🔴⚽ My new book "Kicking" is available for preorder at the @dukepress.bsky.social website at a 30% discount w/ the code E26KICK. The book braids memoir w/ my analytical writing on soccer politics. Preorders help a lot, so I'd be grateful if you'd consider the possibility. www.dukeupress.edu/kicking

Thomas Paine began 1776 with _Common Sense_ and the call to reject monarchy, and ended with _The American Crisis_, warning that "these are the times that try men's souls." Like many in my field, I've spent the last dozen years preparing for 2026, sure that the fullest histories serve us best. 1/

Behold a sportswriter waxing rhapsodic.

I just wanna talk about this. every pass in the buildup was class. and then Lookman decides to finish the move by putting the entire Tunisian back line on a poster. it's so beautiful www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thg-...

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Not to brag, but I now hold the coveted academic title of Ex-Interim Chair.

One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.

The Soccer Politics Blog has migrated from Duke (where it has lived since 2009) to UVA! Will be showcasing student conversation and projects on the 2026 World Cup this Spring. soccerpolitics.org

Eroica II, 1988 https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5309

These Mali jerseys are superfly. #AFCON

Bafana Bafana ! Bombazo !

I’m glad I didn’t log out this morning. Just joy and creativity and love.

The Library Company of Philadelphia will become part of Temple Libraries now.temple.edu/news/2025-12...

FIFA has trademarked the words “World Cup” and refuses to let bars and restaurants hosting watch parties use the phrase to advertise their events. How would you advertise your World Cup event without using the phrase “World Cup?” (From Episode 270)

the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport

The best scene in Jaws is when the boat guys sing a traditional sea shanty and Jaws pops out of the water and everyone is terrified but Jaws starts singing as well. There's this unspoken promise in the air that no one will eat anyone until the song ends.

Whoa I feel very honored to be part of this triad of recommendations! 🤩

We had fun on this one. It’s always nice to reunite with these women. Always.

Thinking about one of my all-time favorite historians, CUNY grad Nick Salvatore, & what he did for cultural/political biography, radical history, Af-Am history. I am always telling folks about We All Got History: The Memory Books of Amos Webber. www.ithacavoice.org/2025/12/obituary-nick-salvatore/

Congestion pricing now, congestion pricing ✨forever✨...

As you'll hear on today's episode, we are working towards a relaunch next year. To that end, there are 3 things we'd love from our listeners: 1) Fill out our BIAD listener survey and let us know what you'd like from a BIAD re-launch: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This is such amazing news. We need you!!

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Focusing on Frederick Douglass’s “A Trip to Hayti” (1861) and the first installment of James Theodore Holly’s “Thoughts on Hayti” (1859), this essay examines the strategic idealization of Haiti in mid-nineteenth-century African American propaganda. Read @ Duke tinyurl.com/37wzebzz

Thinking of Grant Wahl today & sending love to his family, former peers & those who loved his writing. Last night I found something I wrote after his passing, with help from @meglinehan.com & @jtannenwald.bsky.social. I published it today, as a small tribute. www.linkedin.com/pulse/grant-...

When you summon the strength to let the bad post go by without responding

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RFI has the best info on how the Bénin coup attempt failed. At Bénin government request, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria mobilized the multinational response under ECOWAS umbrella. Nigerian Air Force struck mutineer positions. France provided intelligence support. www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/2...

I don’t think the implications of this headline have dawned on enough Americans. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

All across the USA there are forgotten spaces of American soccer. At dawn, I’m standing at one in St. Louis. Here, at the corner of N Market & N Spring St, the young women of the Craig League played what’s often cited as the first organized women’s league match in 🇺🇸 history.

Exciting to see these pages and can't wait to read this!

We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...

There are going to be some wild match ups. Curaçao-Germany, for instance.

Aille Haiti is in a hard group in the World Cup. On the other hand, there will be a Haiti-Brazil game, which is like two home teams playing against each other.

OMG yes

Senegal v France!! Love it!! 2002 redux! They're writing the narrative for us! #WorldCupDraw @soccerpolitics.bsky.social @siddharthamitter.bsky.social

Looking forward to reading this!

Really excited to talk w @csschmitt.bsky.social today about her intense, terrific new book. Join us at noon EST!

"The Studio Museum in Harlem is back, and newly dazzling---A new building connects the museum to a vibrant neighborhood and history" www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Beckert's new book on the history of capitalism is 1,325 pages! The good news is that capitalism will have ended by the time I finish reading it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...

Pogbacité!

Kee kee run

Rest in peace, Jimmy Cliff www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Znh...

Let us try to give a helping hand This I know and I'm sure That with love we all could understand This is our world, can't you see? Everybody wants to live and be free Instead of fussing and fighting Cheating backbiting Scandalizing and hating Yeah, we could have a Wonderful world, beautiful people

Can't wait to read this!

We continue to observe.

The @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social arts and culture transition committee for those who (like me) are into such matters:

Amazing news!!!

What a loss. True icon.