The Philadelphia Eagles’ 2025 fixture list dropped last week, and—because the NFL now behaves like a rogue hedge fund with shoulder pads—its tremors were felt well beyond the Delaware Valley. From a rain-soaked pub in Galway where the game is broadcast at 2:17 a.m. local time, to a Shanghai sports-bar chain that has started charging…
The NFL Lands Abroad: How a Private American Gladiator League Conquered the World’s Living Rooms by Matteo “Flat-Foot” Ricci, Senior Correspondent, Dave’s Locker PARIS—Every November, the City of Light dims its monuments so that three hours of prime-time electricity can be funneled into a pop-up stadium three metro stops from the Louvre. There, beneath the…
COLE BISHOP, THE ACCIDENTAL DIPLOMAT: HOW ONE AMERICAN SAFETY WITH A FRENCH NAME IS REDRAWING THE NFL’S GLOBAL MAP By Dave’s Locker Foreign Correspondent (currently hiding from customs in a Reykjavik airport bar) It’s hard to find a more American export these days than the National Football League, that padded pageant of concussions and commercial…
The NFL’s Thirty-Two Flags: How a Provincial Pastime Conquered the Planet and Forgot to Apologize By Correspondent M. A. “Mac” Guffin, filing from a hotel bar in Singapore that still thinks the Super Bowl is a plumbing fixture. When the Kansas City Chiefs lifted their third Lombardi Trophy in February, fireworks crackled over Manila, Lagos,…
