Coming to schools in Britain– and with any luck to a politically-correct schoolyard near you– is the revival of competitive games. The aim, according to the UK’s Daily Mail, is to “turn Britain back into a nation of sporting champions.” But, as the article points out, it’s also a move away from the PC idea [...]
Now here’s an interesting theory. Most of the kids who play soccer play not because they love it, but because it’s less humiliating than playing baseball or basketball. Jack Hudson at The Atlantic Wire recalls what Chuck Klosterman– a journalist who writes about pop culture and sports—had to say about soccer in his 2004 book [...]