Astros–Angels: A Cosmic Blood Feud for an Age That Can’t Pick Between Heaven and Houston Dave’s Locker | International Desk | 30 May 2024 In the beginning—if you ask an Angels fan—there was light, and it was pure California gold. Then the Houston Astros discovered the dark art of stealing signs, and the celestial halo…
Dortmund vs Wolfsburg: A Bundesliga Fixture That Pretends It Matters to the Wider World Dave’s Locker | International Desk The Ruhr sun—filtered through the usual industrial haze—rose this Saturday as if the planet hadn’t just spent another week sliding toward irreversible climate, financial, and moral bankruptcy. Still, 81,365 souls crammed into Signal-Iduna-Park to watch Borussia…
Leverkusen vs. Mönchengladbach: Two Postcards from the Rhine, One Global Existential Crisis In normal times, the 25-kilometre stretch between Leverkusen and Mönchengladbach is just a meander of the Rhine and a few autobahn exits. On derby day, however, it mutates into the fault line where Bayer’s corporate optimism collides head-on with Borussia’s artisanal pessimism, and…
