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We’ve never really played with that trope, even though we could, and maybe should.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

You can find a few old photos, from the late 1980s, of Trump and Hogan posing together, when the future president played host to a couple of major WWE events.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

A few miles from those macabre discoveries, soccer fans will pour into the volcano-shaped Akron Stadium, just outside Guadalajara, for the first of four World Cup matches that will be played there, beginning Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Searing temperatures are also expected in matches played in tournament co-hosts Mexico and Canada, where the mercury has topped 30C in recent days.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

A group of men played guitars and beat drums while everyone sang in Portuguese.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova