Tag Archives: football

How the World Cup discredits nationalism

Germany is not the only team to open up the meaning of nationality
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World Cup: The Trial of the Vuvuzelas

If the vuvuzelas are where the line is to be drawn, where, exactly, do the antics of British fans fall?
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“One Night in Turin”: resurrected football, resurrected pasts

In the dark, all you can do is remember and smile.
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Focus on the Family Super Bowl ad: both abortion AND motherhood matter

Both sides are so blissfully wedded to their ideological positions that women become little more than props.
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The bitter fallout of France vs. Ireland

Roy Keane has been a sobering voice.
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Reconcile U.S. football culture with progressive politics? Yeah, right

Networks of conservative white men almost universally prefer other conservative white men as football head coaches.
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Nick Love’s “The Firm” remake suffers from lack of Oldman

Dom looks for backup, but is left hanging in the cigarette smoke.
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A note to the world: we DO play football in the States!

Team USA is currently in second place in the CONCACAF region and in a great position to qualify for next year's World Cup competition in South Africa.
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Superbowl Sociology and What It Means for the Human Species

The Patriots are 18-1; a man hides his face against my shoulder, because the world had suddenly become too much to bear. A few seconds ago, I was trying to eat two chicken drumsticks at the same time, so you can imagine how dignified I must look.
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