This week we speak to Duke University professor and author of The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer, Laurent DuBois about the latest in the World Cup. Later in the show, we speak to Sporting News columnist David Steele about his longtime friend, sportswriter John McNamara, who was killed in the mass shooting at the Capitol Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland.

We also got Choice Words about Hockey’s first black player, William O’Ree getting inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame, and more!

Laurent Dubois

Twitter: @Soccerpolitics

The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer

David Steele

Twitter: @David_C_Steele

Sporting News Column

Zirin, Willie O’Ree at Long Last Makes the NHL Hall of Fame

https://www.thenation.com/article/willie-oree-long-last-makes-nhl-hall-fame/

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