World Cup kickoff: Goals, greed, and geopolitics, with ESPN’s Sam Borden
Despite FIFA's controversial financial practices and high ticket prices that risk excluding global fans, the World Cup remains a powerful cultural equalizer, uniting people across vast socioeconomic divides through shared passion for the game. The 2026 tournament, hosted across the U.S.,
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