http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog Soccer as a second language Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:25:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Copyright © The Global Game 2011 admin@theglobalgame.com (The Global Game) admin@theglobalgame.com (The Global Game) 1440 http://www.theglobalgame.com/images/dembaksm.jpg http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog 144 144 Soccer as a second language The Global Game The Global Game admin@theglobalgame.com no no http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/07/%e2%80%98before-funny-things-started%e2%80%99-a-world-cup-monologue-by-tapuwa-moore/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/07/%e2%80%98before-funny-things-started%e2%80%99-a-world-cup-monologue-by-tapuwa-moore/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:44:53 +0000 Tapuwa Moore http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3469 Tapuwa Moore offers Soweto-tinged reflections on how Pulpo Paul, vuvuzela hymns and "vagina-bodied people" helped her survive FIFA's World Cup.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/07/%e2%80%98before-funny-things-started%e2%80%99-a-world-cup-monologue-by-tapuwa-moore/feed/ 2 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/koman-coulibaly-refereeing-and-the-electronic-scrum-for-truth/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/koman-coulibaly-refereeing-and-the-electronic-scrum-for-truth/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:17:14 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3371 Koman Coulibaly is scapegoated in the U.S. draw with Slovenia Jun 18, launching a vicious Wikipedia war that sacrifices his humanity and ours.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/koman-coulibaly-refereeing-and-the-electronic-scrum-for-truth/feed/ 3 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/from-johannesburg-lesbian-footballers-chosen-to-play-choosing-to-live/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/from-johannesburg-lesbian-footballers-chosen-to-play-choosing-to-live/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:54:15 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2640 Life in the FIFA-free zone | Chosen Few Lesbian Soccer Club in its witness to the healing powers of eros and sport outdoes FIFA in promoting football's influence on self and society.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/from-johannesburg-lesbian-footballers-chosen-to-play-choosing-to-live/feed/ 0 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/09/south-africa-afrikas-tale%e2%80%94saved-from-the-streets-to-play-on-the-streets/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/09/south-africa-afrikas-tale%e2%80%94saved-from-the-streets-to-play-on-the-streets/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:04:14 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2644 Martin Afrika. The 32-year-old captain for South Africa at the Homeless World Cup has reconstructed his identity through sport. With podcast »]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/09/south-africa-afrikas-tale%e2%80%94saved-from-the-streets-to-play-on-the-streets/feed/ 1 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/south-africa-remembering-eudy-kwathemas-brightest-killed-on-its-darkest-night/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/south-africa-remembering-eudy-kwathemas-brightest-killed-on-its-darkest-night/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:23:17 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2556 Eudy Simelane, former midfielder for the senior South African women's national team, Banyana Banyana, shaped her world around football before her murder in Apr 08.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/south-africa-remembering-eudy-kwathemas-brightest-killed-on-its-darkest-night/feed/ 11 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-barack-in-time-to-settle-2010-security-concerns/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-barack-in-time-to-settle-2010-security-concerns/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:15:12 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2218 Barack Obama has put executive-branch muscle and street soccer cred behind the United States bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup finals. In Jun 2010 he will attend Opening Ceremonies at Soccer City in Soweto.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-barack-in-time-to-settle-2010-security-concerns/feed/ 0 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-at-the-top-of-our-thoughts-near-the-bottom-of-the-world/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-at-the-top-of-our-thoughts-near-the-bottom-of-the-world/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:40:28 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2264 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-at-the-top-of-our-thoughts-near-the-bottom-of-the-world/feed/ 1 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 18:06:22 +0000 Gwendolyn Oxenham http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=988 Gwendolyn Oxenham's diaries supporting The Soccer Project, a documentary about pickup soccer worldwide.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-the-zen-of-mathare-brew-liquor-carry-water-play-soccer/feed/ 2 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/02/soccer-fields-for-king-and-atlanta-lent-space-to-move-beyond-vietnam/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/02/soccer-fields-for-king-and-atlanta-lent-space-to-move-beyond-vietnam/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:15:11 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=365 Atlanta, Feb 5 | His work in ministry, as a public speaker and as face of the American civil rights movement prevented him from developing strong sporting enthusiasms, but at least once in his career Martin Luther King Jr. stepped onto a soccer field. Metaphorically, King's strides on the Sacramento State pitch in Oct 1967 point toward soccer as a place of social change in America of the civil rights era.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/02/soccer-fields-for-king-and-atlanta-lent-space-to-move-beyond-vietnam/feed/ 1