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The Fannish InquisitionSticky Wickets[27 June 2007] by Robert CollinsLoyalty to the local team doesn't hold much water, these days. There's a hardcore Diaspora of sports fans who stubbornly refuse to go with the crowd.
Sticky Wickets
The Life and Death of the English Football SongRobert Collins23.Sep.08 Collapsed Lung's "Eat My Goal" is but one indication that the cute, fun, just 'getting behind the team' football song of days gone by had now become big business. 
Olympic Addiction? Guilty as ChargedRobert Collins13.Aug.08 Collins appeals to the Pope for forgiveness of his Olympics addiction -- human rights issues be damned. 
Lucha Libre LondonRobert Collins31.Jul.08 Twenty and 30-something Londoners, all eager to dive headfirst off the turnbuckle into another culture, weren’t going to be disappointed.
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Negritude 2.0: Retelling the Story of Black Music: When Black Pop Blew Up the First Time
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By Rodger Jacobs [30.Sep.08] Negritude 2.0: Retelling the Story of Black Music: Bert Williams, Godfather of the Black Stage & Studio
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Too late, I know. But I’ve been sick.
“The New York Yankees have obviously turned themselves into the most recognisable, and probably best supported, sporting brand on the planet”
Bollocks, they have. They might be recognisable, but supported? I know you don’t like football, but how you think some rounders team can compete, in planetary terms, with the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, or even ManYoo is beyond me. I bet a hefty percentage of the people who wear the NYY logo don’t even know what “sport” they play.
Comment by Roger Holland from Holland TX — July 9, 2007 @ 11:31 am