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Soccer Gets Its Own Glossy Magazines in the U.S.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/business/media/an-imported-sport-soccer-gets-its-own-glossy-magazines-in-the-us.html?src=xps

… if professional soccer has gained a solid foothold in the United States, soccer journalism continues to lag its foreign peers. There have been few well-known publications dedicated to the sport; the most prominent is Soccer America, founded in the 1970s.

Now two soccer magazines are entering the fray with A-list writers and designers, hoping that enthusiasm generated by the approaching 2014 World Cup will help create a readership that will endure for years afterward.

One of the magazines, Eight by Eight, introduced its first issue in Manhattan last month. The other, Howler, is a year old. (A third, called XI, is in the throes of a financial crisis after a year in print, and its future is unclear.)

Andrew Luck Is a Fan of Two Types of Football

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Andrew Luck as a fourth grader in Texas, after 10 years in Europe. via Kathy Luck

Luck went to Mexico City and the famed Estadio Azteca last March to see the United States take on Mexico in a World Cup qualifier. He then traveled to London for the Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/sports/football/andrew-luck-is-a-fan-of-two-types-of-football.html?ref=sports

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