The World Cup: As Popular In The U.S. As The World Series?

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Pat Garofalo

Yesterday, Ken pointed out that more Americans are following the World Cup than live in the United Kingdom, a great stat to refute the notion that Americans don’t care about soccer. I’d like to add to that a fun little stat from the New York Times’ Sports Business column — as many Americans watched the [...]

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Postmortem: What Happened To Africa?

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Pat Garofalo

With just one day left in group play, I think it’s an appropriate time to ask what on Earth happened to Africa in this tournament? Unless the Ivory Coast manages to score a touchdown against North Korea tomorrow, just one African team out of six will make it through to the second round. And even [...]

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