Think Outside the Ball
Ryan RosenblattSoccer. Sports. Why the games happen and feel the way they do.
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Infantino has his worst, most corrupt idea yet, so will UEFA stop him?
Gianni Infantino has his newest idea on how to extract more money from world soccer and funnel it directly into his pocket and the pockets of those who vote to keep him in power.
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World Cup Day 40: 26 (+1) thoughts to wrap up the 2026 World Cup
And just like that, the World Cup is over.
Spain are champions of the biggest tournament ever. Instead of soccer all day, every day, we will have to engage in other interests and maybe even consider feeling not dictated by 11 men running a...
World Cup Day 39: Ranking all the World Cup final kit matchups
The World Cup final is upon us. A game so big that calling it the biggest sporting event on Earth undersells its reach. It is the single biggest occasion in the world for four years.
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World Cup Day 38: The hyper Americanized World Cup and who is to blame
The World Cup has always evolved and changed.
From however many teams wanted to pay to travel, to 16, to 24 and then 32. What once barely had photographers then got broadcast around the world and eventually even in color, followed by high...
World Cup Day 37: Ideas for format and rule changes
The World Cup marked the start of a new era.
The tournament generally does when it comes to rules. The IFAB’s changes to the Laws of the Game begin on June 1, so every four years the World Cup debuts new rules. This year, we got expanded V...
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