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It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/09/football-made-in-nigeria-a-short-story-by-uzor-maxim-uzoatu/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/09/football-made-in-nigeria-a-short-story-by-uzor-maxim-uzoatu/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:59:19 +0000 Uzor Maxim Uzoatu http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3507 Coach Clemence, a Nigerian side discovers that it cannot play this imported game. “I can’t afford to spend all my life chasing the wind,” says Brother Okoro.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/09/football-made-in-nigeria-a-short-story-by-uzor-maxim-uzoatu/feed/ 2 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/07/%e2%80%98before-funny-things-started%e2%80%99-a-world-cup-monologue-by-tapuwa-moore/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/07/%e2%80%98before-funny-things-started%e2%80%99-a-world-cup-monologue-by-tapuwa-moore/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:44:53 +0000 Tapuwa Moore http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3469 Tapuwa Moore offers Soweto-tinged reflections on how Pulpo Paul, vuvuzela hymns and "vagina-bodied people" helped her survive FIFA's World Cup.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/07/%e2%80%98before-funny-things-started%e2%80%99-a-world-cup-monologue-by-tapuwa-moore/feed/ 2 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/07/taking-a-turn-%e2%80%98in-the-woods%e2%80%99-confronting-the-goalkeeper%e2%80%99s-choice/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/07/taking-a-turn-%e2%80%98in-the-woods%e2%80%99-confronting-the-goalkeeper%e2%80%99s-choice/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:51:43 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3401 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/07/taking-a-turn-%e2%80%98in-the-woods%e2%80%99-confronting-the-goalkeeper%e2%80%99s-choice/feed/ 6 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/koman-coulibaly-refereeing-and-the-electronic-scrum-for-truth/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/koman-coulibaly-refereeing-and-the-electronic-scrum-for-truth/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:17:14 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3371 Koman Coulibaly is scapegoated in the U.S. draw with Slovenia Jun 18, launching a vicious Wikipedia war that sacrifices his humanity and ours.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/koman-coulibaly-refereeing-and-the-electronic-scrum-for-truth/feed/ 3 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/excavating-american-soccer-fields-uncovering-buried-layers-of-sport/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/excavating-american-soccer-fields-uncovering-buried-layers-of-sport/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:48:49 +0000 Martha Saavedra http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3257 Martha Saavedra conducts a virtual excavation of youth soccer fields, showing that all sporting terrain leaves a legacy in sediment and memory.]]> 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02:17:40 +0000 Sean Smith http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3209 Sean Smith before the World Cup.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/05/notes-from-babel-to-win-a-world-cup-you-must-be-at-your-most-virtuous/feed/ 1 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/05/when-kanoute-scored-and-iraq-exploded%e2%80%94a-spurs-supporters-prison-diray/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/05/when-kanoute-scored-and-iraq-exploded%e2%80%94a-spurs-supporters-prison-diray/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 02:16:23 +0000 Emad Nimah http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3190 Emad Nimah's "grief was made worse due to total ignorance of how Tottenham were getting on."]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/05/when-kanoute-scored-and-iraq-exploded%e2%80%94a-spurs-supporters-prison-diray/feed/ 2 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/05/palestinian-soccer-drama%e2%80%94%e2%80%98team-building-for-social-change/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/05/palestinian-soccer-drama%e2%80%94%e2%80%98team-building-for-social-change/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 01:51:41 +0000 Alon Raab http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3160 The Team creates a football-based "soap opera for social change."]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/05/palestinian-soccer-drama%e2%80%94%e2%80%98team-building-for-social-change/feed/ 1