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Tag: ESPN
Magnificent
Earlier this week ESPN won seven Sports Emmy Awards, including one for music during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, …
What's "a native African"
Even if you don’t care about boxing. On sports network ESPN’s their “analysts” Chris Broussard a…
Sunday Ephemera No. 4
Sean Jacobs This is worth remembering. In 2004 the Liberian footballer George Weah was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage A…
ESPN observes Youth Day
I went to ESPN’s website to check WC scores and was surprised to find two short videos on its soccer homepage comm…
'Symbols of Liberia's Struggle'*
Rapper Nas narrates a short insert on ESPN’s “E:60” on the Liberian national amputee team made up of m…
ESPN goes to the World Cup
I, too, am in full World Cup frenzy. And while Puma gets Sean’s vote, I think I might have to go with ESPN on this…
WHEN RUGBY SHOOK THE WORLD
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. “Foreign Policy,”a magazine whose blog loves lists, recent…