Pearl River After almost 40 days of World Cup soccer games up and down the North American continent, the end is finally near with the contest between Argentina and Spain. I still know nothing about soccer, although I have learned what a “red card” means, or at least, used to mean until Trump injected …
Category: Sports
The Paradoxes of USA Hosting the World Cup
Marble Falls Sports is a funny thing in the way it both establishes fervent home team divisions and brings people together at the same time. The juxtaposition is easy to see right now as the NBA’s Knicks have brought the highly disparate population of New York City together, and the intense global phenomena …
Once Amateurs, Now Pros Making Less Money
New Orleans The hypocrisy of college sports is on widescreen display as the pro football draft tees up. We’ve talked before about the wildness of the transfer portal and the new monied NIL world of name, image and likeness for athletes. Of course, it’s not just football that’s impacted, basketball is also in …


