The Curious Case of the Pearsall 49ers: How a Forgotten Californian Football Team Became an Accidental Global Metaphor By Our Bureau Chief, Nursing a Hangover in Zurich Somewhere between the almond orchards and the federal prison, the town of Pearsall, California (population 7,229 on a good Friday) produced a semi-pro football outfit called the 49ers….
The Saints Game Today: A Global Pilgrimage to the Church of Disposable Drama by our correspondent in the cheap seats, somewhere between the 50-yard line and existential dread So the New Orleans Saints are playing again—kicking off at 8:20 p.m. local time, which translates to 3:20 a.m. in Berlin, 11:20 a.m. in Tokyo, and “who-cares…
White Sox vs. Tigers: A Late-Night Midwestern Ballet for the Insomniac Planet By Our Man in Exile, Somewhere Over the Arctic Circle If you glanced at your phone at 3:47 a.m. local time in Jakarta, 21:17 in Buenos Aires, or any other godforsaken hour when decent folk are either asleep or pretending to be, you…
