Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin talk to ESPN’s Ryan O’Hanlon about the terrifying scenes at the Copa America finale in Miami and the firing of U.S. men’s head coach Gregg Berhalter. Then Stefan interviews 2024 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion Paolo Pasco and writer Hoang-Kim Vu, who chronicled the event.
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At Wimbledon, 21-year-old Carlos Alcaraz swept aside 37-year-old Novak Djokovic to win his fourth major tournament and solidify his rise to the top of men’s tennis. Barbora Krejcikova defeated Jasmine Paolini in a wide-open women’s field.
Read Ryan O’Hanlon’s work in ESPN; buy his book, Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution; and subscribe to his Substack, No Grass in the Clouds.
The Athletic’s Paul Tenorio, Jack Lang, and Felipe Cardenas chronicled the dangerous scenes in Miami at the finale of the Copa America soccer tournament.
Fox Sports announcer Stuart Holden’s wife, Karalyn Holden, wrote about being trapped in the crowd outside the stadium before the game. Video showed barricades collapsing and fans climbing over walls and through vents to enter the stadium.
At a semifinal in Charlotte, N.C., Uruguayan players fought with Colombian fans in the stands after the game. Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa defended his players and criticized the tournament’s organizers, the South American soccer federation CONMEBOL.
In Slate, Eric Betts wrote about the firing of U.S. men’s national team coach Gregg Berhalter after the team’s Copa America flameout.
Read Ryan O’Hanlon’s stories in ESPN, “What would a USMNT coached by Jurgen Klopp really look like?” and “Why USMNT isn’t as good as it thinks after Copa America exit.”
Klopp rebuffed an overture about the job. But Luis de la Fuente, who guided Spain to victory in the European Championship final on Sunday, might be interested.
Watch Paolo Pasco win the finals of the 2024 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
Read Hoang-Kim Vu’s story in Defector about the tournament, “The World’s Fastest Crossword Solvers Can’t Tell You How To Do This.”
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