GENOA, Italy — I was at some friends’ home when Fabio Grosso freshened up a muggy...
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My 2010 World Cup experience
DURBAN, South Africa – Though World Cup matches were playing in my home city, I never expected to...
ESPN forges a soccer fan in America
WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Thank you, ESPN. You took someone (me) who would have watched...
Bhopal verdict a travesty of justice
MUMBIA, India – More than a quarter century after the Bhopal gas leak disaster, which killed...
Making music from Hartford to Haiti
HARTFORD, Connecticut, USA — The audience rose to its feet, applauding, not knowing or caring that...
Americans root for the home team, a little
TUCSON, Arizona, USA – In the United States, patriotism is a huge ideal that is very important to...
Prayers for the Mandela family
DURBAN, South Africa — A night of celebration in South Africa kicked off with a concert in...
A new beginning for South Africa
DURBAN, South Africa — Waking up in South Africa will never be the same again. For most...