writing and fact checking @ NYT Books, editing Golden Goal
Miguel Salazar
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If, like me, you lie awake at night puzzling over the poor state of Belarusian football, here’s a piece for you.
On a serious note, I interviewed two journalists, Yauhen Merkis and Maks Berazinaki, who stood up to Lukashenko’s regime and paid the price. Their courage and good humor are remarkable.
Miguel Salazar
Kári Tulinius
I profiled Ben Lerner for @nymag.com
www.vulture.com/article/ben-...
For the @goldengoalmag.bsky.social newsletter, I wrote about the rise of Gianni Infantino and examined how his priorities are shaping FIFA, the World Cup, and global soccer. I also made fun of him for looking like a dumbass at the World Baseball Classic
goldengoalmag.substack.com/p/what-was-g...
Ahead of today's Argentina game, Sergio Levinsky has a great essay on the complex and long-running fight over the future of the country's powerful football association, involving Javier Milei, Mauricio Macri, Chiqui Tapia and, of course, a lot of corruption goldengoal.world/2026/06/22/o...
In this week's newsletter @salazar.bsky.social examines Inter Miami's White House visit, which wasn't really about Messi or Trump. Instead, it was about the team's billionaire owner Jorge Mas—and his family's decadeslong push for regime change in Cuba goldengoalmag.substack.com/p/theres-mor...
Hua Hsu! Hamid Ismailov! Dimitry Ed Park! Elias Léger! Salar Abdoh! Francesco Pacifico! Aaron Timms! Elle Hardy! Zito Madu! Laurent DuBois! Merve Emre! Many more!
Kevin Lozano
As the Albiceleste defends its World Cup title, a fight over the future of Argentine football continues in the shadows
The country's beautiful, ascendent soccer has since been crushed by a regime intent on silencing players and fans at all costs.
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Alex Shephard
Alex Shephard
I'm talking to Simon Kuper about the World Cup and his latest book World Cup Fever now open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Golden Goal
The great Hamid Ismailov wrote about the heyday of Uzbek football for @goldengoalmag.bsky.social! goldengoal.world/2026/06/17/u...
The Golden Goal launch party will be on June 11 at Threes Brewing! Join us as we celebrate the start of the World Cup and our beautiful new magazine. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/golden-goa...
The FIFA boss's attendance offers a window into his relationship to power and the priorities that really shape the World Cup and global soccer.
The Golden Goal launch party will be on June 11 at Threes Brewing! Join us as we celebrate the start of the World Cup and our beautiful new magazine. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/golden-goa...
Here’s one last peak inside our print magazine, which ships next week.
Preorder on our website: goldengoal.world
Golden Goal
An exiled novelist remembers the heyday of Uzbek football ahead of their World Cup debut against Colombia
