Germany national football team Archives - Hal Phillips

World Cup Nostalgia: Ultimately, it was televised

Hal Phillips — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:20:26 +0000

Like the Olympic Games, the World Cup comes round but once every four years. Unlike the modern Olympiad, the World Cup has only recently attracted the exhaustive attention of television programmers, a fact driven home to me by my friend and colleague, Dieter Schmidt, in his debut column at halphillips.net. There was indeed no international […]

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Defrosted Retromensch serves up pre-WC punditry

Hal Phillips — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:09:50 +0000

By Dee Schmidt Hello, world. I’m from the ‘70s and if you’re reading this, you’re probably not. So bear with me, future dudes. I’ve spent 32 of the last 36 years frozen solid, biding my time at the bottom of an ever-expanding trash heap on the snow-white shores of Hudson Bay. I’m from Encinitas, […]

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