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/2010/01/auschwitz-and-the-perversion-of-football/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/01/auschwitz-and-the-perversion-of-football/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:35:00 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3078 William Heyen about his poem "Parity," concerning a 1944 football match at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Beside crematoriums, Nazis engineered the ultimate perversion of sport.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/01/auschwitz-and-the-perversion-of-football/feed/ 3 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/11/in-chicago-midfields-hemon-discovers-transcendental-soccer-nation/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/11/in-chicago-midfields-hemon-discovers-transcendental-soccer-nation/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:54:15 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2856 Aleksandar Hemon, the Bosnian-born writer, lack of soccer means spiritual death. With interview »]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/11/in-chicago-midfields-hemon-discovers-transcendental-soccer-nation/feed/ 1 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/2009/07/womens-football-the-wrong-footed-soccer-maiden-who-bridged-manhattan-and-beijing/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/07/womens-football-the-wrong-footed-soccer-maiden-who-bridged-manhattan-and-beijing/#comments Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:31:17 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2386 Gay Talese, following the Women's World Cup final on 10 Jul 99, takes interest in the Chinese player who misses a penalty kick, Liu Ying. With podcast »]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/07/womens-football-the-wrong-footed-soccer-maiden-who-bridged-manhattan-and-beijing/feed/ 4 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/04/cinema-20-years-later-remembering-east-german-film-and-football/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/04/cinema-20-years-later-remembering-east-german-film-and-football/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:28:00 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=1975 Ostalgie (“Eastalgia”) by screening 14 films from or concerning the former East Germany. With film listing and podcast »]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/04/cinema-20-years-later-remembering-east-german-film-and-football/feed/ 1 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/03/books-municipal-de-futbol-where-angelenos-do-not-fear-to-tread/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/03/books-municipal-de-futbol-where-angelenos-do-not-fear-to-tread/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:41:43 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=1902 Municipal de Fútbol focuses on what the project's essayist, Jennifer Doyle, calls the most developed subculture in Los Angeles: improvisational soccer. With podcast »]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/03/books-municipal-de-futbol-where-angelenos-do-not-fear-to-tread/feed/ 0 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/01/sweden-northern-latitudes-helped-make-marta-a-player-of-sol-importance/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/01/sweden-northern-latitudes-helped-make-marta-a-player-of-sol-importance/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:18:59 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=1365 Marta Vieira da Silva, 22, announces that she will leave her home of five years—Umeå, Sweden, the northern coastal city that nurtured her game and personality but that could not keep her from the bigger world. With timeline and podcast »]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/01/sweden-northern-latitudes-helped-make-marta-a-player-of-sol-importance/feed/ 1 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 03:06:32 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=1149 Assaf Gavron, captain of the Israeli writers' XI (see 9 Dec 08), regards football as a legitimate literary subject: "The main appeal is to accomplish the boyhood dream of many men really, not only writers. It is to be a football star." With podcast »]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/12/literature-israeli-writers-trophy-leads-to-emptiness-of-the-day-after/feed/ 2 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 21:58:39 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=728 Ron Newman helped build the U.S. game, 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. With podcast »]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/10/in-atlanta-spreading-soccer-contagion-at-parade%c2%a0rest/feed/ 2