Cinema | A soccer player’s escape from Argentina … into philosophy
Claudio Tamburrini—philosophy professor and former goalkeeper—speaks about his Mar 1978 decision to “opt for life” and escape an Argentine prison. With podcast »
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Claudio Tamburrini—philosophy professor and former goalkeeper—speaks about his Mar 1978 decision to “opt for life” and escape an Argentine prison. With podcast »
Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, has campaigned to relocate the remains of goalkeeper-cum-existentialist Albert Camus from their resting place in Lourmarin. More about language & literature »In-process documentary on L'Athlétique d'Haiti, a youth soccer program and school in Port-au-Prince. After the Jan 12 earthquake, L'Athlétique has housed and fed families on its vast pitch. Go to article »
David Goldblatt calls The Global Game: Writers on Soccer "the first truly global survey of writing" on world football. Buy from Amazon »Such moments in the spin of a ball make us sit up with delight, returning hope to the hopeless and faith to the faithless, bringing back memories of our fathers, our childhoods, or simply other such nanoseconds we have experienced.
— Marcela Mora y Araujo, “Copa Load of Beautiful Football,” Guardian Unlimited, 6 Jul 07