Their players once held ranks within the communist government’s most powerful ministries, only to be…
Tag: sports
The Bored Athlete
On the political culture of failed NBA basketball star Darko Miličić. When I told a…
Putting Politics on the Pitch: UEFA’s Failed Response to Albania-Serbia
Instead of bringing the focus back to sports, UEFA’s decision about the abandoned Albania-Serbia game…
More Than a Game? Again? On the Seemingly Perpetual Football-Related Violence in the Balkans
UPDATE: Olsi Rama, brother of Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama, has denied any involvement in…
On Missing the World Cup (and Supporting Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk)
I miss the World Cup. I miss the passion of it. I miss the heartbreak…
FIBA World Cup Live Blog: Serbia vs USA
The FIFA World Cup seems like it happened a long, long time ago, because…
The World Cup Report from a Gin Joint Near the Copacabana
Arséne Wenger had lost enough. He’d gone more than a decade without winning anything, not…