Détente at 95 mph: How a Blue Jay–Yankee Grudge Match Quietly Runs the Planet By Elias Moreau, International Correspondent, Dave’s Locker TORONTO—Every August, diplomats in Geneva pretend to argue about carbon credits while the real negotiations unfold 550 kilometers northwest under retractable roofing. In Section 235 of the Rogers Centre, a man in a Che…
Spring Valley Fire: A Local Blaze with Global Arsonists By “Scorched” Santiago Vega, Senior Correspondent, Dave’s Locker The first wisps of smoke rose above Spring Valley, Nevada, last Tuesday at 14:37 local time—just late enough in the day for European traders to notice the haze on their Bloomberg terminals and wonder if their algorithmic portfolios…
NFL Football Tonight: The American Gladiator Show That Pays for Half the World’s Cable Bill By Dave’s Locker Foreign Desk While the rest of the planet is busy arguing about tariffs, TikTok bans, and whether the North Atlantic is still a thing, tonight’s NFL game (Cowboys-Eagles, 8:15 p.m. ET for those keeping score in Zulu…
Hood Stock and the Global Bazaar of Rebellious Capital By G. M. Delacroix, Senior Correspondent, Somewhere over the Mid-Atlantic It began, as most modern morality tales do, on a subreddit. A horde of screen-locked millennials—armed with stimulus checks, Robinhood accounts, and the attention span of fruit flies—decided that the corner bodega could double as the…
Blood Moon Diplomacy: How a Rust-Colored Orb Became the World’s Most Honest Mirror ——————————————————————– Tonight the moon will slip into Earth’s shadow and emerge the color of dried blood—an unsubtle reminder that even celestial bodies can’t escape a decent bruising. Across every time zone, billions of necks will crane skyward to witness the same bruised…
Elizabeth Hurley at 59: How One Woman’s Bikini Selfies Became a Geopolitical Flashpoint By Our Correspondent, Somewhere over the Atlantic It began, as most modern crises do, with an Instagram grid. There, framed by the turquoise infinity-pool of a rented Cotswolds manor, Elizabeth Hurley—actress, swimsuit entrepreneur, and walking reminder that time is negotiable—posted another photograph…
Tyler Bass and the Curious Global Aftershock of a 27-Yard Miss By “Globetrotting” G. Mallory, Senior Field Correspondent When Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass hooked a 27-yard field-goal attempt wide right last January, the ball did not simply sail into the Kansas City night. It kept traveling—across oceans, borders, and time zones—picking up symbolic baggage…
Jimmy Butler, the NBA’s resident philosopher-king in basketball shorts, has spent the last decade exporting a very American product—pure, weaponized spite—to every corner of the globe. From the frostbitten arenas of Minnesota to the pastel humidity of Miami, he has played the same tune: “You didn’t believe in me? Good. Let’s make this awkward.” It’s…
Saints vs Warriors: A Global Scorecard of Moral Glory and Collateral Damage Byline: Dave’s Locker, International Affairs Desk Across continents, the phrase “saints vs warriors” no longer belongs to stained-glass windows or dusty history books. It’s trending on Manila TikTok, trending in Kyiv basements, trending wherever the Wi-Fi still works. From the Vatican’s corridors to…
Apple TV: The Tiny Black Box That Conquered the World’s Living Rooms—Or at Least Tried To By the time you finish reading this sentence, Apple will have sold another three Apple TV units somewhere between Reykjavík and Riyadh. That’s the official corporate line, anyway; the real figure is probably closer to one unit and two…
Faroe Islands vs Croatia: When the Atlantic Mists Meet Balkan Fire—A Study in Global Asymmetry The North Atlantic, home to more sheep than humans and weather patterns that make London look positively Mediterranean, has coughed up its perennial David: the Faroe Islands. Meanwhile, somewhere along the Dalmatian coast, Croatia has been polishing its Goliath credentials—World…
Kodai Senga and the Global Art of Vanishing Stuff When Kodai Senga uncorks his ghost-forkball somewhere over the Atlantic this summer, the pitch will do more than dive like a drunk albatross—it will carry with it the weight of two countries’ mid-life crises, the hopes of a billion-dollar television deal, and the faint smell of…
