Brazil

OLA.

I am traveling around Brazil from June 9 to July 14, covering the World Cup for ESPN and, uh, posting photos to my Instagram account. If you're interested, here's a (continuously updated) list of things I've written:

1. SAO PAULO — E-mails from the president of Brazil.
2. SAO PAULO — The opener, in one (531-word) sentence.
3. SALVADOR — Cristiano (vs. Kanye).
4. SALVADOR — Germans cooking Iberian ham.
5. SALVADOR — The luxuries of Campo Bahia.
6. SALVADOR — "F--- you, go f--- your mother, you son of a b----."
7. SALVADOR – Thrillers and victory cigarettes.
8. MANAUS – American dreams and moths.
9. BELO HORIZONTE – The funeral songs of England.
10. RECIFE – Kyle and the shuttered barbershop of Jah.
11. RECIFE – Costs of following the United States.
12. BRASILIA – Nigeria.
13. BRASILIA – The referee making history.
14. BRASILIA – Hey, America, where are you going?
15. BRASILIA – The greatest goalkeeper on Earth.
16. BRASILIA – Leo Messi in the desert.
17. BELO HORIZONTE – Psychology and Brazil.
18. BELO HORIZONTE – Hell. (Germany 7, Brazil 1.)
19. BRASILIA – What is the point of this thing?
20. RIO DE JANEIRO –  

Morro do Cristo, June 2014