Free Palestine

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Welcome Michigan State Univ. History alum Prof. Leslie Hadfield and co-authors, Kokel Melubo & Festo Mkenda. Enjoying your presentation on the history of Mt. Kilimanjaro's African crews.

Sheer numbers can’t explain the layered pain of school shootings - The State News The story of what happened that night became simple to the nation: three dead, five wounded in shooting at MSU. But that distillation is a disservice to the totality of what MSU experienced that ...

1 year ago a mass shooting devastated our Michigan State Univ. community statenews.com/article/2024...

Coffee pot on a stove top

Buongiorno

Kwesi’s CTE “dream”

Nigeria and Ivory Coast table soccer teams on a pitch

Ivory Coast Champions of Africa! Terrific 2-1 comeback vs Nigeria

Four album covers of Bob Marley’s 1977 concerts in London

Bob’s June 1977 Rainbow Theatre shows are stupendiferously irie.

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Grading with Afcon

Computer screen ons desk showing a soccer game with a hard hat and vuvuzela and bookcases in the background

Sad about South Africa’s penalty shootout loss, but looking forward nevertheless to Sunday’s AFCON final: Côte d’Ivoire vs Nigeria.

Goalkeeper makes a diving save in a soccer match

With the elections coming up, South African keeper Ronwen Williams stakes his claim to the presidency.

Sure does!!

Players and officials celebrate South Africa’s African title on the field in 1996

South Africa could use some Madiba Magic today vs Cape Verde.

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Subbuteo table soccer figures on the pitch

Conjuring a great escape from this defensive cage

Composite image of South Africa’s men’s national soccer team

South Africa to face Cape Verde in the AFCON quarterfinals on Saturday.

When fútbol is joy

Triple truth

Power Plays: The New Sports Studies series - University of Oklahoma Press Series Description Sport is ubiquitous in modern North America, influencing educational, economic, and political institutions as well as the built

Sports are everywhere, and so they should be on your bookshelf for understanding American history and culture.

Could not be more excited to launch this important series with the juggernaut team of @profloumoore.bsky.social, Victoria Jackson, and @noahcohan.bsky.social

Robert HunterOctober 30, 1982Music Hall,Seattle, WAVideo Source: ET Benson's Sony L-750 (2) Beta MastersTransfer: Sony SuperBeta SL-HF100 (Playback) -} DataV... Robert Hunter Music Hall, Seattle, WA 10/30/82 Complete Show

Maybe you're tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken and thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
To do for you, to see you through?
A box of rain will ease the pain and love will see you through youtu.be/XEx9fxUgWaw?...

The ICJ ruling is a repudiation of Israel and its western backers | Kenneth Roth Will Israel’s allies urge Israel to comply with the court’s ruling? It would do enormous damage to the ‘rules-based order’ if they make an exception for Israel

“On the need to allow humanitarian aid to a starving population in Gaza and to prevent and punish the incitement of genocide, even the respected Israeli judge, Aharon Barak, joined the majority, making the vote 16 to 1”

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Screenshot of match schedule for knockout stage of the Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 schedule (with US Eastern times) — will South Africa prevent a Morocco-Senegal final?

Deloitte Football Money League 2024 The 27th edition of the Deloitte Football Money League profiles the highest revenue generating clubs in world football over the 2022/23 season.

This year’s Football Money League (by Deloitte) is now available www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/...

Screenshot of a soccer game with two opposing players clashing for a header

Fighting for a precious draw. Phambili Bafana!!

Algeria finishing last in a group with Angola, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania—this Afcon keeps surprising.

2nd former L.A. deputy sentenced to federal prison for abducting Compton skateboarder Christopher Hernandez received an 18-month sentence for conspiring to violate the civil rights of a 23-year-old man who yelled at him and his ex-partner to stop picking on a group of teens at a park.

A second ex-LASD deputy was sentenced to federal prison today after abducting and framing a skateboarder in Compton in 2020.

In a victim impact statement, Jesus Alegria had words for the former deputies: “What goes around comes around," he wrote.
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Indeed. Just ask the Black Stars

Syllabus listing readings for January 22

Today in my “Sport and Society in African history” PhD seminar.

South Africa and Juve up 3-0, Lions 10-10 at the half. What a Sports Sunday

Disgusting racism by fans of Udinese led Milan keeper Maignan to walk off the pitch. A few minutes later, Udinese tied the game. How’s this acceptable?

Snowy city streetscape

Just another frigid winter day