Posts from ‘June, 2013’

Brazil’s soccer riots are a lesson in the limits of television

A woman watches the Confederation Cup match between Brazil and Mexico on a television in Rio de Janeiro on June 19. (PILAR OLIVARES/REUTERS)

A woman watches the Confederation Cup match between Brazil and Mexico on a television in Rio de Janeiro on June 19. (PILAR OLIVARES/REUTERS)

Television’s coverage of sports is as shallow as it is vast. Protests in Brazil, Turkey & the insult of the spectacle…… Continue reading

Women’s Soccer in India

You got your Confederations Cup in Brazil. And the protests. And all the big shot players. You got the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey. You got mad money in the European transfer market. And then there’s this: Women’s Soccer in India. A reminder of why the game, in its simplicity and universality, actually matters at all:

http://youtu.be/xkB6_8DAn5o… Continue reading

Canada loses 0-3 to the USA

Spectators wave flags as Canada and the U.S. play during the second half of their friendly women's soccer match in Toronto, June 2, 2013. (MARK BLINCH/REUTERS)

Spectators wave flags as Canada and the U.S. play during the second half of their friendly women’s soccer match in Toronto, June 2, 2013. (MARK BLINCH/REUTERS)

Never. Mind. What a fabulously raw, livid with emotion event. Soccer offers the opportunity for a revolution in women’s sports…it sure does, boys… Continue reading