Sports and Society

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January 30, 2005

When you hear the word "globalization," you probably don't think of the sport of soccer. But Franklin Foer does. He traveled around the globe to explore this connection, attending soccer matches and interviewing his heroes. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, Franklin Foer will tell us how soccer explains the world.

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Franklin Foer tells Steve Paulson how soccer's international popularity leads to exchanges of players and coaches among many countries...

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Michael Mandelbaum talks with Jim Fleming about the similarities between sports and warfare and religion.

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Oscar Robertson is one of the all-time great basketball players. He talks with Steve Paulson about his constant struggle against racism during his playing years.

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Julian Rubinstein tells the story of Attila Ambrus, the man who escaped Romania for Hungary and became the Robin Hood of Eastern Europe.

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January 30, 2005
March 12, 2006
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