In Case You Missed It: Best Of Tweets of Video, Photo, and Written Essays on South Africa World Cup

Posted on July 12, 2010

A best-of collection of my tweets during the World Cup that just concluded with Spain being crowned champion. In this most global of sports, the planet was interlinked in uplifting rather than destructive ways:

Beautiful photo essay that accompanies NYTimes article, “To Those With Nothing, Soccer Is Everything” –> “Grassroots Soccer”

[Video] A nation’s reaction across its various diverse regions when Spain scores winning WorldCup goal http://budurl.com/SpainCelebrates

Spain Pres. on Spanish #WorldCup team: “They have rejected fatalism&pessimism & turned them in2 confidence&joy” http://gu.com/p/2tatv/tw

An elegant NYT’s essay on Spain’s #WorldCup semifinal win vs Germany w/soccer & national identity insights http://nyti.ms/91sK3Z

Origins of SAfrica’s #WorldCup in Its Infamous Prison http://nyti.ms/dd9JKP How soccerleague on RobbenIsland helped prisoners keep dignity

2Get U in PartyMood 4 Final, here’s Shakira’s official #WorldCup song, Waka Waka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0 (English ver)
Pa’ estar listos pa’ Final aqui Shakira con cancion official del Mundial, Waka Waka http://bit.ly/ayOmgb (SPANISH ver)

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