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Wright Thompson's feature espn story on racism in Italian soccer
Posted on 6/5/13 at 1:47 pm
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Posted on 6/5/13 at 1:49 pm to LSUMJ
Great writing on some awful human behavior.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 3:04 pm to WarSlamEagle
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Italy's first football death came in 1979 during the Roma-Lazio derby, a Lazio fan accidentally killed by a Roma fan who thought a naval distress rocket was a regular flare.
i shouldn't laugh but
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The politics of the terraces often lack logic, praising ethnic cleansers and paramilitary murderers, the Palestinians, the Irish and the Iraqis -- anyone they see as oppressed by a larger power. The specifics of the battles don't matter as much as the ethos.
wow sounds like a certain club in scotland as well
overall great and even more eye opening piece
Posted on 6/5/13 at 3:07 pm to StraightCashHomey21
Got to meet wright before the LSU-Bama game ( ) He's a pretty cool dude.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 3:08 pm to americanoutlaw
He's got a really great piece on Messi that is definitely worth the read as well.
Posted on 6/5/13 at 3:09 pm to americanoutlaw
great article. he needs to release a book with his best pieces
Posted on 6/5/13 at 3:12 pm to Ryne Sandberg
Also, he's a good twitter follow @wrightthompson. Freddy just retweeted his story
Posted on 6/5/13 at 10:57 pm to americanoutlaw
his piece on Memphis barbecue is a really great piece of food writing: LINK
Posted on 6/7/13 at 10:14 am to LSUMJ
Just got around to finishing it. Awesome piece. Really, really awesome.
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