Issue No. 6 | European Qualifying, Premier League Matchweek 1, WNBA playoff spots The stories worth your time. Every Wednesday. The Champions League delivered chaos, the Premier League returned with a statement, Vietnam defended its regional crown, and the WNBA playoff picture is finally complete. Meanwhile, the U.S. Open has already given us one of the most bizarre and star-studded tennis stories of the year. Here’s your midweek roundup. LASK steal the show this week after

Issue No. 5 | WAFCON History, European Football Returns, and the Week in Sports & Music The stories worth your time. Every Wednesday. Welcome back to the Midweek Brief. Another week, another absurd amount of sports to talk about. The last few days have brought historic championships, legendary careers being celebrated, international tournaments setting the stage for the next Olympics, and European football finally beginning to wake back up after the summer. Meanwhile, one of

Issue No. 4 | Malawi's Miracle, Europe's New Season, and the Limits of the Progressive Wave The stories worth your time. Every Wednesday. Welcome back to The Midweek Brief, OffTheRecord's weekly look at the stories shaping sports, politics, culture and everything in between. This week, football has given us one of the most unexpected stories of the summer. Malawi are going to the WAFCON final. A nation that had never reached the knockout stages of the tournament has now reach

Issue No. 3 | African Football Delivers, AEW Heads to Mexico, and Michigan Makes Headlines The stories worth your time. Every Wednesday. Welcome back to the Midweek Brief, where we take a step back from the endless news cycle and look at the biggest stories shaping sport, politics, and culture. Whether it's an underdog making history, a wrestling spectacle, or a political upset, this is where we put it all into perspective. Malawi impress in their first WAFCON, advancing to t

Issue No. 2 | World Cup Drama, Europe's Transfer Frenzy, and the Stories Shaping Football The stories worth your time. Every Wednesday. FIFA World Cup: The Final Four Are Set The quarter-finals delivered exactly what this World Cup has become known for: drama, upsets, heartbreak, and history. While the traditional powers largely remained standing, the tournament's greatest stories continued to shine. Switzerland reached their deepest World Cup run since 1954, while Norway ret

The stories worth your time. Every Wednesday. There has never been more information at our fingertips. Every day we're flooded with breaking news, transfer rumors, political headlines, viral clips, and stories that disappear almost as quickly as they arrive. It can feel impossible to separate what's important from what's merely loud. That's where The Midweek Brief comes in. Every Wednesday, OffTheRecord will take a step back from the constant news cycle and highlight the stor