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