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Aug 12, 2026

Lakers Sold Again — This Time to Jared Kushner's Brother for $12.5B

The Los Angeles Lakers have been sold. Again. Fourteen months after Mark Walter bought the franchise for a then-record $10 billion, former Disney CEO Bob Iger...

Aug 08, 2026

Jorge Messi, Lionel's Father and Lifelong Architect of His Career, Dies at 68

Jorge Messi, the father who carried his son from the youth fields of Rosario to the pinnacle of world football and never really left his side, died early...

Aug 05, 2026

MLS Picks a Private Equity Guy to Save American Soccer

Major League Soccer just handed the keys to a former Apollo Global Management senior partner who thinks American soccer can beat baseball. That's either a...

Jul 29, 2026

BTS Tells the Grammys to Keep Their Trophy

The Recording Academy spent last month patting itself on the back for creating new 'Asian pop' categories at the Grammys, a bold inclusivity move that managed...

Jul 24, 2026

Trump Threatens Canada Tariffs Over Wildfires He Helped Cause

Donald Trump has accused Canada of 'poisoning' American air with wildfire smoke, suggested the country pay the US damages, and floated 50% tariffs on a nation...

Jul 21, 2026

Spain Won the World Cup. The IRS Won Everything Else.

Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in extra time to win the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and the celebrations were barely dry before the IRS started doing math. The winning...

Jul 20, 2026

Trump Slaps Canada With 50% Tariffs, Blames Wildfire Smoke

Donald Trump is imposing 50% tariffs on a sweeping range of Canadian goods, and the justifications he's offering are so varied, so contradictory, and so deeply...

Jul 20, 2026

Trump Tells Wildfire-Ravaged Canada to Pay Him for the Smoke

Over 900 wildfires are raging across Canada, destroying homes, burning nearly 28,000 square kilometers of land, and forcing thousands of people to flee. Donald...

Jul 19, 2026

Spain Beats Argentina 1-0 to Win the 2026 World Cup at MetLife

Spain outshot Argentina 20-3, dominated every single statistical category for 90-plus minutes of regulation, and still couldn't score until the 106th minute....

Jul 19, 2026

Trump Tried to Crash Spain's World Cup Party and Got Booed Off the Pitch

The United States co-hosted the World Cup, Spain won it in extra time, and Donald Trump celebrated by trying to plant himself in the middle of Spain's trophy...

Jul 19, 2026

Messi vs. Mbappé: One Golden Boot, One World Cup Final, Zero Chill

Lionel Messi is 90 minutes away from winning both the World Cup Final and the Golden Boot, the kind of ending that would break the internet so thoroughly it...

Jul 17, 2026

Spain Could Win Men's AND Women's World Cup Back-to-Back, Which Would Be Historic If the Country Wasn't Also a Walking Soccer Scandal

If Spain beats Argentina on Sunday, the Spanish football federation becomes the first in history to hold back-to-back World Cup titles on both the men's and...

Jul 17, 2026

12 Million People Think FIFA Rigged the World Cup for Messi

More than 12 million people have signed a petition demanding FIFA disqualify Argentina from the 2026 World Cup, because apparently that's where we are now....

Jul 17, 2026

A Player's Butt Ended a World Cup Dream. FIFA Thinks This Is Fine.

An Iranian player scored a World Cup goal. FIFA's video referee system reviewed it. The goal was disallowed because the player's butt was in an offside...

Jul 16, 2026

Chicago Had the World's Worst Air Quality Last Night, Thanks to 180 Canadian Wildfires

Chicago had the worst air quality of any city on the entire planet Thursday evening. Not worst in the Midwest. Not worst in the US. Worst. On. Earth. That was...

Jul 16, 2026

857 Fires, 'Hazardous' Air, and a World Cup Final in the Crosshairs

Detroit currently has the worst air quality of any city on Earth. Not Beijing. Not Jakarta. Detroit. Meanwhile, 857 wildfires are burning across Canada, a...

Jul 15, 2026

Messi Assists Both Goals as Argentina Breaks England's Heart Again

England led. England had sixty good minutes. England had Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham and an entire nation praying at the altar of 'this time.' Then a...

Jul 14, 2026

The World Cup Final Is Tomorrow, and It's Not the Final

The FIFA World Cup semifinals kick off Tuesday, and the soccer gods have already played their cruelest trick: the two best teams in the world are meeting...

Jul 13, 2026

FIFA's World Cup: Trump Meddling, Blocked Refs, $7,380 Tickets

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, already a monument to corporate greed and political spinelessness, has somehow managed to outdo itself. Donald Trump personally...

Jul 11, 2026

England's World Cup Goal Shouldn't Have Counted. It Did.

England is in the World Cup semifinals. Jude Bellingham has six tournament goals. And one of those goals almost certainly should not have stood, because the...

Jul 11, 2026

Spain's Super-Sub Does It Again, Belgium's Backup Goalie Gifts Him the World Cup

Mikel Merino had been on the field for exactly two touches when Belgium's backup goalkeeper handed him the World Cup quarterfinal. He scored. Of course he...

Jul 10, 2026

Delta CEO: High Airfares Are 'Sustainable' Even After Oil Drops

Delta CEO Ed Bastian went on CNBC Friday and said the quiet part loud: even if oil prices fall, he expects high airfares to stick around. The average domestic...

Jul 10, 2026

Trump Screamed at NATO, Got a Standing Ovation, and Somehow That's the Point

Donald Trump showed up to the NATO summit, told allied leaders he was "very disappointed" in them, demanded Greenland, insulted Spain, and declared that the...

Jul 09, 2026

Israel Killed the Man Organizing Gaza's World Cup Parties

Mohamed Al-Wahidi spent the 2026 World Cup giving Palestinians something almost incomprehensibly precious under the circumstances: a reason to sit together,...

Jul 09, 2026

Maine Dems Scramble for Nominee After Senate Pick Quits Over Assault Allegations

Maine Democrats had a Senate candidate. Then they had a sexual assault scandal. Now they have until July 27 to figure out who the hell is going to take on...

Jul 09, 2026

Mbappé's Team Is Flying on ICE's Deportation Airline

Kylian Mbappé has spent years positioning himself as one of soccer's loudest voices against the far right, calling anti-immigration politicians "catastrophic"...

Jul 09, 2026

Egypt Says World Cup Refs Were Rigged for Messi. FIFA Disagrees.

Egypt came back from the future to 2-0 up against Argentina in the World Cup round of 16, then watched Argentina score three goals in thirteen minutes, and...

Jul 07, 2026

Messi Scored Twice, Missed a Penalty, and Still Saved Argentina From Humiliation

Argentina, the reigning world champion and top-ranked team on planet Earth, was getting embarrassed by Egypt in Atlanta on Tuesday. Down two goals, penalty...

Jul 07, 2026

Belgium Mocked Trump's Dance on the Pitch While Ending the USMNT's World Cup

The United States' World Cup dream died in Seattle on Monday night, and Belgium made absolutely sure to rub it in. The Red Devils beat the hosts 4-1, posted...

Jul 07, 2026

Streamer Declares NYC an 'Islamic Republic' to Own the Libs, Accidentally Owns Himself

A streamer with over a million followers declared New York City the 'Islamic Republic of New York-istan' on a livestream last Friday, invoking the name of...

Jul 06, 2026

Trump Calls FIFA, Gets Red Card Overturned, Now Takes Credit for Record Crowds

America is falling in love with soccer, attendance records are being shattered, millions of people who couldn't have named a single USMNT player two weeks ago...

Jul 05, 2026

Trump Called FIFA's Boss to Save a Soccer Player's Suspension

The President of the United States personally phoned the head of FIFA to get a soccer player's one-game ban reversed. That sentence is real. It happened this...

Jul 05, 2026

25 Dead in US Heatwave While Trump's Mall Fair Shut Down Sick Visitors

At least 25 people are dead across the United States after a record-breaking heat dome parked itself over the eastern half of the country during the Fourth of...

Jul 04, 2026

FBI Has Seized 600+ Drones Buzzing World Cup Stadiums

Six hundred drones. Seized. In less than a month. Apparently the 2026 World Cup is not just the biggest soccer tournament on American soil in history, it is...

Jul 04, 2026

You're Allowed to Cheer for the USMNT Even If You Hate the Government

The US men's national soccer team is one win away from matching their best-ever run in World Cup history, playing some of the best football this country has...

Jul 03, 2026

Ronaldo's First Knockout Goal Ever Saves Portugal at 94 Minutes

Cristiano Ronaldo has played in five World Cups spanning more than two decades, and he had never once scored in a knockout round until yesterday. That changed...

Jul 01, 2026

Mexico Ends 40-Year World Cup Curse With 2-0 Stomping of Ecuador

Forty years. Seven consecutive knockout-stage losses. One catastrophic group-stage exit in Qatar that left an entire nation staring into the void. On Tuesday...

Jun 30, 2026

120 Million Americans Baking in a Heatwave Over July 4th Weekend

Happy Fourth of July, America. Your gift this year is a heat dome sitting on top of 120 million of you like a wet wool blanket soaked in fire. The National...

Jun 26, 2026

Cape Verde (Pop. 500K) Just Punched Argentina in the Mouth

Cape Verde, a small island archipelago off the west coast of Africa with a population of just over 500,000, has done something no World Cup debutant has...

Jun 26, 2026

USA Loses to Turkey 3-2 But Somehow That's Fine Actually

The United States men's national soccer team lost 3-2 to Turkey on Thursday night at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, in front of what had to be a...

Jun 24, 2026

Switzerland Watched the World Cup in 95-Degree Heat While Its Glaciers Melt

Switzerland won its World Cup match last week. Great news. Meanwhile, the air in Lucerne felt like the Philippines, the glaciers are among the fastest...

Jun 20, 2026

FBI Offers $25K for Man Who Shot an Uber Driver Taking Fans to the World Cup

An Uber driver was shot in the leg while ferrying fans to a World Cup match in Kansas City on Tuesday night. That was just one of five highway shootings police...

Jun 20, 2026

29 Inches of Rain, 108-Degree Heat, and 3M Travelers: America's Weekend From Hell

Louisiana may have just shattered its all-time rainfall record, with an estimated 29 inches falling on a single town in 24 hours. Meanwhile, 29 million people...

Jun 20, 2026

90% of Gaza's Soccer Infrastructure Is Gone. These NJ Kids Still Play.

Palestinian officials told NPR that 90% of Gaza's sports infrastructure has been destroyed and 450 people connected to soccer, players, coaches, referees, and...

Jun 19, 2026

The NFL Kid Who Hid His Soccer Ball Just Scored at the World Cup

A 21-year-old kid who used to hide his love of soccer from his NFL legend father just scored a World Cup goal on home soil and helped send the United States...

Jun 19, 2026

Iran Can Enter the US Day-of and That's It, Says Andrew Giuliani

The United States is hosting the World Cup. One of the teams competing in that World Cup is being told they can fly in the day before a game and must leave the...

Jun 19, 2026

TSA Begs World Cup Tourists: Please Stop Smuggling Ranch Dressing

The Transportation Security Administration has enough on its plate without confiscating bottles of Hidden Valley from bewildered Norwegians. And yet here we...

Jun 18, 2026

World Cup Tourists Are Losing Their Minds Over Free Refills and Buc-ee's

Seventy-five percent of the 2026 FIFA World Cup matches are being played in the United States, which means millions of international visitors are currently...

Jun 16, 2026

A Kansas Town of 100,000 Is Hosting Algeria's World Cup Team and Going Completely Feral About It

A city of 100,000 people in the flatlands of Kansas found out in February that Algeria's national football team was coming to town, and instead of shrugging...

Jun 15, 2026

Rudy's Kid Is Running the World Cup and Deporting Its Referees

The United States is hosting the biggest sporting event on earth, and the man the White House put in charge of it is Rudy Giuliani's son, who is now defending...

Jun 14, 2026

Iran's World Cup Team Just Landed in a Country at War With Them

Iran's national soccer team landed at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday afternoon to play a World Cup group stage match, which would be a perfectly...

Jun 14, 2026

Gio Reyna Scores a Screamer, Then Announces He's Having a Baby

Gio Reyna scored a thunderclap of a goal on the outside of his foot to help the United States open the 2026 World Cup with a 4-1 win over Paraguay. Then,...

Jun 13, 2026

FIFA Sold 70,000 Seats. Nobody Showed Up.

The biggest sporting event on the planet came to the heart of Silicon Valley on Saturday, and thousands of people apparently decided to skip it. Levi's Stadium...

Jun 13, 2026

Qatar's Hosting a World Cup It Can't Even Qualify For Honestly

Qatar spent an estimated $220 billion building stadiums in the desert, importing labor under conditions the United Nations called forced servitude, and bribing...