Author Archives: Tony

The Globalization of Footie

Posted on June 26, 2005 by Tony

A version of this story was published on TIME.com in July, 2004 Fenian, moi? Celtic’s Guinean defender Bobo Balde Visitors to Ibrox Park, home of Glasgow Rangers, might have been more than a little gobsmacked recently to see the home … Continue reading →

Posted in Annals of Globalization, Glancing Headers | 11 Comments

Bin Laden as a Brand

Posted on June 24, 2005 by Tony

First published March 2004 in South Africa’s Sunday Times It’s a safe bet that Osama bin Laden has no significant following in Mexico. So there was something incongruous about hundreds of soccer fans from that overwhelmingly Catholic country recently urging … Continue reading →

Posted in Situation Report | 10 Comments