Looks like there's a good chance the final could turn out to be that vision of soccer hell I was talking about earlier. A primer:
Euro 2004 Ad for the Guardian UK
The SF Chron had a nice piece lamenting the problems some teams have had staying erect, and how it may be influencing our next generation of players:
A thrilling World Cup is still one big flop -- CW Nevius, SF Chronicle
Looks like there's a good chance the final could turn out to be that vision of soccer hell I was talking about earlier. A primer:
Euro 2004 Ad for the Guardian UK
The SF Chron had a nice piece lamenting the problems some teams have had staying erect, and how it may be influencing our next generation of players:
A thrilling World Cup is still one big flop -- CW Nevius, SF Chronicle
Ai meu deus!
After an 11 game run from the law of averages, the Brazilian National Soccer Team turned themselves in peacefully Saturday to French authorities in Germany. A few of many stories:
Brazilians come to terms with &#...Read more
Ai meu deus!
After an 11 game run from the law of averages, the Brazilian National Soccer Team turned themselves in peacefully Saturday to French authorities in Germany. A few of many stories:
Brazilians come to terms with &#...Read more
From a Guardian Unlimited review:
After flirting with Looney Tunes comedy, Hollywood pastiche, Peter Jackson-style grandiosity, and seafront pantomime, it eventually becomes clear what course the Pirates franchise has really plotted: a packed universe of characters; epic action; strange lands; freakish monsters; a curiously sexless central couple. This isn't an updated swashbuckler, it's a backdated Star Wars! The comparison...Read more
From a Guardian Unlimited review:
After flirting with Looney Tunes comedy, Hollywood pastiche, Peter Jackson-style grandiosity, and seafront pantomime, it eventually becomes clear what course the Pirates franchise has really plotted: a packed universe of characters; epic action; strange lands; freakish monsters; a curiously sexless central couple. This isn't an updated swashbuckler, it's a backdated Star Wars! The comparison...Read more
Discrediting Americana has become something of a favorite theme in reality TV, or at least the supposedly highbrow ones like Antiques Roadshow. I haven't watched it much, but I understand the chief attraction is watching some middle-aged housewife get her cherished beliefs about the history of some well-guarded trinket dashed to pieces.
I...Read more