Aaron Glenn and the Global Theater of Second Chances By Our Man in the Cheap Seats, Somewhere over the Atlantic PARIS—Somewhere between the croissant crumbs on my laptop and the third espresso that tastes like regret, I realize the planet has paused to dissect the career of Aaron Glenn, newly anointed defensive coordinator of the…
Dan Quinn’s Second Life: From Super-Bowl Collapse to Global Gridiron Diplomat By International Desk, Dave’s Locker Atlanta, Georgia—That Dan Quinn is again gainfully employed as an NFL head coach is either a testament to redemption narratives Americans can’t resist or proof that the league’s memory is shorter than a TikTok clip of a cat knocking…
The Repechaje Mundial 2026: A Global Consolation Derby Where Second Chances Meet First-World Guilt By A. Nonymous, Senior Cynic-at-Large, Dave’s Locker MONTREAL—Across five time zones and innumerable WhatsApp family groups, the planet is currently obsessing over the 2026 World Cup “Repechaje Mundial,” FIFA’s freshly minted second-chance tournament for teams that proved, in diplomatic parlance, “not…
