HuffPost • 1st July 2018

'Every Day, A New 7-1': How Brazil's Worst World Cup Loss Became A National Meme

Four years later, on the eve of its Round of 16 match against Mexico, Brazil is once again among the favorites to win the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Since that awful night in Belo Horizonte, Brazil has won an Olympic gold medal and briefly regained FIFA’s top overall ranking. It has lost just once in the two years that the current manager, Tite, has been in charge. Brazil won two of its first three matches in Russia; now, the Brazilians are just four wins away from an unprecedented sixth World Cu...

HuffPost • 17th August 2016

The Olympics Are Always A Disaster For Poor People

From Atlanta to London and Beijing to Rio, the destruction of poor communities isn't a byproduct of the Olympic Games. It's the product of the Olympic Games.

HuffPost • 1st July 2018

'Every Day, A New 7-1': How Brazil's Worst World Cup Loss Became A National Meme

Brazil's 7-1 loss to Germany in 2014 is now used to describe everything from a bad day at the office to the country's political turmoil.

HuffPost • 27th June 2018

Switzerland’s World Cup Team Sits At The Heart Of Europe’s National Identity Panic

Switzerland is among the world’s most ethnically diverse soccer teams — and the Swiss right-wing isn’t happy about it.

HuffPost • 10th May 2017

Tokyo's 'Sustainable' Olympics Is Being Built With Wood From Rainforests, Activists Say

The 2020 Olympic host is facing calls to stop using suppliers accused of illegal logging on indigenous lands.

ThinkProgress • 12th March 2015

The Inside Story Of The Best Gay Soccer Team In The World

HuffPost • 6th November 2015

High School Steroid Testing's Biggest Backer Now Has Regrets

Texas' high school steroid testing program was supposed to be a model for the nation. Now, Don Hooton fears it taught us all the wrong lessons.

HuffPost • 6th October 2016

Nobody Asked Rio's Poor About The Olympics. So They Yelled Louder.

Rio's favelas find their voice by protesting the games' broken promises.

2nd June 2015

‘Does Your Boyfriend Know You Are Here?’: The Fight Against Casual Homophobia In English Soccer

LGBTQ fan groups are sprouting at England's biggest soccer clubs, forcing the sport to reckon with its homophobic past -- and present.

HuffPost • 15th June 2018

The United States Has A World Cup Team: It's Mexico

On the march with Pancho Villa's Army, the Mexico fan group spreading across America.