Code Switch

Why the World Cup is race and class all the way down

Race and class and identity like always seem to be right there on the surface at the World Cup every 4 years. Like, maybe more so than any other sporting event.

The New York Times

How the World Cup’s Most Famous Voice Gets Ready for “GOOOAL!”

It was a very emotional and very authentic broadcast because it was just myself on air, and very happy for my home country. It was something that I had been waiting for as much as all the Argentinian soccer fans for 36 years.

Compound Interest

Wonder’s Marc Lore On Vibe-Coding Restaurants, Drone Delivery, & Becoming "The IPO Guy"

I've learned this lesson that anything fun, you know, in life, you usually lose money on until until sports.

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Formula 1 (Audio)

Formula One is three competitions in one: a 200mph battle of the world's best race car drivers, the world cup of engineering where thousand-plus person teams spend hundreds of millions designing cars from scratch, and — as one listener put it — the Real Housewives of the Garage, a soap opera of billionaire egos, team politics, and paddock drama.

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Formula 1 episode is live!

Formula 1 is the world's premier motorsports series. And shockingly to me as an American, it is actually the world's most popular annual sporting series with 827 million viewers.