How one man used royalty, rednecks and football to help Syrian refugees Steve Brenner theguardian.com/football/2019/…

Rate of VAR overturns in Premier League this season: First 8 rounds of matches: 1 every 5.3 games Next 14 rounds: 1 every 2.6 games

The Astros' fall from grace in one of baseball's biggest recent scandals: from champions to cheats theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan…

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora fired amid multiple sign-stealing scandals theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan…

I wrote about fraud, America and Gresham's dynamic: when an incentive structure becomes so perverse that cheaters prosper, bad ethics will drive out good ethics from the market. theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan…

Two decades after his first failed attempt, a wrestling tycoon is trying again to launch an American football league, and St Louis fans are aiming to prove a point to Stan Kroenke theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb…

MLS news bomb from David Waldstein: NYCFC is on the verge of a stadium deal. In the Bronx. nytimes.com/2020/02/07/spo…

“Andrew Douglas had a training day where the players had to run to all the memorials on the National Mall” – Old Glory DC prepare for Major League Rugby, leaving only one question: “If Lincoln is captain & No8 in the All-Presidents XV, because obvs, who's fly-half? –gu.com/p/d7zcy/stw

Seen and not Herd: why has Austin's pro rugby team named itself after a non-existent cocktail? theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb…

"He was unashamedly erudite, but also had great warmth. He was a pioneer who changed Scottish football journalism but, most fundamentally, he was a thoroughly nice man." Jonathan Wilson has Kevin McCarra exactly right. He was smart and kind.

Detailed look at MLR's politics and economics by Martin Pengelly, the Jacques Cousteau of American rugby deep dives theguardian.com/sport/2020/oct…

A kind, unassuming man with a distinct and deft style of writing with whom it was truly a pleasure to work during his years with The Times. Such sad news. Farewell Kevin bit.ly/31JWTTE #KevinMcCarra

Klete Keller was somebody, a two-time Olympic gold medallist who swam in three Games. Then he was nobody, aimless, penniless and reduced to sleeping in his car. Now he is 'Person 1' in court documents. By Tom Dart theguardian.com/sport/2021/jan…

"RugbyTown USA": The tiny Colorado city with a plan to turn unemployed American football players into rugby internationals theguardian.com/sport/2021/jan…

In which I talk to Brett Favre about the power of celebrity and monetising Mother's Day: theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb…

Authorities are searching for a Texas man out on bond on a murder charge after he sped off with his tiger, which had terrified people by wandering around a Houston area neighborhood. apne.ws/4vyPWcX

Why the pandemic could lead to a rise in hazings as college teams return to action theguardian.com/sport/2021/may…

Baltimore or DC? Orlando, Miami, or both? As the US kicks off a busy summer of games on home soil, 17 American cities are fighting for 10 places as the battle to host 2026 World Cup games heats up theguardian.com/football/2021/…

What we're reading Thursday 1. U.S. cities hosting World Cup: Tom Dart (Guardian) 2. Virus-stricken Brazil to host tournament: Flávia Milhorance & Ernesto Londoño (NY Times) 3. Union Omaha player indicted in internet scams: @aliaconleyOWH (Omaha World-Journal) ▶️ bit.ly/34HXy9b

Here's Len Dawson smoking a cigarette and drinking a Fresca *during halftime* of Super Bowl I.