FROM MONTANA TO PORTUGAL

FROM MONTANA TO PORTUGAL

Red Is the Color of Hell (But My Nails Are Red)

What a football championship in Portugal taught me about joy, mayhem, good and evil — and when to just wear a scarf and yell “offside!”

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Janelle Holden
May 20, 2025
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