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Full Name: Brad Colbert
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Details: I'm a senior at Duke, originally from Boston, MA, majoring in Public Policy and earning a certificate in Markets and Management Studies. Favorite Teams: New England Revolution (MLS), Leeds United (Football League One), Fulham (EPL), Celtic (SPL), Real Madrid (La Liga) and of course, the USMNT.

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13 Oct 2009 Watching Team USA in Durham’s “Honduras Bar”
17 Sep 2009 Young Players Under Contract and Football’s “Slave Trade”

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- David Beckham, conquerer of nations, retires By Anthony... May 18, 2013
  David Beckham, conquerer of nations, retires By Anthony Lopopolo For once, David Beckham had nowhere to go. There was nothing left to conquer. Winning in four different countries, this 38-year-old, though still capable, got the chance to depart the game as a winner, on his own terms. Paris is the last stop of his playing career, after all the success along a […]
- Beckham’s boots for his final game David Beckham plays in the... May 17, 2013
  Beckham’s boots for his final game David Beckham plays in the final match of his career today. As he heads into retirement, he carries the pride of Great Britain. Typical Becks. […]
- Can Católica go full circle? By Joel Sked Small moments can... May 17, 2013
  Can Católica go full circle? By Joel Sked Small moments can have significant consequences. Like one 90 minute game of football – good or bad. The 2011 Chilean Primera División Apertura play-off final second-leg was one of those games; contested between great rivals Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica. UC had finished the regular season – 17 games – […]
From a Left Wing
- The Runner's Runner May 9, 2013
  I've long wanted to write about Justina Cassavell. My sister has been the cross-country coach at Voorhees High School in New Jersey since the mid 1990s. She is also the head track coach (boys and girls). She announced her resignation yesterday - within minutes it seemed, the story was posted on NJ.com.Under her leadership, the girls cross-country team h […]
  Jennifer Doyle
- Brittney Griner, Jason Collins and the Sex of a Story May 1, 2013
  The (not-homophobic side of the) sports world has invested a lot of magic in the currently-professional-and-playing-out-gay-male-athlete. It's no wonder, given how elusive that athlete has been.Jason Collins comes out decades after Stonewall, he comes out long after Ellen DeGeneres came out while professionally-active-and-on-television and then recovere […]
  Jennifer Doyle
- Jason Collins Comes Out (and Leans In) April 29, 2013
  NBA center Jason Collins came out in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated. People are celebrating him as the first man in a "major sport" to come out as gay. That is true only if we limit our examples to the US.Justin Fashanu was the first athlete to come out as gay while still playing as a pro. The first black footballer to earn a million- […]
  Jennifer Doyle
Football is Coming Home
- Online Fútbol University May 13, 2013
  My online course “Culture of Soccer” launched today at Michigan State University. With 120 students enrolled, it recognizes and nurtures younger Americans’ growing appetite for fútbol. It may even be read as a “‘rejection’ of U.S. isolationist/exceptionalist attitudes,” as @OhioGooner put it to me on Twitter. But it’s also important to note that the course [ […]
  Peter Alegi
- Research Forum on South African Football: Mapping the Field May 3, 2013
  Guest Post by *Marc Fletcher Gloomy skies and wet weather greeted the Research Forum on South African Football held at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) last month. The bleak conditions made for an intimate crowd, but the academics, journalists and sports practitioners in attendance were rewarded with three strikingly different presentations on varying asp […]
  Peter Alegi
- Playing the Game: World Cup and Olympic Development in Rio April 29, 2013
  Police in riot gear battle protestors in the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Aggressive slum clearance threatens favelas. Gentrification at Maracanã Stadium. FIFA exclusion zones around World Cup venues. Sound familiar? As readers of this blog know, South Africa staged a successful World Cup in 2010, marketing the country globally to tourists and foreign investor […]
  Peter Alegi
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