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The Great U.S. Women’s Soccer Labor Dispute of 2016

June 22, 2016 Beau Dure

A few bits of history and perspective that pointed out some inconvenient facts … — For The Guardian, comments from the U.S. women’s national team’s lawyers along with facts, figures and questions about how this could all play out. (Will we have a league? Will we have a better national team? Will everyone get paid? Source: The US women’s soccer pay dispute: a tangled web with no easy answers | Football | The Guardian April 11, 2016 — For OZY, a flashback on a previous labor dispute that actually reached the point of calling in replacement players, albeit replacements who were … Continue reading The Great U.S. Women’s Soccer Labor Dispute of 2016

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Split up the Olympics

June 22, 2016September 8, 2017 Beau Dure

The Summer Games are simply too big and too costly for one city to host. I propose a series of Olympic events spread over the calendar and the globe. Source: The Olympics are too big for one city to host. It’s time to share the joy | Sport | The Guardian April 5, 2016 Continue reading Split up the Olympics

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How Kimbo Slice and MMA challenge our notions of celebrity and humanity

June 22, 2016 Beau Dure

Written in the wake of a dizzying weekend of MMA news, with one of the sport’s top journalists (Ariel Helwani) temporarily losing his UFC credentials and one of the sport’s most famous figures (Kimbo Slice) passing away suddenly. Source: How Kimbo Slice and MMA challenge our notions of celebrity and humanity | Sport | The Guardian June 7, 2016 Continue reading How Kimbo Slice and MMA challenge our notions of celebrity and humanity

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Parents demanding more from youth soccer experience

June 22, 2016September 13, 2016 Beau Dure

A two-fer here. For FourFourTwo, I explained that soccer parents’ complaints are no longer as easy to dismiss as they may have been when no one understood the game. Source: Parents rightfully demanding more from inconsistent youth soccer experience | FourFourTwo Then a related piece for Soccer Wire: Source: Dure: Are pro coaches really better than parents? | Soccer Wire June 16, 2016 Continue reading Parents demanding more from youth soccer experience

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Mapping the chaotic youth soccer scene

June 22, 2016September 13, 2016 Beau Dure

The sprawling, chaotic, multi-layered Google Map from Hell: Select soccer clubs and leagues across the Mid-Atlantic region, where even second- and third-tier teams routinely drive hours for games. Follow-up coming in July … Source: Dure: Mapping the chaotic youth soccer scene — Soccer Wire April 29, 2016 Continue reading Mapping the chaotic youth soccer scene

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“Fantastic Lies” and the lessons of Duke lacrosse

June 13, 2016 Beau Dure

Don’t stereotype. Don’t rush to judgment. Those are the lessons of the Duke lacrosse case from 10 years ago. And to my pleasant surprise, the documentary Fantastic Lies covered those lessons pretty well. Source: “Fantastic Lies” and the lessons of the Duke lacrosse case | SportsMyriad March 23, 2016 Continue reading “Fantastic Lies” and the lessons of Duke lacrosse

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Go Duke! And Go UNCW — except when you’re playing Duke