Kicking the Habit

“Quincy Promes was on his phone, again. The soccer star was constantly fielding messages: about his role on the most famous team in the Netherlands, his place on the Dutch national squad, the endorsement deals that netted him a small fortune. But this time, Promes was texting from a burner phone about his secret life off the field. It was early 2020. One of the country’s most famous athletes was finalizing the import of a shipment of cocaine arriving at a Belgian port.” WaPo (Gift Article): Behind the mask: How a soccer star became a cocaine trafficker. And how he’s still playing soccer! (Read it now, watch it as a Netflix series later…)