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One of the proximate causes of the Soweto uprising was a decree that called for the black township kids to continue to be educated in Afrikaans, as opposed to English, the language they preferred.

Tomorrow (Thursday) at noon, do not forget to tune in to WBEZ, 91.5 FM here in Chicago, to hear the latest shenanigans from the Worldview World Cup team.

In the last moments of the US and Ghana game last Saturday, red, white and blue teardrops were frozen by the icy, winter night.‚  It was clear the US was going home.

We have two national teams. One is the European champion, while the other has the best player in the world. The two countries they represent are next-door neighbors. Now, how come this is not a Superclasico?

Yesterday someone asked me who was winning the World Cup. Obviously this required a lengthy answer to explain that no one was really "Ëœwinning' at the moment, but that there were soon to be only 8 teams left. The conversation the developed as follows: "Who was in the last final?"

After referee Jorge Larrionda waved off an obvious goal by England and signaled for the two teams to play on, the players instead stopped. The ball was kicked out of bounds.

This World Cup has separated itself nicely into cliques, like a suburban high school.