Football is a sport of great joy and exceptional sorry. And, increasingly, loss.

Steven Cohen’s radio show found a loyal following hundreds of thousands strong by bringing Premier League talk to the American masses. But his adherence to a poisonous view from a dark period of English football brought it crashing down. by David Yaffe-Bellany | illustration by Quentin Schwab On August 21, 2009, the Los Angeles–based radio show …