Reporter @TheAthleticFC. Sports Journalist of the Year, 2023 & 2025, awarded by @SportSJA. Based in NYC. Now on Blue Sky. adamcrafton.bsky.social
Joined January 2011
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Apr 27
Thank you very much for this award @SportSJA - sadly unable to travel so thank you even more for allowing my mum and dad to have a special moment (with the awesome @lmwilliamson7) to go up and receive it ❤️❤️❤️
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29 Sep 2022
Don’t underestimate Liz Truss is the new don’t underestimate Turkey at Euro 2020
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Wow this is almost as big in New York as when Arsenal won the league
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Some of the names in attendance at MetLife include artists, former players, supermodels and YouTubers…including Travis Scott, Tom Brady, Zinedine Zidane, Paul Pogba, Marcelo, Kaka, Ronaldo, Rodrygo, Adrianna Lima and iShowSpeed.
nytimes.com/athletic/live-bl…
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Just saw a Brazilian team analyst sprinting through the press room with a laptop to get down to the dressing room ahead of half time. He looked as frazzled as Brazil’s midfield for most of that first half.
For more such insights:
nytimes.com/athletic/live-bl…
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I very much hope for Man Utd's sake that Ederson (on the bench) is better than this version of Casemiro, who has... toiled...
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The New York school buses are in Manhattan to take fans to the MetLife stadium.
Brazil vs Morocco in the World Cup is a slightly more appealing proposition than a day in the classroom...
📼 @AdamCrafton_
Brazil vs. Morocco — World Cup live blog: bit.ly/3QkfSAw
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Riding the yellow school bus service from Manhattan to MetLife stadium… 😆 🚌
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This has been a pretty fun authentic experience. Traffic gotten pretty heavy on the final few miles to MetLife but that’s pretty authentic too
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Brazil fans have just been waiting all this time to be taught how to celebrate. I mean, honestly! 😅
World Cup tourists in NYC really have no idea what they’re about to witness if the Knicks win tonight…..
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England have recovered several items of stolen training kit after they were taken from a team vehicle in Kansas City, Missouri.
The theft occurred when the FA’s logistical team was setting up their new base at the Swope Soccer Village, in Kansas City, during the tournament – with the items taken from a van which was still to be unloaded.
More from @David_Ornstein
FREE TO READ: nyti.ms/4vcscCe
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Brazil v Morocco is sold-out, according to numbers shared with me this morning. Big test for transport.
Important note for fans: the $20 shuttle bus service is capped in availability so don’t just turn up at those pick up points without a ticket in advance.
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Jun 12
One day from MetLife opener, after months of drama…
-Tens of thousands of transit tickets need to be sold in next 24 hrs
-2 boats & 500 buses on standby if $98 trains can’t go
-Lanes approaching Lincoln tunnel reserved for “FIFA-permitted vehicles”
nytimes.com/athletic/7354411…
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Jun 13
So so good for the tournament that all three host nations have turned up. Will make such a buzz across the cities.
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Jun 12
I just met Frank and Francisco from Chicago who are head-to-toe covered in stars and stripes.
They told me they’re going to 14 World Cup matches and paid over $34,000 for tickets. Said they’ll “absolutely” wear these outfits to all 14.
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Jun 12
Some stadium staff at USA-Paraguay game wearing these ‘Kick Ice Out’ badges, as first reported by @AdamCrafton_
Asked one server working in hospitality if they’d had any backlash from guests. ‘No, not really. It’s been good, they said.
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