Global Markets, Local Gods: How 16-Year-Old Bryce Underwood Became a Futures Contract in Cleats
Bryce Underwood, the 16-year-old quarterback who has just committed to the University of Michigan for 2025, is already being hailed as the LeBron James of American football—a comparison that, like most things American, is half hyperbole and half prophecy. While the rest of the planet sorts out minor inconveniences like climate refugees and supply-chain famines,…