http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog Soccer as a second language Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:50:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 ©The Global Game admin@theglobalgame.com (The Global Game) admin@theglobalgame.com(The Global Game) 1440 football, soccer, world cup, women soccer, world football, world soccer, fifa, football culture Interviews on world soccer culture. Interviews on world soccer culture. The Global Game The Global Game admin@theglobalgame.com No no http://www.theglobalgame.com/images/dembaksm.jpg http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog 144 144 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/12/literature-israeli-writers-trophy-leads-to-emptiness-of-the-day-after/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/12/literature-israeli-writers-trophy-leads-to-emptiness-of-the-day-after/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:06:32 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=1149 Assaf Gavron, novelist, translator, editor and captain of a recently created team of Israeli writers. The team, with victories over England and Germany, lifted its first trophy, taking Gavron to the familiar day-after feeling of emptiness that resembles completion of a novel. (Dec 19)]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/12/literature-israeli-writers-trophy-leads-to-emptiness-of-the-day-after/feed/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/12/literature-for-3-days-in-tel-aviv-football-becomes-more-than-metaphor/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/12/literature-for-3-days-in-tel-aviv-football-becomes-more-than-metaphor/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:01:48 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=1100 May friendly against Germany in Berlin, during which novelist Assaf Gavron confirmed his intuition that Germans do not miss penalties. (Dec 12)]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/12/literature-for-3-days-in-tel-aviv-football-becomes-more-than-metaphor/feed/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/12/literature-germany-4-israel-2-in-buildup-to-word-cup-not-a-typo/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/12/literature-germany-4-israel-2-in-buildup-to-word-cup-not-a-typo/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:56:01 +0000 Assaf Gavron http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=1052 Dec 9 | What does soccer have to do with literature? asks Israeli novelist Assaf Gavron in advance of a Writers' League friendly between Germany and Israel. "Soccer is life, literature is about life."]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/12/literature-germany-4-israel-2-in-buildup-to-word-cup-not-a-typo/feed/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-the-zen-of-mathare-brew-liquor-carry-water-play-soccer/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-the-zen-of-mathare-brew-liquor-carry-water-play-soccer/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:06:22 +0000 Gwendolyn Oxenham http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=988 Gwendolyn Oxenham's diaries supporting The Soccer Project. (Nov 30)]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-the-zen-of-mathare-brew-liquor-carry-water-play-soccer/feed/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-footballs-happy-existence-inside-the-paris-museum/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-footballs-happy-existence-inside-the-paris-museum/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:41:56 +0000 Gwendolyn Oxenham http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=972 Gwendolyn Oxenham's diaries supporting The Soccer Project. (Nov 28)]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-footballs-happy-existence-inside-the-paris-museum/feed/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-attempting-jewish-arab-reconciliation-in-a-10-minute-game/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-attempting-jewish-arab-reconciliation-in-a-10-minute-game/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:15:36 +0000 Gwendolyn Oxenham http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=947 Gwendolyn Oxenham's diaries supporting an in-process documentary film, The Soccer Project, about four recent college graduates and their pursuit of improvisational soccer matches around the world. (Nov 25)]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-attempting-jewish-arab-reconciliation-in-a-10-minute-game/feed/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/10/soccer-mom-sarah-palin-seeks-portfolio/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/10/soccer-mom-sarah-palin-seeks-portfolio/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:09:56 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=812 Oct 19 | Soccer moms have existed in North America at least since mixed-gender indigenous football games were documented early in the 17th century. Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (left) has killed rabbits and bagged salmon but says we must look to the soccer sidelines to find the real America.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/10/soccer-mom-sarah-palin-seeks-portfolio/feed/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/10/brazil-martas-story-deserves-to-be-told-but-who-deserves-to-tell-it/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/10/brazil-martas-story-deserves-to-be-told-but-who-deserves-to-tell-it/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:23:39 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=779 Diego Graciano in promoting his biography of sensational 22-year-old Marta Vieira da Silva (see earlier articles, Sept 15 and 12 Sept 07). (Oct 13)]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/10/brazil-martas-story-deserves-to-be-told-but-who-deserves-to-tell-it/feed/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/10/in-atlanta-spreading-soccer-contagion-at-parade%c2%a0rest/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/10/in-atlanta-spreading-soccer-contagion-at-parade%c2%a0rest/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:58:39 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=728 Oct 4 | Ron Newman built the U.S. game in literal terms, calling on carpentry skills to construct goalposts out of discarded building materials. In Atlanta in 1967, he jumped off a Memorial Day float and kicked a ball to youngsters.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/10/in-atlanta-spreading-soccer-contagion-at-parade%c2%a0rest/feed/