Ben Dalusma

8 Things I like & Don’t Like Including N’Golo Kante and Juan Cuadrado

Inspired by the ESPN’s Zach Lowe weekly column on the NBA, I write about random things I like about players, teams and trends at the World Cup.

Saving Mourinho

Jose Mourinho needs to be bold and embrace the audacity of pragmatic football instead of its weaknesses or else the next three…

Five Takeaways From Game 2

During the summer of 2008, Roger Federer lost the Wimbledon final to Rafa Nadal in what many consider to be the greatest tennis game of all time. Rumor has it that Roger took it personally; he spent more time in the training room watching film of Nadal’s game. He changed some his…

5 Takeways from Game 1

Movie sequels are usually horrible. Don’t take my words for it, just watch The Hangover 3, Transformers 17 (?) or the infamous Dumb and Dumber Too. The problem is that sequels try too hard to capture their predecessors’ magic but in the process end up being predictable. We know Paul…

The Case for Lionel Messi

Messi is the best football player of all time. This is not an opinion but a statement of fact. The question is: why?

Act 1– 2005

“Aux âmes bien nées, la valeur n’attend point le nombre des années.” — Corneille Le Cid

On Patience, Open Worlds, The Witcher 3, and Long Games

Act 1 — Patience

Pokemon Crystal was the first game I ever beat. Sure I’d played games before, — Super Mario Brothers 3, Mario 64, and Pokemon Stadium come to mind — I loved them to be sure, but…

Ronaldinho — A Retrospective Look At the Flawed Legend

Iniesta and the Under Appreciation of Greatness