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Amy Bass: “We witnessed the greatest sports championship game in history”
Earlier today I wrote a few words about the World Cup in a blog post on Pope Francis. But I would be remiss if I did not share sports historian Amy Bass‘s piece published today at CNN.COM. Here is a...
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Why didn’t Pope Francis watch yesterday’s World Cup final?
As I have said a few times here at this blog, I am not a soccer fan. But I enjoyed watching this year’s World Cup. After viewing the final match between Argentina and France I texted my daughter, a student...
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Remembering Grant Wahl
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,...
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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...
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Is it possible to oppose human rights violations in Qatar and still make the World Cup part of one’s “Advent journey?”
Check out Adam Russell Taylor’s piece, “The Men’s World Cup is Part of My Advent Journey. Yes, Really.” It’s a wonderful reflection on how to find hope, joy, and human solidarity amid injustice. Taylor is the editor of Sojourners. A...
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Goal of the night
Brazil won 2-1. (Current editor Eric Miller and Current writer Alexandre Brasil Fonseca are happy!) But this Colombia goal was incredible:...
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I can’t stop watching this commercial
I am not a big soccer (football) fan, so I had no idea until recently that Elsley Football Club was not a real team....
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