Our brains are powerful things. They house our memories, our movements, our emotions. Damages to these entities can cause the development of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease later in life (Breslow 2014). We have heard connections between playing football and the development of head trauma displayed loudly in the news and in the 2015 movie Concussion.… Read More »
The Spanish Constitution recognizes three historic nationalities: Basque, Catalan, and Galician[1]. The Basque region is an autonomous community located in the north of Spain and the south of France. They have been a community pushing for complete anonymity since the 1930s[2]. The Basques are a proud people with a culture, a language, and a football… Read More »
The man, the myth, the legend, David Beckham has been a household name in the US since he and his wife, Victoria Beckham, moved here in 2007. Beckham has been touted as fashion icon, a heartthrob, and a soccer star. He is a man of many accomplishments. Today my friends we will look at this… Read More »
To preface this blog post, I understand very little of soccer but I do keep up with Kardashians. Howevers the parallels between the transfer market in soccer and the current plight of Kesha have intrigued me to explore further. So what is going on with Kesha? Kesha Rose Sebert, previously known to the world as… Read More »
On January 26th FIFA confirmed five candidates: Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, Gianni Infantino, Tokyo Sexwale and Jerome Champagne. The election will be held on the 26th of February in Zurich. This election will be the first since 1998 without Sepp Blatter, who stepped down in 2015 (“Fifa Presidency”, 2016). To… Read More »
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