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Ohiri Field, home of the Harvard men’s and women’s soccer teams...
...where does that leave the soccer teams? Who knows...
...Salon article by Mark Simpson in July of 2002. “For some time now, old-fashioned (re)productive, repressed, unmoisturized heterosexuality has been given the pink slip by consumer capitalism,” writes Simpson. Extolling perfectly primped—but virulently heterosexual—British Soccer star David Beckham as the premier member of this new breed of urban chic, Simpson’s conception of the metrosexual has evolved with the times...
...instant R.-and-B. classic; Hey Ya! was something greater. You don't expect universality from a song about the agony of monogamous relationships, but the mix of a surf-rock guitar, hand claps and a retro catchphrase captivated not just the Beyonces and Lucy Lius but also soccer moms, NASCAR dads and a former NATO supreme commander. ("I don't know much about hip-hop," offered Wesley Clark, "but I do know OutKast can make you shake it like a Polaroid picture.") At a moment when technology has enabled every person to become a mix master, Hey Ya! made...
What do you get the man who has everything? Ask David Beckham. The British soccer star, now playing his club game for Real Madrid, is idolized by men for his athletic prowess and by women for his devilish good looks. He is not the first athlete to enhance his star status by playing the glamour card, but he is quite possibly the best. A bronze statue in Thailand is testament to his iconic powers--as is the crazed fan who reportedly licked every toilet seat she could access in a fashionable hotel in hopes of tasting one he had used...