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Our Dream Cup

For Three Weeks, Poland is the Center of Europe

We’re soccer crazy here in Wroclaw, where our city government has done nothing but “get ready for the Euro Cup” for years. Even the colleges let out a month early this year so that their dorms could house fans on a budget. Almost anything you can buy is tied to the tournament, though it’s admittedly weird to be in a supermarket and see meat loaves packed into glass jars labeled “Snack for a football fan!” Ugly buildings on the way to the stadium are covered with colorful “Euro 2012” banners.

Hosting …

by Mateusz Kornacki |

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Supporting the Kings, Despite the Staples Center

Yes, Crappy Team Plus Even Crappier Venue Can Still Equal Love

by Nick Soltman |

Two weeks ago, after a second straight third-period collapse, I muttered to Steve, a fellow long-suffering Los Angeles Kings fan, “Rooting for the Kings is like rooting for the Cubs–only …

Kings of Our Town

Why Sacramento Fights to Stay Major League

by Rob Stutzman |

It was a spring night in 1986 and I was a high school senior driving home from my job in the lazy Sierra Foothill town of Auburn, just 35 miles …

Middle-Class Schools at the Big Dance

San Diego State and Long Beach State May Be Underdogs in NCAAs, But They’re Big Winners for California

by Daniel Weintraub |

Like parents with more than one child, Californians say they love all of their higher education systems equally. But everyone knows that the University of California is really the favorite, …

L.A. Welcomes You, NFL

But Only If You Win

The NFL will return to Los Angeles. This was the prediction of a panel of football notables, including Hall of Fame quarterback and UCLA alumnus Troy Aikman, at an event …

If We Name It, Will They Come?

Zócalo’s Readers On What To Call L.A.’s Arriving-Soon-Honest-Any-Minute-Now NFL Team

 

What’s in a name? A lot, apparently. Zócalo has been deluged with proposals for naming a future Los Angeles NFL team that we do not have but that may be …


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