On July 27th, just months after the end of Pep Guardiola's first campaign as coach of Bayern Munich—one in which his…

A version of this story originally appeared in the fall 2012 edition of XI Quarterly.

Whenever I hear hardcore cycling fans explain the Tour de France to novices, they seem to emphasize one aspect of…

Amsterdam is a city so prone to stereotypes it's hard to tell, from a distance, if it's a real place or if it's a…

If you know anything about German soccer, even if you're a not a hardcore fan and only pay attention when the World…

Before Jürgen Klinsmann snubbed Landon Donovan, before he coached Bayern Munich or the U.S. and German national…