How Women Just Conquered Soccer for Good
The future of soccer is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed. This May, we’ve seen the full potential of women’s soccer materialize, one good news story at a time. It all happened in the space of one week. On Wednesday, May 19, the U.S. women’s national team announced that they had won their battle for equal pay for men and women in national football teams. … Continue reading How Women Just Conquered Soccer for Good
Big Pervert Brother Is Watching You
4 things you can learn from the film Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022) by Nina Menkes After watching this movie, I thought my view of movies would change forever. I thought I would have like new “5D glasses” that would allow me to see through the sexist filters of mainstream cinema. I thought I would now be able to see in color beyond the black and white machismo … Continue reading Big Pervert Brother Is Watching You
This Season Was a Tale of Two Mercatos
The transfers during the two mercatos were very different from each other. Their outcome too. Why? As if the weather had something to do with it, the summer mercato was euphoric during the preseason with some transfers more flashy than others; yet it was much ado about almost nothing. While the winter market was marked by transfers without much fanfare but with already palpable benefits and … Continue reading This Season Was a Tale of Two Mercatos
Why My Country Seems Just Doomed
What is missing in Haiti for economic transformation is the sustained dynamism to move from an economy based on cheap labor to one based on higher productivity activities. Continue reading Why My Country Seems Just Doomed
WHY FOOTBALL NEEDS A GOLDEN PLOT AWARD
ars at the end of the year, it’s time to celebrate effort, resilience and progress. Continue reading WHY FOOTBALL NEEDS A GOLDEN PLOT AWARD
LA LIGUE DES NATIONS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE SCARY
Il est bruit que la Ligue des nations rend les équipes européennes plus compétitives qu’auparavant et risque d’élargir l’écart entre leurs niveaux et ceux des équipes des autres régions. Continue reading LA LIGUE DES NATIONS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE SCARY
THE OSAKA SAGA
Tennis, the media, the world… everything is moving around Naomi Osaka. And in this frantic race where her success has propelled her, Osaka has not stopped moving for at least two years. Released on July 16 on Netflix, a documentary series on her career allows us to replay this dazzling rise in slow motion and to discover the mental universe of this Japanese athlete of Haitian origin, … Continue reading THE OSAKA SAGA
BLUES POUR GEORGE FLOYD ET LE RÊVE AMÉRICAIN
Qui était George Floyd? Le roman ne répond pas à cette question. Mais il invite à l’enrichir, à prendre cette question par la main pour faire une généreuse promenade avec elle… Continue reading BLUES POUR GEORGE FLOYD ET LE RÊVE AMÉRICAIN
THE UNEXPECTED RETURN OF AN ALMOST LOST POSITION
In 2006, Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira went so far as to predict that center forwards would soon lose their raison d’être in tactical formations and that soccer was heading straight for an inevitable 4–6–0 style of play. Continue reading THE UNEXPECTED RETURN OF AN ALMOST LOST POSITION
IT’S GETTING COLDER IN THE NORTH
It’s a season full of fears, worries and nationalist resentments in most of the major Western countries. From now on, there is no doubt: in this global climate of defensiveness, the United States are no exception. In fact, the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States, even if it surprised the world and the Americans themselves, is in accordance with … Continue reading IT’S GETTING COLDER IN THE NORTH
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