And now, a lesser known fact about South Africa, and something that helps explain why FIFA has had difficulty selling World Cup tickets. As our Cape Town tour guide Gavin explained on the initial commute from the airport, most white South Africans place soccer as a distant second to rugby as their favorite sport. In [...]
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1 Mar
How buying World Cup tickets is like proposing marriage
It was November 27, 2004 and I had just finished the annual Turkey Lover’s road trip home to West Virginia to see the fam, shovel down any foods placed in a 6 foot radius of me, and reunite with old high school friends. My current residence was Frederick, Maryland, which made it about a 5 hour [...]
