Uruguay and Soccer a Symbiotic Relationship
For Uruguayans football is so much more than a sport it is practically their religion and for Uruguay its national myth and identity is through its incredible soccer past and international record, but like
AppStates Soccer Tradition
“Today, some fear that this history will be forgotten, or worse, the program will cease to exist.” This article was published in October/November of 2015 and 5 years later in 2020 Appalachian state would
Portrait of a Winner
“Suarez didn’t love football. He loved to play ball.” Suarez, like many great athletes that I can think of, grew up in a broken home, playing street Ball. This story is an all too
Club Atlético de Cuba Tigres in Prerevolutionary Cuban Gridiron Football
stirred patriotic expressions from the local media and became a touchstone for international American football games that followed. Cubans playing American football is not a sentence id think id read due to the embargo
Golf in Mexico
“The possibility to create a more gender-inclusive space was hindered by the class and racial benefits that initially provided these women a privileged position in society at large.”I did some looking at the top
Black Teamwork at Howard University
“The practice of “black teamwork” is a form of black cultural politics that has gone nominally and conceptually unmarked in the history of black athletic protest.” Although the author mentions this isn’t the first
This Love Is Not for Cowards
This Love Is Not for Cowards, is a book I really enjoy because often time as history students when we read articles or books, they can be very clinical and hard to read that’s
Spurs Fandom
“McCombs claimed residents “learned to love the game of basketball” there, as the makeshift stadium allowed for everyone to show up and rally around “one common goal: kill the opponent.” From the ABA-NBA merger
Week 6 post
“Soccer, like samba and carnival, has proved “excellent terrain” for the cultivation of a national identity.” The history of Brazilian that is known as the “beautiful game” and is very flashy just like Carnival
