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...most, it was simply a poignant moment in June's World Cup. Scoring his team's third goal to seal a victory over Costa Rica, Ecuador's Ivan Kaviedes pulled out a Spider-Man mask from his shorts, donned it and danced across the field, to the cheers of Ecuadorian fans. He did so in the memory of teammate Otilino (Spider-Man) Tenorio, killed in a 2005 car crash. But Marvel Entertainment executives took Kaviedes' tribute as their own. For a comic-book publisher, it marked a feat of superhero proportions: in less than a decade, the company...
...only available escapism is via TV. The one post-Saddam freedom Iraqis can unreservedly enjoy is access to satellite television--Lebanese music videos, Egyptian soaps, the Oprah Winfrey Show (with Arabic subtitles), sports. The soccer World Cup was a welcome distraction. Since Iraq didn't qualify, people invested their emotions in foreign teams, like Brazil and Italy. When the Italians won the tournament, it was our driver Wisam--not our Milanese photographer, Franco Pagetti--who had to be restrained from shooting an AK-47 into the air, the traditional Arab celebration. But even the enjoyment of a faraway sporting event...
Three cheers for Bill Saporito's Viewpoint on the World Cup final [July 24]! Having followed Zinédine Zidane's career closely, I am furious that many will remember him as a hothead. Zidane has done a great deal to help kids in the rough suburbs of Marseilles, where he grew up, and is respected in France for his talent, determination and longevity in the sport. What Zidane did was not the best course of action. Nonetheless, his jersey remains a prized possession in my classroom...
...years as a sportscaster for NBC and ABC, I met many great athletes. And it was only the great ones who said, "I want my opponent to be at his very best because that's the only way I can truly test myself." The disappointing ending to the World Cup makes me wonder whether Marco Materazzi and his Italian teammates are proud of their championship. Is winning at any cost the only thing that counts...
...Saporito watching the same World Cup I was? No matter how great a player Zidane is, he behaved like a child having a temper tantrum, without regard for its effect on his team. He is a loser...