With this, I am bringing back Weekend Special for all those things we don’t have the time to blog about or say more than the required 140 characters on Twitter.
The African Cup of Nations Commercials
February 8, 2012 By 2 Comments
A sample of some of TV commercials, including ones I have spotted online, made specifically for the 2012 African Cup of Nations football tournament.
Puma does the World Cup
April 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The best of the pre-World Cup commercials that I have seen thus far. It’s unashamedly about football. If you go out and buy some Puma kit, I won’t blame you. (BTW, Puma has a great site chronicling the preparations, mainly on the field, for the 2010 World Cup.) Interestingly, since Puma sponsors the other five […]
Bono saves the World Cup
January 3, 2010 By 6 Comments
The New York Times has published another of rock star Bono’s stupid “op-eds.” This time some nonsense titled “Ten for the Next Ten.” The last item on the list is the 2010 World Cup to held in South Africa next summer (actually it will be winter down there then). Anyway, Bono goes on about how […]
