Which World Cup story do we root for? The little engine that could or redemption after humiliation?
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Tag Archives: World Cup
France vs. the Little Engine That Could
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Deutschland über Alles
In honor of Germany’s World Cup victory, here is the poem that serves as the foundation of their national anthem
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World Cup: Some Said It Couldn’t Be Done
The hackneyed poems of Edgar Guest actually capture the effort put forth by the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team.
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Bram Stoker’s Cure for Biting
Soccer star Luis Suarez has a problem with biting. Bram Stoker had advice for dealing with biters.
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Spain No Longer a Soccer Colossus
Spain, which once did bestride the soccer world like a colossus, has been ousted from the World Cup.
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U. S. as Prey in Most Dangerous Game?
America’s soccer squad has an unsettling resemblance to the human prey in “The Most Dangerous Game.”
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The Poetry of Spanish Soccer
The incomparable Xavi Sports Saturday Spanish sports is having a great year. First of all, Spanish forward Pau Gasol was a major reason why the Los Angeles Lakers won their 16th championship in an archetypal series against the Boston Celtics. Then we were officially ushered from the Age of Federer into the Age of Nadal […]
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Soccer Highs and Lows and a Tennis Epic
John Isner Sports Saturday – “It’s incredible! You could not write a script like this!” So proclaimed the announcer in the U. S. – Algeria World Cup match when Landon Donovan netted a stoppage time goal to avoid elimination and send the Americans forward to the next round. In other words, a sports announcer’s ultimate […]
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