge thing. You see the title, you know what I was after. I didn’t go in there for the fancy champagne or the leather chairs. I went in because...

It’s a Sizing Nightmare, Seriously I swear, trying to get the right USA World Cup jersey size is a total joke, man. It shouldn’t be this hard. You see a size chart and think, “Okay, a Large is a Large.”...

Man, let me tell you, working on that 2014 USA Soccer World Cup clip reel? It was one of those projects that started simple and ended up being a whole thing, but totally worth it. It wasn’t like I woke...

The whole thing started, like most good hunts do, with pure nostalgia. I was watching some old footage—you know, the classic highlights—and that US 94 World Cup jersey flashed on the screen. Not the white one, but the denim/stars and...

So, the title says it all. I wanted to nail down who the real, honest-to-God legends are for the US in the World Cup. Everyone, I mean everyone, throws out the same four names. You know the ones. But my...

Man, I never thought a simple argument at a backyard cookout would turn into a full-blown research project that took up three weekends. Honestly, I didn’t even care that much about settling it at first, but then my buddy, let’s...

I wanted to watch the World Cup. Simple enough, right? Every four years, the world stops, and I want to be glued to the screen just like everybody else. I don’t ask for much, just a clean stream without ten...

Man, let me tell you about the U23 World Cup baseball. It sounds easy, right? Just look up the scores. Wrong. Trying to get reliable, fast, actual score updates for this tournament drove me absolutely bonkers last week. I mean,...