Searching for Community, Finding Football

The score update was the first thing to flash on to my screen as we got the okay to turn our phones back on. I hustled out of the plane and into Chicago’s mammoth O’Hare airport, with only one goal in mind for my three-hour layover: find a bar. Irish… [Read More]

The World’s Most Watched Public Shaming Ever

There is a German word for what Germany did to Brazil yesterday. Schadenfreude. It means to derive pleasure through the misfortunes of others. Sounds about right. Adding insult to industry, as if losing on their own home turf as favorites was bad enough, early TV estimates show that it was… [Read More]