Terrion Arnold and the Geopolitics of a 40-Time Dave’s Locker Global Desk – 14 April 2024 Somewhere between the radioactive fog of TikTok drills and the last functioning fax machine in a Moldovan scouting department, Terrion Arnold is being measured for a suit of geopolitical armor. The Alabama cornerback—nicknamed “T-Rex” for reasons that presumably involve…
The Curious Case of Jalynn Polk, or How a 19-Year-Old Wide Receiver Accidentally Became a Geopolitical Rorschach Test By the time most teenagers have figured out which end of a tax form is up, Jalynn Polk has already been drafted by the New England Patriots, weaponized by Chinese sports-apparel bots, meme-ified by Nigerian football-fan accounts,…
The Ballad of JJ McCarthy, or How a Kid from La Grange Park Accidentally Became a Geopolitical Prop Somewhere between the Danube and the Mekong, foreign-policy wonks are quietly updating their risk matrices because a 21-year-old quarterback with a Roman-numeral nickname just got drafted by the Minnesota Vikings. The name is JJ McCarthy—two initials so…
