**Messi-mania: Why the World is Still Obsessed with the Argentine Maestro** Buckle up, folks, because we’re diving headfirst into the whirlwind of Messi-mania that’s been sweeping the globe like a well-aimed free kick. Lionel Messi, the Argentine magician with feet that seem to have a direct line to the football gods, has been trending globally,…
Inter Miami vs NYCFC: The Derby the Rest of the World Pretends Not to Watch By Santiago “Santi” Valdez, Senior Correspondent, Dave’s Locker Somewhere between the Strait of Malacca and the Suez Canal, a Greek tanker captain named Stavros is idling off Djibouti, waiting for insurance rates to drop. He has never heard of Inter…
Washington, D.C.—a city that once prided itself on exporting democracy and importing lobbyists—took a brief respite from its usual grift on Saturday night to host the Great Transatlantic Transfusion known as DC United v. Inter Miami. On paper, it was Major League Soccer fixture #17. In practice, it was a geopolitical séance where a club…
Champagne on the Titanic: Why Inter Miami vs. Seattle Sounders is the 90-Minute Metaphor the Planet Desperately Needed By the time the referee’s whistle shrilled last night, signaling Inter Miami’s 3-2 victory over the Seattle Sounders in a glorified mid-season kick-about, the world had already moved on to fresher disasters. Still, for the 21,550 present…
