It all started at the television. At this World Cup I watched Norway handle Iraq, and what struck me wasn’t the tactics but the physical mismatch. The Norwegians looked bigger, taller, heavier. And a thought appeared. See, Latvian hockey figured out long ago that player size is an essential ingredient of winning. Exactly the same with Latvian basketball. […]
links: 03.07.2026
The Athletic: There are 99 French-born players at this World Cup. Welcome to the beating heart of global football The Athletic reports that 99 players at this year’s World Cup were born in France — more than in any other country (the Netherlands is a distant second with 67) — and many of them represent other national teams: […]
links: 30.06.2026
Wired: How Hunter Biden Won the Internet Wired spent months talking to Hunter Biden — the son of a former US president — about his return to public life. For three years he stayed silent and painted in a Malibu garage, but in May, after nearly a decade away, he began posting on X again and gained more […]