As my first year of college concludes, I feel as if I’ve communicated my passion for sports in ways I could have never before imagined. For example, through this blog, I have gotten to speak about both historical and contemporary topics in sports through the Humanities Core theme of empire and its ruins. In some... Continue Reading →
Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. They all have many things in common: they’re each island nations, were first colonized by Spain, and eventually transferred over to the United States. By the turn of the 19th century, each country fell under the cultural influence of a large nation attempting to expand its cultural influence around... Continue Reading →
I just got done watching the highlights of the first-leg between S.L. Benfica and Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League. I thoroughly enjoyed watching former Porto forward Gonçalo Paciência score against his former Portuguese rivals to keep his team’s chance of staying in European competition alive. The game was entertaining, lively, and was played at... Continue Reading →
Despite the knowledge I’ve gained about many sports throughout my life, tennis is one of the few sports in which I have personal experience. Although I never touched a racket before high school, I managed through three years of JV to finally become a varsity player my senior year. As an IB Diploma candidate, I... Continue Reading →
Have you ever had a “voila” moment with anything you’ve recently read? Because I think I just had one with required Core reading “Myth of Native Desolation”. Towards the reading’s conclusion, Latin American historian Matthew Restall argues “the decline in native population did not mean that native culture declined in any sense.” Although Restall speaks... Continue Reading →
As the Humanities Core sequence rolls into the Winter Quarter, I find myself faced with the task of having to write Essay 3: Historical Analysis of an Andean Artifact. Just recently, I have come to the conclusion that this writing assignment will likely be the biggest encounter I will have with the subject of history... Continue Reading →
As the last blog post of 2018, I felt it was right to touch upon the biggest sporting event of the year, the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Particularly, I wanted to focus on the French National Football Team, the respective winners of the quadrennial football tournament held between the best national teams in... Continue Reading →
When people go in large numbers to other countries, and establish colonies there, they do their best to maintain them and; not only that, to maintain them in the state they knew when the first substantial number of them arrived in their new homeland. -Rowland Bowen, cricket historian In my previous blog posts, I explored... Continue Reading →
Things don't remain the same from the place they originate. Think about french fries and pizza. They've spread far from their place of origin and have been done differently by those who have partaken in their creation. Ask England how many World Cups they've won. Since football has spread to the six livable continents, the... Continue Reading →
Chelsea. Arsenal. Tottenham. If these words ring bells to your ears, likely you begin to visualize many things: a soccer ball, several men kicking and running around a beautifully-textured pitch, and rambunctious fans singing chants in support of their favorite team. If you care enough about where this is being situated, you start thinking about... Continue Reading →
Home Plate Empire 