[lbo-talk] lefty on futbol

[Mike Beggs]

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com> wrote:
> Speaking of lefties and soccer, anybody read blowhard Terry Eagleton's
> stupid, moralizing article entitled "Football: a dear friend to
> capitalsim" in the Guardian recently? What a maroon.

Yeah, it's cringeworthy. I'm a big Eagleton fan generally, but he is
way too prolific for his own good. I wish folks would stay away from
the op-ed pages.

There's been a decent (England-centric) World Cup blog here:
http://minus-the-shooting.blogspot.com/

Mike Beggs