Category: World Cup 2014
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Still hating on the World Cup? Here’s why you should watch, even if you’re not a soccer fan
(Published on June 27, 2014, by The Oregonian, Newark Star-Ledger, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Cleveland Plain-Dealer and other Advance newspapers) This is why you love sports. That one play. The one moment of transcendent athletic brilliance that you’ll remember your whole life. Kirk Gibson’s home run in the 1988 World Series. Christian Laettner’s buzzer-beater against Kentucky. […]
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The legend of Mexico’s Guillermo Ochoa, and replacing USA’s Jozy Altidore
(Published on June 17 by The Oregonian, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Newark Star-Ledger, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, and other Advance publications) For those people who bemoan soccer’s perceived lack of scoring, we bring you the new legend of Guillermo Ochoa. The Fortress of Fortaleza, the Great Wall of Mexico, the Six-Fingered Man — call him what you will. He […]
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Brazil promises a spectacle, but corruption and protests could bring disaster
Soccer is not everything in Brazil. It’s just the biggest thing.
Daniel Walsh 