Helping you plan a great football day, plus seismic news in the WNBA

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox.Good morning! Dip with gusto today. Inside: 🏈 How-to for game day hosts 🏀 W’s new boss search begins 😶‍🌫️ What’s that smell? Party Time: Five keys to a perfect football game dayFeel that? That slight crisp in the air?* That nearly imperceptible shift in the winds drifting from the nearest football stadium? A minor seismic event somewhere in the Pacific Northwest as the Lombardi Trophy arises from its slumber? Hear that? The harumphing bellows and tinny clash of a college marching band? The distant roar of a crowd?That, my friends, is the siren call of football season. She is finally here.* If you live in the continental United States, maybe the crispness wa