How many locals read this Globe headline the other day (‘‘Can’t seem to get their act together’: Boston’s bold dream of hosting World Cup is on shaky ground’) and thought to themselves: ‘Thank God we didn’t host the 2024 Olympics.’* … The whole World Cup-vs-Foxborough spat is just classic Boston. The backbiting, the grudges, business and political leaders’ financial promises and broken promises, the overbudget projects and the behind-schedule projects, etc. … And now, for the second time, the fight is allegedly over. Let the games begin! …

Btw – From the Globe’s Shirley Leung: “Can Bob Kraft save us from the embarrassment of being the worst World Cup host city? No, he can’t.”

* Ah, the glorious memories.