How sport connects US to the world

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As the United States prepares to host the FIFA Men’s World Cup in 2026 and the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028, the Great Game Lab explores the convergence of global sport, media, and geopolitics. We do so through storytelling, research, teaching, and informed conversations.

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How sports connect us… what’s your take? Twenty-ish-minute chats with some of the more compelling protagonists in the great game.

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