A bit of music for your listening pleasure. We frequently make the case for soft rock/yacht rock. Genres that are cool, sophisticated and wonderfully measured. In other words, genres that are awesome. In the spirit of awesome, there is no way I could keep Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer to myself. The genre is Chap-Hop, which will soon be self-explanatory. It’s one of the greatest Continue Reading »
If you love perms or Didier Drogba, you’ll love the Les Éléphants shirt …
Spain is trying to conquer the world again. This time, they might succeed.
Inter Milan and Bayern Munich square off in today’s UEFA Champions League final live on your local Fox station. The fact that the final will be shown on regular network television, on the people’s television, shows how far soccer has come in a relatively short period of time in the United States. Continue Reading »
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Leave Giuseppe Rossi alone.
Holding an American passport doesn’t mean you can’t call your best friend in Sao Paulo anymore, nor does it come with a requirement to cut your ancestral ties. As Americans, especially in today’s political environment, there’s a premium on loving America, even though no one ever really explains what that means or how to properly love the homeland. From what I can gather, there’s a camp that emphasizes love and respect for the tangential, focusing on flags, moments of silence, pins, abstract freedom, guns and random citizens who take it upon themselves to protect our borders. This strain of political thought often elevates love of objects over ideas, such as loving the physical flag rather than the freedoms that the flag is supposed to represent. Continue Reading »
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Puma, you have competition in the cool category. Check out the NIKE Write the Future commercial for the World Cup. It’s got cameos for days, an inspired storyline, ping pong, babies, Gael Garcia Bernal, Kobe Bryant and Homer Simpson. How could it be bad? Unfortunately, there’s no cameo for Cameo. Given how far World Cup commercials have come since the 90s, I’m scared to see what the commercials will look like in ten years. You’ll probably be able to put yourself in them. Anyway, sit back and watch NIKE Write the Future: Continue Reading »
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U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati named former U.S. President Bill Clinton the Honorary Chairman of the USA Bid Committee, the official committee focusing on bringing the World Cup back to the States in 2018 or 2022. Gulati made the announcement in Harlem, New York at the home of youth soccer club F.C. Harlem. Continue Reading »
More: Outside the Lines | Special Post
We’ve seen what ESPN can do with World Cup commercials. They might be better at commercials than any other company in the U.S. But what about outside of the U.S.? Argentine channel TyC Sports gives us a glimpse into a slightly different cultural approach to the sports commercial. One of the first things you notice is how a two minute commercial can give you insight into how a nation interacts with sport, rather than simply what a nation thinks is humorous or catchy. Continue Reading »
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