Archive for the 'USA' tag

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

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

Don’t smoke ’em if you got ’em | Coming ban in England stadia another blow to terrace nostalgia

March 16th, 2007 by John Turnbull

Recto and verso of the early 1920s cigarette card...
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Posted in England, History, Language, Media, Scotland, Turkey | 4 comments

Villains, for a moment | New York Times’ Fugee tale exposes soccer-challenged Southerners to public ire

January 25th, 2007 by John Turnbull

The front page of the “Gray Lady”...
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Posted in Grassroots, Media, USA | 14 comments

Importing Real football | Beckham adds his share to U.S. trade imbalance

January 22nd, 2007 by John Turnbull

In the time before Beckham … | Filmed on...
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Posted in England, Grassroots, Mexico, USA | 3 comments