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Battling Gaston vs. Pretty Pierre

November 12th, 2010 · Comments Off on Battling Gaston vs. Pretty Pierre

Americans are not the only ones who question soccer’s emergence as the world’s favorite athletic pastime. The sport has also occasionally come under fire from anti-colonialists, who would prefer that their nations opt for the games that were popular before the Europeans came a-knocking with their guns and smallpox. The Tunisian historian Borhane Errais is […]

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