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Articles tagged "football" NewsIn sports date movies like ‘Leatherheads,’ the underdogs bond — and get the girlby Lewis Beale [Newsday (MCT)][31.Mar.08] :. Don’t be fooled by the advertising. Just because “Leatherheads” looks, feels and smells like a wacky romantic comedy, that doesn’t mean it isn’t also a football flick....  NewsFootball claims beachhead in soccer-mad Brazilby Jack Chang [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][24.Feb.08] :. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The scene at Zumbi Beach on the outskirts of this city couldn’t have felt more Brazilian one recent Saturday afternoon. Children played soccer in the sand, and a samba...  Book ReviewWar Without Death by Mark Maskeby Cecil Johnson [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][13.Sep.07] :. Opposing football teams are compared frequently to warriors representing residents of different urbanized swaths of planet earth. News‘Friday Night Lights’ hopes for a comebackby Robert Philpot [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][10.Apr.07] :. IRVING, Texas - It’s a pleasant spring afternoon, and football is in the air at Texas Stadium. Not the usual time of year for it, but this isn’t the usual practice session. It’s... NewsRemember Eddie Robinson’s America, tooby David J. Neal [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][5.Apr.07] :. MIAMI - Racism limited Eddie Robinson’s opportunities to coach his beloved football. Racism told many of his players where they could and couldn’t play football, just as it tried to tell... PopMatters Pick Film ReviewOffside (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[23.Mar.07] :. Jafar Panahi's Offside uses handheld mobile framing and non-professional actors to create a natural-seeming rhythm, immersing you in multiple experiences, introducing a number of characters all connected by events, desires, and circumstances. |
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