Trinity Banter | msimpson | Activity https://commons.trincoll.edu/members/msimpson/activity/ Activity feed for msimpson. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:29:28 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 fcefc6c510d4d31db6ef20c1087bb631 msimpson wrote a new post, TIFO, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/17/tifo/ Fri, 17 Jan 2014 01:03:51 -0500 From the age of six until my freshman year of high school i was into the game of soccer and played for my town along with a local club. One of my many accomplishments during this time was being chosen to try out […]

]]> 41983b83a395194701c1d590acfa696a msimpson wrote a new post, Stages of the global: Media sport, racialization and the last temptation of Zinedine Zidan, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/17/stages-of-the-global-media-sport-racialization-and-the-last-temptation-of-zinedine-zidan/ Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:44:07 -0500 Stages of the global: Media sport, racialization and the last temptation of Zinedine Zidane

 The institution of the media is an enormously powerful force in shaping knowledge and understanding of increasingly […]

]]> a45d0fc90dee0960b7204a9c92c7a0da msimpson wrote a new post, TIFO Jan 15, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/16/tifo-jan-15/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:55:33 -0500 This TIFO relates to the readings that we did. It shows how difficult it can be to be a coach in Europe. Coaches are faced with a lot of pressure from the avid fans along with having to produce for the […]

]]> 5e7dc819433ae5d92cf57bbb864fe222 msimpson wrote a new post, TIFO Jan 14, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/16/tifo-jan-14/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:45:50 -0500 TIFO

This video shows how dedicated the fans are to these European clubs. Also we see from the video that traditions and songs are vital to the game of soccer. This video can give someone who has never been to […]

]]> efc1f0bd7c06b572b5472ba5cf86aa19 msimpson wrote a new post, TIFO jan 16, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/16/tifo-jan-16/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:42:25 -0500 TIFO

What im looking at today for my TIFO are the sponsors for the Italian soccer team. I was also looking at the roster to see if they have non-Italian players playing for them now and if so how […]

]]> 7dc485d1cdc5ad2f50f5b6ad7d981c8e msimpson wrote a new post, TIFO Jan 9, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/16/tifo-jan-9/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:40:32 -0500 TIFO

This article shows the longest rivalries in the game of soccer in Europe. These rivalries create and bring back nostalgia memories to fans that attend each year. Some of these rivalries started when these […]

]]> 4c0746e3697df27c6daa3223fbf01006 msimpson wrote a new post, U.S. Ambivalence Toward the World Cup and American Nationalism, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/15/675/ Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:50:29 -0500 U.S. Ambivalence Toward the World Cup and American Nationalism

Given the preeminent role that mass media plays in both the formation of national communities and dissemination of international sporting events, […]

]]> 9ddd9cc60366ac0aebcc9015f2e08909 msimpson wrote a new post, (no title), on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/09/532/ Thu, 09 Jan 2014 23:56:40 -0500 The reforms that were made to the soccer program did not benefit the small clubs. This caused the smaller clubs to reject ideas that would benefit the larger clubs when things were voted upon. This made the larger […]

]]> 0ee345af5c78f082fc28aba875ab7860 msimpson wrote a new post, Who Really Invented Modern Football, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/09/who-really-invented-modern-football/ Thu, 09 Jan 2014 03:27:58 -0500 Who Really Invented Modern Football

Nominal record linkage indicates that this development was essentially driven by schoolteachers, clerks, bookkeepers and accountants using their social and cultural capital […]

]]> 2e0ff8e25ec9c613130a02fd4a8fdac8 msimpson commented on the post, PCQ #2, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/08/pcq-2/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:11:11 -0500 This is very interesting how soccer can play such a major role in assimilation. We see that immigrants used soccer as a way to adjust to new surroundings. Normally assimilation takes more than the first generation […]

]]> 725c9a645dd49eec05fd65e0ebabfc87 msimpson commented on the post, Seth Browner TIFO #1 1/7/13, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/08/seth-browner-tifo-1-1813/comment-page-1/#comment-940 Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:05:52 -0500 Seth i never knew about this story but this story shines light on male dominance. Also while i was reading your TIFO i realized why don’t females sports get as much backing as male sports?

]]> 1d149910ecc377606d890fe8155692c7 msimpson wrote a new post, Race and Science, Nationalism and Globalization - by MS, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT) http://commons.trincoll.edu/sportshistory/2014/01/07/221/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:02:32 -0500 Unequal Development:

In the eighteenth century was the first attempt to utilize race as a scientific concept. A French anatomist Cuvier started this in 1817 and he divided the races into three subspecies […]

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