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Book Review
/ 13 years agoPlaying The Beautiful Game by Jag Shoker: Book Review
In viewing soccer, I’ve always gotten the sense that the game we’re watching represents some bigger metaphor for the life we...
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Book Review
/ 13 years agoDistant Corners by David Wangerin: Book Review
With his 2006 work Soccer in a Football World, David Wangerin shone a light on the murky history of American professional...
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Book Review
/ 14 years agoSuggested soccer books by American writers
I’ve read each of the following books and suggest them for holiday gifts. Love and Blood at the World Cup/Jamie Trecker...
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/ 14 years agoSoccer by the numbers: Soccernomics book review
Over the past decade or so, there has been an odd trend of political and financial analysts, economists and behaviorists writing...
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/ 15 years ago‘Englischer Fussball’ by Rafael Honigstein: Book review
While it comes out in September, I was fortunate enough to get an advanced copy of Englischer Fussball: A German’s View...
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Book Review
/ 15 years agoChuck Culpepper’s”Bloody Confused”: A Bad Read for an American Football (Soccer) Supporter
Chuck Culpepper’s “Bloody Confused” has gotten plenty of praise on both sides of the Atlantic. The book released in a slightly...
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/ 16 years agoBook Review: Jinky
Champions League Talk was recently sent a copy of “Jinky: The Jimmy Johnstone Story” written by Jim Black and I was...
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Book Review
/ 17 years agoLove And Blood by Jamie Trecker: Book review
Love & Blood: At the World Cup With The Footballers, Fans, and Freaks By Jamie Trecker A Harvest Original/Harcourt ($14.00) If...
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Book Review
/ 17 years agoHow Soccer Explains The World book review
Ever since it was first released, Franklin Foer’s book “How Soccer Explains The World” has been widely talked about. With the...
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/ 17 years agoBook Review: Soccer In A Football World
On January 12, 2007, a new era in American professional soccer was launched with the announcement that David Beckham had signed...