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Tag Archives: Fact-Mic Check
You Know Nothing of Sengkang Punggol FC
So, you enjoyed the world cup matches, didn’t you? The goals. The drama. The near misses. The crushing weight of expectations bearing upon broad shoulders, the dissipation of dreams like the dew of an August morning. Yet one very important … Continue reading
NYTimes (Goal Blog) World Cup Colossal Fail
So, I generally try to stay away from the “Guardian-fact-checking” style of blogging. I also am a huge fan of the Goal blog at the NYTimes. Still, that made this morning’s reading all the more disturbing. How intriguing, no? Zidane … Continue reading
In the Spirit of Stealing Content Part 5
So, you brushed off your espanol with last week’s thievery post, but now I have a bit of hazy-maze-puzzle for you. A feminist friend sent me a link lamenting that a women footy club in Naquera, Spain, faced with severe … Continue reading
In the Spirit of Stealing Content Part 2
You speak a little Spanish and wanna hang with the big boys of South America? I suggest reading Futbol y Asociados, who focus on Ecuador but pretty much cover the whole continent. Alejo dug up a pretty delicious tale of … Continue reading
In the Spirit of Stealing Content Part 1
Jack Bell of the NYTimes found a pretty cool fact about the 1950 World Cup… “India was invited by FIFA — what a quaint notion — to participate but declined because its team was forbidden to play in bare feet.” … Continue reading