| Cricket. A True American Game?! |
[Mar. 6th, 2007|08:33 pm] |
I'm not sure where my love of cricket comes from, I don't even remember being really aware of it until just before my teens, but something about it gripped me and wouldn't let go. It definitely pre-dates my involvement with Mrs whiskypriest, who is a real cricket fanatic.
I was surprised to find this:
http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ICC_MEMBERS/USA/USA_HISTORY.html
but the story of English class snobbery stifling the development of cricket as a professional sport across the pond definitely rings true. |
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| Imagine? |
[Feb. 22nd, 2007|09:54 pm] |
I'm not sure what worries me more, the insidious creeping anti-americanism currently disfiguring the public sphere on this side of the Atlantic, the effects of which are deftly highlighted by the 18 Doughty Street Crowd here:
http://www.18doughtystreet.com/on_demand/165
or the scary wing-nut bedfellows that these people normally cohabit with.
Nevertheless the debate needs to be had. |
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