As I said in an earlier post, I had not read much of Grant Wahl's soccer journalism until after his death last week. Over at Jacobin, journalist Abe Asher offers a tribute. Here is a taste of "For Grant Wahl, Soccer Was a Window Into the Best and Worst of Humanity": The day after forty-nine-year-old soccer journalist Grant Wahl collapsed in the press tribune at a World Cup quarterfinal in Qatar and died of an aortic aneurysm, a Los Angeles Times headline compared Wahl’s … [Read more...] about Remembering Grant Wahl
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Eugene Robinson on sportswashing
I am not much of a soccer fan, but I have enjoyed following the World Cup. I was skeptical about holding the event in November and December (it was held at this time because of the excruciating Qatar heat), but the timing hasn't seemed to hurt the enthusiasm surrounding sport's most celebrated single-sport event. I was glad the United States made the field, and disappointed that Azzurri did not make it again. I have enjoyed watching Morocco and Senegal. I am not an England … [Read more...] about Eugene Robinson on sportswashing