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With those immigrants came an approach to the game as distinct as their cuisines. Long before I ever watched the European championships - the cable sports network ESPN didn't televise any games in the U.S. until 1996 - I was familiar with Europeans' football. I had been seeing it on the field, first as a kid living in an immigrant-enriched community near Newark, N.J. - where one learned that Portuguese teams have flair and fire, and that a Scotsman has a very broad view as to what constitutes a fair challenge. My European education would continue in the Cosmopolitan Soccer League...
...this year. Ever louder exclamations of joy and despair will resonate not only from European immigrants but from their second-, third- and fourth-generation offspring, augmented by a growing Hispanic audience. For the first time, ESPN is televising every game. The final will be shown on a big broadcast network, ABC, and the ratings could top the National Hockey League's finals - unthinkable even 10 years ago. "There's a big fan base for each team here. And U.S. fans love big events: they love something where the excitement builds," says Russell Wolfe, head of ESPN International...
Seniors are about to lose their Harvard Internet access, but thanks to a new wireless network, those staying in the Square won’t be left stranded...
...Harvard Square Business Association activated a wireless network yesterday afternoon that provides free Internet to anyone in the Square area, temporarily christened “Hogwarts Square” in honor of J. K. Rowling, the University’s Commencement speaker...
...network has been in the works for months but had been stalled due to the complexity of creating the set-up, said Denise A. Jillson, executive director of the Square Business Association, who added that the process sped up significantly once an outside company, Anaptyx, LLC, was brought in to help with installation...