a story for the grandkids
Filip Bondy’s new book on the USMNT will get better with age
I almost put it down after the forward. In his 300-page book Chasing The Game (out now from De Capa Press), which interlaces player profiles and men’s national team history with expanded game reports from the recently completed World Cup Qualifying cycle, Filip...
shades of south africa
TEN DAYS IN JOHANNESBURG: SPECTACLE v REALITY
Foreign children run amok in the tiny square that sits out front of my hotel, ringed with upscale restaurants and shops, and within the security gates that make the Truman Show-ed blocks of the artificially perverse Melrose Arch in Johannesburg safe for such shenanigans. Outside the gates, the story...
Portugal: Will Only Play For Hotel Rooms
You’d think pre-tournament friendlies are a mutually beneficial concept which can be enjoyed by all. Portugal don’t see it as such. Apparently closing out World Cup preparations against them is such a treat it requires substantial compensation. Mexico weren’t willing to make such concessions, which is why we may have one of the very few...
World Cup 2010 travel guide: Johannesburg
Where to eat and drink in (and how to escape) South Africa's largest city and stage for the World Cup final
A possible quarter-final venue for England on 3 July, and the venue for the final on 11 July
Pre-match pint
In the heart of the city, Mapungubwe (Marshall...
Photo: A Skyline Befitting The World Cup.
A beautiful picture has begun to take shape.
