Michael MacCambridge
@michaelmaccambridge.com
Author of “America’s Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation,” “The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America,” and other books.
Some ancient history that directly influenced the present day. Enjoyed being part of this project.
As it turns out, most of the soccer success that the U.S. is experiencing right now is thanks to a Kansas City businessman who actually got more famous for the other football: Lamar Hunt.
The other football: When Lamar Hunt helped U.S. soccer go pro
As the United States prepares for the 2026 World Cup, it's hard to remember that professional soccer in this country once felt like an impossible dream. But one Kansas City businessman, better known as the founder of the Chiefs, was a steadfast believer. From the failed attempts at a national league, through the creation of MLS and the very first U.S. soccer stadium — Lamar Hunt was there.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Some ancient history that directly influenced the present day. Enjoyed being part of this project.
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The early Chiefs teams of the 1960s were incredibly impressive in their own right. Loaded with Hall of Famers like Len Dawson, Buck Buchanan and Bobby Bell, the team made the first ever Super Bowl and won one just three years later.
The 1960s Kansas City Chiefs were 'the team that history forgot.' A new book remembers
In his new book The Team That History Forgot, sportswriter Rick Gosselin highlights the story of one of the most exciting professional football teams of the 1960s: the Len Dawson-led Kansas City Chiefs.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The early Chiefs teams of the 1960s were incredibly impressive in their own right. Loaded with Hall of Famers like Len Dawson, Buck Buchanan and Bobby Bell, the team made the first ever Super Bowl and won one just three years later.
Out today. If you’re a football fan, you’ll want to read.
September 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Out today. If you’re a football fan, you’ll want to read.
Adam Smith asks good questions. I give (excessively lengthy) answers. But enjoyed the chat,
Our own @michaelmaccambridge.com interviewed on @theanfieldwrap.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Adam Smith asks good questions. I give (excessively lengthy) answers. But enjoyed the chat,
Had a good time talking with Dan Hesse about the legacy of Lamar Hunt for the Mentors podcast.
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August 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Had a good time talking with Dan Hesse about the legacy of Lamar Hunt for the Mentors podcast.
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On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
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It’s a weird thing. bad-faith-times.ghost.io/in-the-natio...
April 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It’s a weird thing. bad-faith-times.ghost.io/in-the-natio...
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Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
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April 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
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"The security of the world is at stake." Well worth watching President Zelenskyy's interview on 60 Minutes www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview transcript
As Russia's war with Ukraine continues, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits down with Scott Pelley to discuss U.S. support for Ukraine, the war, the Oval Office meeting, and the latest attacks on civil...
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April 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"The security of the world is at stake." Well worth watching President Zelenskyy's interview on 60 Minutes www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine...
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My favorite McIlroy story: he asked Sergio Garcia why he would defect to LIV. "To get paid what I deserve," Garcia said. McIroy reportedly replied something to the effect of, "Sergio. We play golf. We don't deserve to be paid at all."
April 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My favorite McIlroy story: he asked Sergio Garcia why he would defect to LIV. "To get paid what I deserve," Garcia said. McIroy reportedly replied something to the effect of, "Sergio. We play golf. We don't deserve to be paid at all."
Firmino-esque.
I will watch every angle of this no less than 20 times.
Tigres just posted a new angle of Jacquie Ovalle’s goal, and it’s as magical as you’d expect.
March 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Firmino-esque.
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can’t make it three words without fucking up a basic possessive apostrophe
February 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
can’t make it three words without fucking up a basic possessive apostrophe
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Be the most historically learned @chiefs.bsky.social fan at your Super Bowl party this Sunday with the team's 1960s-era origin story (as the *Dallas Texans*) via our Episode 3 with "Lamar Hunt: A Life in Sports" author @michaelmaccambridge.com! goodseatsstillavailable.com/listen/2017/...
EPISODE #03: Author Michael MacCambridge on Lamar Hunt & the American football league — Good Seats Still Available
Sports author/historian Michael MacCambridge ( America’s Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation ; Lamar Hunt: A Life in Sports ) joins Tim Hanlon to discuss the legacy of Lama...
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February 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Be the most historically learned @chiefs.bsky.social fan at your Super Bowl party this Sunday with the team's 1960s-era origin story (as the *Dallas Texans*) via our Episode 3 with "Lamar Hunt: A Life in Sports" author @michaelmaccambridge.com! goodseatsstillavailable.com/listen/2017/...
Endorse.
It appears to this reporter there is cause for arrest here.
February 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Endorse.
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On this day four years ago, I checked my blood pressure while I was watching the attack on the Capitol. The upper number was 190, I was so angry. I'm STILL angry about it.
January 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
On this day four years ago, I checked my blood pressure while I was watching the attack on the Capitol. The upper number was 190, I was so angry. I'm STILL angry about it.
Going to be a good night.
December 16, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Going to be a good night.
My annual modest exercise in public service: 8 1/2 hours of rock, soul, pop, jazz and R&B Christmas music. With new adds this year from Sabrina Carpenter, Zooey Deschanel, the Roots, Walker Hayes, Jordin Sparks, and a banger from Cher.
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A Rock 'n' Soul Christmas 2024
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December 2, 2024 at 4:13 PM
My annual modest exercise in public service: 8 1/2 hours of rock, soul, pop, jazz and R&B Christmas music. With new adds this year from Sabrina Carpenter, Zooey Deschanel, the Roots, Walker Hayes, Jordin Sparks, and a banger from Cher.
open.spotify.com/playlist/1eM...
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It’s December 1st and we should all pay homage to Rosa Parks today. On this day in 1955 she decided not to give her seat up on a bus in Alabama, and well the rest is history. We are all going to need to channel our Rosa Park’s for the next four years! Thank you Rosa for showing us how to #Resist
December 1, 2024 at 7:05 PM
It’s December 1st and we should all pay homage to Rosa Parks today. On this day in 1955 she decided not to give her seat up on a bus in Alabama, and well the rest is history. We are all going to need to channel our Rosa Park’s for the next four years! Thank you Rosa for showing us how to #Resist
What he said.
November 17, 2024 at 1:38 PM
What he said.
August 23, 2024 at 12:53 AM
August 23, 2024 at 12:53 AM
August 23, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Thanks for the kind words, and close read. It was inevitable, I suppose, that some would assume the book was pure nostalgia. It’s gratifying when readers grasp the larger point, that the decade was crucial in shaping the landscape of American sports today.
I finished this book about an hour ago. It did not turn out as I thought it would, from my judging of the book by its cover. The author took it in a different direction, with a depth of theme I’d not imagined. I really enjoyed it, and will pass it along to others.
August 15, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Thanks for the kind words, and close read. It was inevitable, I suppose, that some would assume the book was pure nostalgia. It’s gratifying when readers grasp the larger point, that the decade was crucial in shaping the landscape of American sports today.