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 »In football it’s hard to be racist. Racist people tend not to know the other, but in football you share things.
— Lilian Thuram, “A Defender Off the Pitch Too,” Financial Times, 1 Jun 08