Outside of Ryu, Guile and Chun Li that Street Fighter movie casting feels like a Funny or Die sketch from 2009

Spoke to Trent Alexander-Arnold: 🥰 why he’s impressed by Real Madrid dressing room 🇪🇸Alonso 1-on-1 attention aiding language barrier 🔝DNA of "Real: “winning trophies is what we do” 🥵 “Ridiculously hot” afternoon games making it hard to “think straight” nytimes.com/athletic/64554…

Paul Pogba is set to undergo a medical at Monaco on Friday ahead of a proposed move to the Ligue 1 club. More from David Ornstein, Simon Johnson & Greg O'Keeffe ⤵️

It’s exactly 1 week since Attack! was released to the world, met with overwhelming acclaim. I’m not surprised. The 1st vinyl run sold out in 3 hours, 100,000s of streams on all the music services you can name, the best album ever made? That’s not for me to say. (Thanks everyone)

Stream it here if you want your life to improve 9000 per cent open.spotify.com/album/3yJzx7oi…

Barcelona would like their captain Marc-Andre ter Stegen to leave to free up space for their summer transfers. Ter Stegen is determined to stay. It is a complex situation which does not seem to have an easy solution. So what's next for the club and the player? 📝 Pol Ballús

Only 1 of every 200 academy players make a career in football. JG has asked what happens to the 99% who don't 'make it'. The results are alarming. Many are identityless, isolated from society, fragile. Football must do more. The Athletic | Football nytimes.com/athletic/64476…

When the chairman says the planning for the new season has already begun after relegation, but the manager says there have been no discussions with the club, it was clear the plan didn't involve RvN. #LCFC Here is how we have come to this point... nytimes.com/athletic/62720…

got a book off of eBay that's been shipped with a kleenex lid bookmark with "open banking APIs" on the back

They look good again, huh? Real good.

For British GQ, I spoke to elite Mario Kart World players about the wild, joyous, and sometimes painful race for world records after release day. A real joy getting to know this community. Thanks to Alberto, SKaR, Vantox . and others gq-magazine.co.uk/article/mario-…

Transfers that shook the world podcast from The Athletic | Football Out today: Van Persie to Man United. With host Ayo Akinwolere plus David Ornstein Amy Lawrence Oliver Kay and myself. Enjoy. pod.fo/e/2f0050

Ah come on now...

🚨 Bryan Mbeumo has told Brentford & Tottenham he will only join Manchester United if he leaves Brentford this summer. #MUFC proposals £45m+£10m & £55m+£7.5m; still short of #BrentfordFC valuation - talks ongoing. #THFC deny making any offer The Athletic | Football nytimes.com/athletic/64475…

What a quote.

TV on the Radio tonight were very special. Tunde Adebimpe remains brilliant

CM Punk doesn't deserve a band this good...

They should re-release Morbius one more time just to be sure.

Thank goodness