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If you ever doubt how magical this world is, one day you will decide to go to a World Cup watch party in Oakland that you found online to root for a country where you spent two years trying to coax English out of the mouths of Cape Verdean teenagers. 1/7
TSA warned Europeans not to try to fly home from the World Cup with bottles of ranch dressing.
Kraft is now releasing a pack of TSA-compliant ranch packets that add up to a full bottle.
🚨 Klopp on the USA’s impressive World Cup opener:
“This USA World Cup opener vs Paraguay is a masterclass in how a properly run country prepares for the biggest stage.
Some love saying the United States don’t take football seriously. But the painful truth is this: even the level of seriousness and professionalism they bring to the game is still higher than what we see from some nations that claim football is their everything.
Yes, they have many immigrants in the squad… but that’s not the main reason they’re a decent side. The real secret is the incredible platform, world-class training facilities, and development system they give these players. That’s the difference.
Look at the result: they came out in the opening game and delivered a scoreline better than the previous three matches combined. Thatt can’t be luck. That’s preparation meeting opportunity. This is exactly why they are so proud to be hosting the World Cup. They are not just showing up to participate… they came to make a statement and put the world on notice.”
USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.
Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.
I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."
"They just come with the table, man."
They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.
This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.
I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.
"Did we…?"
"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."
Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.
My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."
Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.
I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.
Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.
I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.
Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.
Hunter Dekkers 👿
• 366 bets
• ~$2,800 wagered
• One bet involving Iowa State football
• Lost entire season, NCAA eligibility, career
Brendan Sorsby 😇
• ~2,900 bets
• ~$90,000 wagered
• 40+ bets involving Indiana football
• Currently eligible after court injunction
Sorsby placed ~8x more bets and wagered ~32x more money than Dekkers…
Scottish soccer superfan Craig Ferguson is nearing the finish line of a coast-to-coast walk across the United States.
He is walking over 3,000 miles from Los Angeles to Boston to raise awareness for men's mental health and to support Scotland's national team in the World Cup.
Dick Vitale is currently battling lung and liver cancer, yet he STILL took a few minutes to talk to me.
Just a remarkable human being.
He's in Des Moines for Unity Point's annual Rally Against Cancer. @KCCINews@DickieV