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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Chili dogs are less readily available than I would like, so it’s clearly time to revise my research agenda.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

what if I want to yell at you for something different

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am unable to put into words how unhappy the ending of the Cowboys game made me.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am certain that decades in the future people will insist various Messi clips are AI.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The original answer to the question: What if we cast a tv show filled top to bottom with f*cking ballers?

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I like the amazing scorers (Mbappe, Haaland, etc.) like everybody else. But holy cow is Michael Olise good.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Why must you throw shade at poor Charles Fried, madam?

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Props to the fan at Portugal - Spain wearing his Texas Rangers hat. Represent, my man!

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I will forever stan Jordan Henderson for captaining Liverpool to its first EPL title in 30 years…but good lord this is funny.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It’s funny, people will remember Bellingham’s two goals but will forget that he was absolutely everywhere on the pitch, defending with an intensity and tirelessness that boggled the mind. I’m a neutral, but that was an insane individual performance by Jude Bellingham.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Bellingham was unbelievable in that match. A monster performance.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This Mexico -England match is really boring SAID NO ONE

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

How did the English smuggle their weather past customs

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I tried to go to a popular DFW soccer pub for England - Mexico. I got there 90 minutes early. Line was an hour long to get in! Not surprised, just reporting on, you know, WORLD CUP FEVER

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The arguments they make here are *terrible.*

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The red card was ludicrous and Flo deserves to play. FIFA has the explicit power to do this, it’s in the rules and they did it re Ronaldo. That said, I’m dying for some reporter to get the full backstory on this.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Teams at the 2026 WC who weren’t beating Paraguay at halftime: France Germany Australia Turkiye Teams that were: USMNT

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

France and Paraguay both honoring the game location (Philly) by chirping and getting chippy

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Canada much better than Morocco (a top ten team in the world) that half, but scoreline is 0-0.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Why, yes, I will celebrate the Fourth by drinking a fine local ale and watching soccer and wearing a shirt that says “Please Insert Sandwich,” why do you ask

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

With respect, I feel it more intensely than ever. I’m not going to let cosplaying half-wits, masked goons, corrupt grifters, or fake tough guys claim America’s mantle or holidays. No way, no how.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Hasn’t really been institutions or big business that‘ve resisted authoritarianism. It’s been stubborn everyday Americans who know this ain’t how America should be. Wine moms, union members, comedians, students, grand juries, Jersey guys. These patriots are the real heirs of the Greatest Generation.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

There’s always malignant forces in America, aiming to poison and pervert the American experiment. So too today. But they’re in the minority. The rest of us will not run and we will not forget who we are. They do not get to win, and they won’t. Real patriots will. /end

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy Birthday, America! Democracy. Freedom. Rule of Law. Washington. Lincoln. Frederick Douglass. FDR. King. Yorktown. Gettysburg. Belleau Wood. Omaha Beach. Sea of Tranquility. We’re not a perfect country, but we‘ve got a hell of a highlight reel. /1

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CNN @cnn.com · 04/07/2026

Pope Leo XIV marked July 4 with an appeal to Americans to receive immigrants with “compassion and generosity” as he made a visit to the frontlines of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. cnn.it/3ThA07r

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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Article III of FIFA prohibits penalty kicks without a live controversy.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This has been the game of the tournament. My word.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Stu Holden says simply: “I love this game, man.”

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Some guy on Argentina we’ve never heard of just scored

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I love many different types of hot dogs and refuse to pick a winner.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Can you tell us the relevant FIFA regulation that says that? Not saying you’re wrong, I would just like to see the regulation.

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Brendan S. Maher @brendansmaher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

For YEARS I‘ve listened to English fans run down CONCACAF: “JV,” ”Sunday league,” etc. Good luck at the Azteca on Sunday, England. You have *no idea* what is in store for you.

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