Back in the summer of 2018 I was hired by Religion of Sports (a company started by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan, and Gotham Chopra) to immerse myself in the World Cup and write about if and how it changed me as someone who wasn’t really into soccer. Here are links to all those pieces:
1 – Welcome to Conversion by Immersion (June 14, 2018)
2 – Day #2 on my new diet, The #Goal30 (June 15, 2018)
3 – A running diary of the longest day of the World Cup (June 17, 2018)
4 – I skipped church to watch the World Cup (June 18, 2018)
5 – The Schmeichel Awards (June 20, 2018)
6 – A Q&A with our soccer skeptic (June 21, 2018)
7 – When real life gets in the way of the World Cup (June 25, 2018)
8 – 10 things I’ve learned in the first 2 weeks of the World Cup (June 27, 2018)
9 – Koreans and Mexicans now (and always were) brothers – (June 29, 2018)
10 – Ranking the remaining 16 teams (June 30, 2018)
11 – Blinded by the bright lights (July 2, 2018)
12 – Are PKs okay? (July 5, 2018)
13 – The great soccer divide (July 7, 2018)
14 – What soccer can give and take from other sports (July 9, 2018)
15 – The World Cup doesn’t take a vacation (July 13, 2018)
16 – Where Do We Go From Here? (July 14, 2018)
17 – The Final: A running diary (July 15, 2018)
18 – The Final Whistle (July 24, 2018)