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Zambia win the African Cup of Nations, honor those lost 19 years ago in plane crash
After taking off from Libreville in Gabon 19 years ago, a military plane carrying most of the squad crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. All 30 people on board, including 18 players, were killed. Before the crash, it was a golden era for Zambia’s football team. Their squad was expected to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, but of course things took a turn for the tragic.
19 years later, there are celebrations all over Zambia. And for good reason. Zambia, for the first time ever, are the Champions of Africa. Accepting the role of underdogs going into the final against the Ivory Coast, a team filled with world class talent like Didier Drogba, Yaya Toure, and Gervinho, the Zambians, led by coach Herve Renard, played fearlessly. There were no goals in regulation, so penalty kicks decided who would would be crowned the best team in Africa. Against all odds, Zambia won 8-7 on penalties in what was one of the most dramatic shoot-outs in history. Throughout the shoot-out, the Zambian players and staff were singing, creating a surreal environment that transcended the events partaking on the pitch. The trophy doesn’t make up for what was lost 19 years ago, but tonight a feeling of vindication will fill the air throughout Zambia.
6:08 pm • 12 February 2012 • 600 notes
“While a big U.S. city like Chicago may have two baseball teams, Buenos Aires and its suburbs have a dozen first division soccer clubs, each with its own stadium, fan base and radio station. Then there’s pro basketball, horse racing, the tennis circuit and even professional volleyball.”
— Sports Journalism Is The Goooaal At Argentine School : NPR
12:29 pm • 12 February 2012 • 6 notes
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. I spoke to a class here today about self-editing and multimedia reporting.
12:16 pm • 11 February 2012 • 12 notes
Jeremy Lin just outscored the best player in all of basketball for the last decade and more.
(via nbaoffseason)
10:45 pm • 10 February 2012 • 1,246 notes
siphotos:
Jeremy Lin drives to the hoop against JaVale McGee during the Knicks-Wizards game earlier this week. Lin has led the Knicks to three straight victories. Can they keep it up on Friday against the Lakers? (Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images)
TAYLOR: Lin’s road has been one full of rejection
AMICK: Strange circumstances brought Lin to NY
VIDEO: How is Lin handling sudden popularity?
4:38 pm • 10 February 2012 • 352 notes
Sick day
I get a very bad cold around this week every year. If you have questions, I might answer them.
10:54 am • 10 February 2012 • 2 notes
Why People Believe Misinformation, Even After It's Corrected
infoneer-pulse:
These days we are bombarded with information, much of it incorrect, and long after the political campaigns are over a lot of it will still be buried in the part of our brain where we store our memories. And new research shows that the more intensely we believe something to be true, the more likely it will resurface in the future, even if we have learned it was false.
» via Yahoo! News
(via reuters)
8:29 pm • 9 February 2012 • 89 notes
Assad Cousin Wins Court Case To Unfreeze Assets In Switzerland - Corruption Currents - WSJ
A cousin of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad won a case to unfreeze $4 million held in bank accounts in Switzerland, beating a last-ditch attempt on the part of Swiss prosecutors to block the money.
The decision, reported by AP citing local media, was made last month by Switzerland’s top criminal court. Swiss authorities imposed sanctions on Hafez Makhlouf in May, freezing his assets. But they reversed the decision four months later after Makhlouf claimed the money had been promised to him as part of a property deal a month before it was blocked.
Prosecutors responded by launching a money laundering investigation in September to prevent the funds’ release.
5:48 pm • 9 February 2012
“After the flames were extinguished Sunday night, firefighters made the discovery: a body, deep in an abandoned crew room, in a subway tunnel on the F line just north of 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue. The victim was obviously homeless. Less apparent were his circumstances and history, but it did not take long for those to emerge. Of all the homeless people in the subway, the victim, Anthony Horton, 43, had been among the least faceless.”
— The Fiery End of a Life Lived Beneath the City - NYTimes.com
12:53 am • 9 February 2012 • 6 notes
nbaoffseason:
Landry Fields and Jeremy Lin’s new handshake: skimming through book, taking off glasses, then placing inside pocket protector.
Note: Landry Fields graduated from Stanford, Lin from Harvard. Way to set the bar super high for all Asian parents, Jeremy.
(Source: neaato)
10:48 pm • 8 February 2012 • 9,831 notes
