El artículo de Christian Bromberger “Football as World-View and as Ritual” resalta algunos aspectos que hacen al denominado “deporte rey” único pero a la vez universal. Según el antropólogo francés, el fútbol es un deporte que refleja la tensión entre tres aspectos (o “valores”) que dan forma a nuestras vidas diarias y a la manera… Read More »
En 2012, fui a mi primer partido de fútbol a mirar los Red Bulls de Nueva York versus los Tottenham Hotspurs. Era el tercer verano Thierry Henry, un jugador francés muy famosa, jugó por los Red Bulls. Senté en la sección de los hinchas de los Red Bulls e inmediatamente cuando los jugadores entraban el… Read More »
Vuk Bakic, delantero serbio del GSP Polet, anotó este gol en el saque inicial del partido que su equipo ganó 4-1 en septiembre de 2012. Fue, casi literalmente, como si su equipo comenzara el partido con el marcador a favor. Ahora bien, el gol suscitó una gran polémica puesto que habría dos factores que no harían… Read More »
Here’s a challenge for you: try watching a professional game of soccer where a club team has no advertisements on its shirt. No matter what team you watch and cheer for: whether its Samsung for Chelsea, Fly Emirates for Arsenal, Real Madrid & AC Milan, Jeep for Juventus or even EasyJet for Luton F.C. (a third division English… Read More »
The 20th century was a wicked roller coaster ride for Germany. Two World Wars, each spawned by high levels of nationalism, both resulted in German defeat. In the course of less than fifty years, Germany’s territory, economy, and politics were reduced to rubble, rebuilt, and then subsequently destroyed multiple times. Post World War II, the… Read More »
Satire can be a fantastic way to stimulate discussion about real issues; often, it can be more revelatory than straight discourse. Laughing at a joke compels understanding and examining why the joke was funny– and in satire, the humor is derived from revealing precisely how ridiculous certain serious subjects truly are. Satirists are… Read More »
In catching up on some online reading about the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, I stumbled upon an article in The Guardian about Britain’s plans to commemorate World War I. These plans include nothing other than…a reenactment of a football match that was played between British and German troops on a Belgian battlefield during the… Read More »
Great sides come and go. Clubs rise to greatness and fall back into the pack like the monthly tides, with the exceptions able to be counted on one hand. Teams like Ajax come to mind, who in the mid-seventies rose to the forefront of Europe under the brilliance of Johan Cruyff only to fade from… Read More »
Comme étudiant d’histoire et athlète amateur, je m’intéresse aux moments où mes deux intérêts, l’histoire et le sport, se croisent les chemins. Un article dans le New York Times, “A World Cup Qualifier Is a Hostage to History,” a retenu mon attention parce qu’il analyserait le contexte historique du match éliminatoire entre l’Hongrie et la… Read More »
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football. I go about the world, hands outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’ And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t… Read More »
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