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Art | At Vienna stadium installation, ‘you will only be nude for a short period of time’

By John Turnbull ⋅ April 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Avant garde photographer Spencer Tunick has requested 2,008 nude participants—each with football—for a May 11 “installation” at Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna, site of the Euro 2008 final. (Apr 14)

Books | A majestic history built around games (w/ podcast)

By John Turnbull ⋅ January 5, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

Jan 5 | The Ball Is Round: A Global History of Soccer, by David Goldblatt, appears at booksellers in North America this week, and we wonder how many will read the title’s four words as a direct challenge to the myth of American centrality in all things. With 50-minute podcast.

Talisman of the throw | FIFA searches for new moniker to proclaim Blatter’s reign

By John Turnbull ⋅ April 1, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Zurich, Apr 1 | Suits at FIFA, the governing body for the world game, apparently are a bit miffed at the license being taken with Joseph “Sepp” Blatter’s honorific. Gliding unopposed into a third term as FIFA president, Blatter has on occasion been heralded in press reports as the FIFA “boss,” “supremo” or, sometimes, “kingpin.”

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I was in the school team. I wasn't that good as a kid, at football, to be honest, mainly down to—I think it's because me Dad wasn't into football, and I think that's the way it works, innit? (Karl Pilkington, "The Ricky Gervais Show," Xfm London, 16 Feb 02)