The best part of ‘College Football 26,’ plus some hilarious trading cards

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Time to hit the sticks. Over the last few days, The Athletic has paid me to play a video game, EA Sports’ “College Football 26.” It’s a great game, and seems like a vast improvement on last year’s re-debut. It was also strangely emotional.  Before I get to my review, let’s start with the latter point:  For may college football fans around, say, 25-45, EA’s NCAA Football franchise was a ritual every year. In its first...