The CSKA Moscow/Spartak Moscow rivalry
has everything a hot-blooded sports fan could possibly wish for:
Matches played in front of 75,000 fans and 2,400 guards (guards spaced
three feet apart and protected by a moat, a fence, and a legion of
attack dogs), reliably frequent violent outbursts, fans ripping seats
out of the stadium to brain each other with, and full-speed play in two
feet of snow surrounded by howling crowds of shirtless drunks.
Over the weekend, these sporting Russian hooligans further endeared themselves to the international community with a display of devotion to soccer's most venerated cephalopod, Paul the Psychic Octopus.
Holly, 30, Aquarius. South Georgia, by way of the 213 and the cradle of the atomic bomb. I've been a stagehand, a bartender, a sketch writer, a video editor, a propagandist, a political intern, and a sportswriter. I 