Also, it seems that somebody in the N.F.L.'s league office likes them, because the Chiefs are scheduled to play in more high-profile games this season than any other team. They started the season in São Paulo, Brazil, playing the Los Angeles Chargers, on the vanguard of the N.F.L.'s imperial ambitions. They played the Eagles in Week Two, in a rematch of the Super Bowl on Fox. They play in the prime Sunday-night slot three times, and on Monday Night Football twice.
He has somehow managed to make his job, which was supposed to be coaching the school's football team but quickly revealed itself as something more like turning the Tar Heels into a version of the Carolina Panthers that everyone can feel even more embarrassed by, less and less tenable with each passing week. The signs that this might wind up embarrassing for all involved were early and public, but the speed with which that has proved out is astonishing all the same.
In case you think this is just an algorithmically spawned dunkfest, the vibes are similar on YouTube. "This just looks like one episode of the show," reads one comment. "I feel like people were more excited for the 20th anniversary of Revenge of the Sith re release than for this one," reads another. My favorite, though, is this summary: "50% of the comments: Jimmy Kimmel and the Empire, 49.9% of the comments: This Looks Like Season 4, 0.01%: Somehow Razor Crest returned!"
The kit, which combines a white base with black sleeves and neon yellow detailing, was worn for the first time in Saturday's 2-0 Bundesliga win over Heidenheim. But instead of excitement, its debut was met with anger in the stands and online. Fans unfurled banners blasting it as the cruelest jersey in the league while chants of We want black and yellow jerseys rang out before kick-off, a pointed reminder of the club's traditional colours.
Some signings are better received by fans than others, as is well known, but it is questionable whether any new addition has been at the end of such an outpouring of anger as Dynamo Kyiv's acquisition of Vladislav Blanuta. The 23-year-old Moldovan-Romanian striker joined last week for 2.6m (2.3m) from FC U Craiova and the transfer had barely been made public before it transpired that he had shared content by a Russian propagandist on TikTok, to the fans that made him pro-Putin.
