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Thursday, 22 May 2025
Friday, 06 December 2024
— The groups for the new-format 2025 Club World Cup were drawn this week and we’re in for a couple of absolute treats:
- Al Ahly vs Inter Miami
- Wydad AC vs Al Ain
- Ulsan HD vs Mamelodi Sundowns
- Al Hilal vs Pachuca
I’m sure these games will be instant classics.
Monday, 12 February 2024
— The Super Bowl in Las Vegas: What Would Hunter S. Thompson Think?
The casino where Mr. Thompson found psychedelics almost irrelevant now begs for anti-depressants. It’s the kind of place where room rates start at $25, the pit boss’s suit is three sizes too big, and the air this week carried a scent of cigarettes, perfume and despair.
A man named Daniel, with his wife and two children tucked away in their room, sat vacantly at a slot machine late one night on the Circus Circus casino floor nursing a beer and staring blankly across the room. He was down a couple hundred bucks, hoping his luck would turn.
Nearby, a woman named Hazel, with fake Chinchilla boots and an obscene T-shirt that was far too small, lamented seeing a homeless girl win $500 and then proceed to tap away on the same machine until she was down to 56 cents. “If you got lots of money, you enjoy yourself in Vegas,” she said. “If you’re like me, with a couple hundred bucks, you’re here.”
Las Vegas is a depressing place.
Sunday, 28 January 2024
Australian Open
— I never followed tennis. After all, it’s just two, sometimes four, humans whacking a yellow fur ball back and forth. But seeing it in person, close to the court, with the players playing the ball at up to 200km/h, that’s different. The game is much faster than on TV. If I tried to return one serve, the ball would smack the racquet out of my hand.
Equally impressive are the ball-kid squads. You don’t realise on TV how much they work during a game. The groups function like a machine; collecting balls, and getting them across to the other end of the court so the ball can be handed out to players. All without speaking a single word, they just look at each other and nod.