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The World Cup Effect. Soccer fans have descended upon North America to take in all of the action of the 2026 World Cup. The United States, Canada and Mexico are all hosting World Cup games this year, and many football stadiums across the country – like in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia Seattle and the San Francisco Bay area – have been transformed into football stadiums for the competition. Teams from all across […]

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Editor’s Note: Erin Osmon has been awarded one of two No Depression Criticism Fellowships to write in-depth album reviews on roots music’s most important albums. Her first contribution to this Criticism Fellowships kicks off with a review of a classic roots record,

It wasn’t a perfect relationship, but none of them are. As first reported by TMZ, Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason DeFord, filed for divorce from his wife Bunnie Xo, whose real name is Alisa DeFord, back on May 18 in Williamson County Chancery Court, just outside of Nashville. They were married for nearly ten years, and while neither of the two have publicly addressed the separation, though TMZ reported that it was a “mutual decision” and a “private family […]

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He played for multiple teams during his 10-year career, including the Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, and Detroit Red Wings.

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