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June 21, 2014
Andrew Helms
An Open Letter to England Fans: Uncle Sam Wants You!
There’s no need to be afraid, you might actually like what you find.
June 21, 2014
Matthew Niederhauser
Photos: Brazilian Vendors, Sticking it to FIFA, Set Up a DIY Fan Fest of Their Own
Matthew Niederhauser’s World Cup Photo Diary: Day Five
June 21, 2014
Kevin Alexander
USA - Portugal Preview: Why the Americans Should Play Ugly (Again) to Record (Another) Sweet Win
Sometimes to win the beautiful game you have to play without beauty.
June 21, 2014
Maia Booker, Miles Kohrman
Photos: There's a Stadium in Germany Where You Can Bring Your Couch and Watch the World Cup
A 20,000-seat living room is the best kind of living room.
June 20, 2014
Joanna Bourke
The History of Pain Is Racist, Sexist, and Classist
June 20, 2014
Ajit Niranjan
Broccoli Juice May Help Your Body Flush Carcinogens—Just Don't Call It a Detox
June 20, 2014
Esther Breger
‘Orphan Black’ Embodies the Female Gaze Better than Anything Else on Television
June 20, 2014
Hillary Kelly
The Stickers Any Loyal Murakami Reader Will Really Want
June 20, 2014
Elizabeth Winkler
A Less Smooth Soccer Ball is Actually More Predictable When It's Kicked
Science explains pressure distribution shifts!
June 20, 2014
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Knausgaard on Angel Di Maria: Looks Like Kafka, Plays Like A Dream
"The first time I saw him play, I thought, That's my man."
June 20, 2014
Eleanor Margolis
Dov Charney, Terry Richardson, and the Misogynistic Truth About Hipster Cool
A bizarre double standard has emerged in the fashion world, where misogyny is OK, as long as it pastiches a bygone era of kitsch female subjugation
June 20, 2014
Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff
After Their South African Disaster, Will France Hold It Together This World Cup?
Looks like it, at least on Twitter
June 20, 2014
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
At This World Cup, England Fans Get Their Disillusionment in First
Low expectations, duly met
June 20, 2014
Leon Krauze
Luis Suarez Is a Beast
On the taxonomy of strikers, the Uruguay star is an apex predator
June 20, 2014
Mimi Dwyer
This Is What It's Like to Go to School in a Town Where Everyone Has Left
Senior-class portraits from America’s vanishing rural communities
June 20, 2014
Shaj Mathew
Why Did Borges Hate Soccer?
Mass culture was anathema to the Argentine writer
June 20, 2014
Kevin Mahnken
5 Companies That Were Fined Heavily for False Advertising
It's Not Just Snapchat*
June 19, 2014
Elaine Teng
Wayne Rooney Not Scoring for England, in GIFs
Forty-one goals in international matches, 40 of which were not scored in the World Cup
June 19, 2014
Luke Dempsey
England's Loss to Uruguay, as Epic Poem
The doggerel of defeat
June 19, 2014
Geoff Dyer
Photo: Bulgarian Wrestling Is a Pain in the Neck

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