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3 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘football’

SportCenter Not !

By Denis Campbell • Jul 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics Too
(Reprise article)
What I would give to just once hear the ESPN SportsCenter duh-duh-duh, duh-duh-duh theme here in eastern Holland’s Achterhoek region. Living in Europe means the death of the sports I grew up loving.
While America was intrigued and beguiled by outstanding performances on the Salt Lake City speed-skating oval, unless you live in Wisconsin or [...]


Futbol Crazy

By Denis Campbell • Apr 27th, 2008 • Category: Business
End April to mid-May brings a global football (soccer) frenzy most USA fans never see nor understand. The rest of the world will be glued to television screens at all hours of the night and day across Asia, Africa, Europe, Russia, China, North and South America to see return UEFA Cup Champions League matches pitting [...]