Archive for the 'Books and literature' tag

We brake for commercials | Soccer spectacle fits seamlessly in America’s land of make-believe

May 27th, 2007 by John Turnbull

In a 2001 title, cultural critic Peter Pericles...
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Posted in Language, Media, USA | 5 comments

Back to Brownsville | Chronicling a soccer team, and a sister city, skilled at border crossing

May 10th, 2007 by John Turnbull

A 1910 map, by Norris Peters Co., indicating the...
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Global Game Podcast 1, 10 May 2007 [ 26:19 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Posted in Grassroots, Language, Media, Mexico, Podcast, USA | 1 comment

Flower of Scotland | Do nationalist feelings last longer than 90 minutes?

May 8th, 2007 by John Turnbull

Ronnie Brown, partner with Roy Williamson in the...
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Wor(l)ds for football | From ‘ball-coise’ to ‘kaduregel’ to ‘voetbal’

April 20th, 2007 by John Turnbull

Soft sell | Thirty-two renderings for...
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Posted in England, History, Language | 7 comments

The year of Speedy Gonzales | In 2006 Texas final, Brownsville’s Cowboys produced outsider’s art

April 13th, 2007 by John Turnbull

Players from Porter High School lift championship...
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Posted in Grassroots, Language, Mexico, Teaching Resources, USA | 5 comments

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