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The grotesque. 🇺🇸🇱🇷

So glad you're doing this again!

🔴⚽ My new book "Kicking" is available for preorder at the @dukepress.bsky.social website at a 30% discount w/ the code E26KICK. The book braids memoir w/ my analytical writing on soccer politics. Preorders help a lot, so I'd be grateful if you'd consider the possibility. www.dukeupress.edu/kicking

The grotesque.

Very solid group for the United States.

Winner (Ukraine, Sweden, Poland, Albania) to group F with Netherlands et al. "Jor-DAN," says Gretzky. They're in J with Argentina, Algeria and Austria. Winner (DRC, Jamaica, New Caledonia) in K with Portugal and co GHANA with England, Croatia and Panama And New Zealand into the Belgium group.

Wayne Gretzky is great at hockey and terrible at geography. #WorldCupDraw

Absolutely! The most lively, for sure. I feel bad for Haiti, though.

Poor Haiti...very tough group for the avengers of the new world. #WorldCupDraw

Tunisia with Netherlands and Japan Egypt with Belgium and Iran Scotland with Brazil and Morocco !!!! This one is shaping up to be fun Saudi Arabia with Spain and Uruguay -- tough group

Algeria with Argentina and Austria. Heads will remember the last time Algeria and Austria were in the same group Uzbekistan !! new to the party and drawn with Portugal and Colombia Panama joins England and Croatia Norway joins Senegal and France. Yikes !!! Another HARD one

Senegal v France!! Love it!! 2002 redux! They're writing the narrative for us! #WorldCupDraw @soccerpolitics.bsky.social @siddharthamitter.bsky.social

Now online with the Penn Law Review! SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Anyone else attending ASA next week in Atlanta? If so, hit me up! And come to our History in Africa roundtable!!

From the rockstar who brought you "The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer," and the man who brought you Tomáš Souček in The Sound of Music: a 2-part episode you better enjoy! Honored to have David Goldblatt. Part 1: tinyurl.com/yej6f23d Part 2: tinyurl.com/nvd7374r

Got a new book coming out in fall 2026! I'll post the cover when I get it!

⚽ Les Bleus verront l'Amérique. Portée par sa superstar Kylian Mbappé, auteur d'un doublé et héros du match, l'équipe de France a réussi sa mission et a brillamment décroché son billet pour le Mondial-2026 en écrasant l'Ukraine (4-0), jeudi au Parc des Princes.

Anyone else reading or read Jonathan Wilson's new book *The Power and the Glory: A History of the World Cup*? I'm about halfway through, and I'm enjoying it, but I also have thoughts...

This dude just went UP TWO WEIGHT CLASSES and won all the belts! Unreal! #CaneloCrawford

TERRENCE CRAWFORD!!! What an incredible, all-time performance!! #CaneloCrawford

Dear boxing, Everyone is watching. Don’t mess this up. 117-111

WHAT A FIGHT!! It's gotta be Crawford!!! Canelo looked overwhelmed and frustrated...and a bit wobbly at the end. #CaneloCrawford

This last round is going to be mayhem. #CaneloCrawford

I know, I know, but I like Max Kellerman. #CaneloCrawford

I'm legitimately tired just thinking about how tired I'd be if I boxed half of one round. #CaneloCrawford

THAT LAST ROUND WAS 🔥!! #Round9 #CaneloCrawford

What were their weigh-in weights? I missed it getting a beer before the fight! #CaneloCrawford

Dude, I have no idea who is winner this fight, but I'm having a nice time watching it. Crawford up, yes? #CaneloCrawford

Oh, and I love 95th-minute Icelandic own goals, don't we all, @roperlou.bsky.social and @gauthamrao.bsky.social ?

Every annoying human on this earth is at the Canelo–Crawford fight. Helluva fight so far, though. #CaneloCrawford

Canelo–Crawford!!! Welcome back, Max Kellerman!

The grotesque.

I love you, New Orleans. My home.

It's wonderful to see students back on campus. A new academic year begins, and we will teach, study, and learn together come hell or high water.

Also, my new edited volume, *Met by the Love of Liberty: History and Identity in Americo-Liberian Memory*, will be out with Indiana University Press next fall!

Oasis in NYC this weekend...

The grotesque.

What's up with everyone who has the "QUACK QUACK QUACK" ringtone never having their phones on silent?

Just got these two bad boys in the mail. Now I can't decide which one to read first. I might have to do chapter ping pong. 📘🏓 This dilemma brought to you by @mmvty.bsky.social and @juliagaffield.bsky.social

"2025 is their vintage year, their grand cru!" #championsleague #PSG

The #EuropaLeague Final this year features the team in 17th place in the Premier League against the team in 16th place. My god, that's atrocious.

meanwhile www.ft.com/content/c00e...

Wait, doesn't the Library of Congress have a copy of every book? Isn't that kind of the point of having it?

Between this, Sinners, and the Cowboy Carter tour... www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

American accent but not too heavy. Not like, as someone on the group chat put it, Cardinal John Wayne

The Swiss Guard swag is too much.

She's awesome, and I'm sure the book will be too!! Hearty, hearty congrats!!

FREE–ONE!!

The treaty of recognition between the United Kingdom and Liberia. This document made Britain the first country in the world to recognize Liberia's independence in 1848. This is one of the three most important documents in Liberia's history. To get to hold it with my own hands is overwhelming.