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What we're reading Thursday
1. U.S. cities hosting World Cup: @Tom_Dart (Guardian)
2. Virus-stricken Brazil to host tournament: @FlaMilhorance & @londonoe (NY Times)
3. Union Omaha player indicted in internet scams: @aliaconleyOWH (Omaha World-Journal)
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Baltimore or DC? Orlando, Miami, or both? As the US kicks off a busy summer of games on home soil, 17 American cities are fighting for 10 places as the battle to host 2026 World Cup games heats up
theguardian.com/football/202…
Why the pandemic could lead to a rise in hazings as college teams return to action
theguardian.com/sport/2021/m…
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Authorities are searching for a Texas man out on bond on a murder charge after he sped off with his tiger, which had terrified people by wandering around a Houston area neighborhood. apne.ws/4vyPWcX
In which I talk to Brett Favre about the power of celebrity and monetising Mother's Day: theguardian.com/sport/2021/f…
"RugbyTown USA": The tiny Colorado city with a plan to turn unemployed American football players into rugby internationals theguardian.com/sport/2021/j…
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Klete Keller was somebody, a two-time Olympic gold medallist who swam in three Games. Then he was nobody, aimless, penniless and reduced to sleeping in his car. Now he is 'Person 1' in court documents. By @Tom_Dart theguardian.com/sport/2021/j…
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A kind, unassuming man with a distinct and deft style of writing with whom it was truly a pleasure to work during his years with The Times. Such sad news. Farewell Kevin bit.ly/31JWTTE #KevinMcCarra
Detailed look at MLR's politics and economics by @MartinPengelly, the Jacques Cousteau of American rugby deep dives
theguardian.com/sport/2020/o…
"He was unashamedly erudite, but also had great warmth. He was a pioneer who changed Scottish football journalism but, most fundamentally, he was a thoroughly nice man." @jonawils has Kevin McCarra exactly right. He was smart and kind.
A tribute to Kevin McCarra, who I was lucky enough to edit:
“He was, as his friend Philippe Auclair put it, “a gentle fanatic”, obsessed by Celtic but never partisan.
He was unashamedly erudite, but also had great warmth” theguardian.com/p/fxggj/stw
Seen and not Herd: why has Austin's pro rugby team named itself after a non-existent cocktail? theguardian.com/sport/2020/f…
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“Andrew Douglas had a training day where the players had to run to all the memorials on the National Mall”
– @OldGloryDC prepare for @USMLR, leaving only one question: “If Lincoln is captain & No8 in the All-Presidents XV, because obvs, who's fly-half? –gu.com/p/d7zcy/stw
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MLS news bomb from @DavidWaldstein: NYCFC is on the verge of a stadium deal. In the Bronx. nytimes.com/2020/02/07/sport…
Two decades after his first failed attempt, a wrestling tycoon is trying again to launch an American football league, and St Louis fans are aiming to prove a point to Stan Kroenke
theguardian.com/sport/2020/f…
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Here's Len Dawson smoking a cigarette and drinking a Fresca *during halftime* of Super Bowl I.
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I wrote about fraud, America and Gresham's dynamic: when an incentive structure becomes so perverse that cheaters prosper, bad ethics will drive out good ethics from the market. theguardian.com/sport/2020/j…
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Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora fired amid multiple sign-stealing scandals theguardian.com/sport/2020/j…
The Astros' fall from grace in one of baseball's biggest recent scandals: from champions to cheats theguardian.com/sport/2020/j…
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Rate of VAR overturns in Premier League this season:
First 8 rounds of matches: 1 every 5.3 games
Next 14 rounds: 1 every 2.6 games
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How one man used royalty, rednecks and football to help Syrian refugees @SBrennerNews theguardian.com/football/201…
