Am I crazy or with the World Cup starting in America it kind of feels like the NBA Finals aren’t that important anymore. Like nobody cares anymore.

El fútbol es engaño y picardía. Volver atrás y desvirtuar el juego para revisar esto es ir en contra de la esencia que nos identifica. Si quieren un deporte perfecto y justo inventen otra cosa. A lo que conocimos como fútbol lo mataron para siempre.

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving. Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free. I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these." "They just come with the table, man." They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner. This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat. I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared. "Did we…?" "Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless." Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined. My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude." Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man. I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy. Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived. I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most. Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

For those whose objection to soccer is the lack of scoring, the USA beat Paraguay 28-7.

La regla de la “Identidad equivocada” se aplicó por primera vez en la historia del fútbol. El VAR intervino para trasladar una tarjeta amarilla del defensor Ream de Estados Unidos al atacante Almirón de Paraguay, quien había simulado una falta. Opiniones?

The @Aces host Cancer Survivorship Night tomorrow, presented by Renown. 🚪 5:35 p.m. Gates open 
🎉 6:25 p.m. Pregame ceremonies & first pitch 
⚾ 6:35 p.m. Game starts I'll be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. Get there early! 🎟️ milb.com/reno/tickets/cancer…

Watch party is filling in ⚽️ First of many!

A Gaudí siempre le preguntaban cuando acabarían lss obras, y el siempre respondía que su cliente no tiene prisa. Para Antoni Gaudí, que murió tal día como hoy, hace 100 años, ingresado en un hospicio porque lo tomaron por un mendigo tras ser atropellado por un tranvía, habría sido un sueño saber que el Papa, los Reyes de España, el presidente del Gobierno y de la Generalitat, el alcalde de Barcelona y una larga lista de autoridades estarían, un siglo después, rindiéndole homenaje y mirando al cielo para ver cómo se iluminaba la torre de la iglesia más alta del mundo. La epopeya de la Sagrada Familia, 144 años en construcción, y que aún no ha acabado, ha tenido uno de sus días para la historia con la solemne ceremonia religiosa que ha culminado con la bendición del Papa a la Torre de Jesucristo. Otro momento que hará que la imagen de Barcelona dé la vuelta mundo, con 9.000 personas dentro del templo y 130.000 en el exterior Y lo de los drones eso ya no se como expresarlo, mejor verlo.

Tomorrow: Our first World Cup Watch Party ⚽ Join us on the front lawn at Greater Nevada Field and watch Mexico v. South Africa on our new video board! Bring your chairs and blankets to enjoy the game with no Aces game ticket required! Learn more 🔗: milb.com/reno/fans/soccer-wa…

This sucks

Spurs fans literally had to HIDE BEHIND THE POLICE to be protected from the mob of angry Knicks fans INSANE

Trey Mancini drives in a run in his first at-bat since July 31, 2023 👏