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David Wangerin

2 July ~ One of our long-time contributors David Wangerin died in June after a short illness. David was the author of Soccer In A Football World, published by WSC in 2006, and wrote other books about the history of football in the USA and Germany. David's books are valuable works of scholarship as well as highly entertaining reads, but more importantly he had a humanity and a total lack of cynicism that shone through in all his writing. All his best work was done with no thought for any possible financial gain, but because he loved doing it. We'll miss him greatly. In conjunction with David's family, we plan to launch an annual WSC writers' award, for previously unpublished authors. There will be more information about this later in the year. Some of David's work for WSC can be found here.

On the subject...

Comment on 02-07-2012 21:03:08 by Kev7 #686212
Sad piece of news. I translated one of his articles (published in WSC # 292, a brilliant piece) into French last year:

www.cahiersdufootball.net/article.php?id=4145
Comment on 13-07-2012 17:40:11 by Pooh eating slug #690504
I realize I could never fill the cleats of my Brother, but so many of you were hoping to see another Monday morning quiz, I thought I’d at least try in his behalf;
1. Just how important do you have to be to go from being murdered to being assassinated? What is the cutoff?
2. Who’s brilliant idea was it to put the letter “S” in the word lisp?
3. If money doesn’t grow on trees, why do banks have branches?
4. If a person with multiple personality disorder is threatening suicide, is it really a hostage situation?
5. What if the hokey pokey IS what it is all about?
6. Who was the first person to see an egg come out of a chickens but and think, “Let’s eat that!”
7. Why are they called apartments when they are really jammed so close together?
8. Why do baseball managers dress in the uniforms of the players? Do we really think Tommy Lasorda is going to be called in at shortstop?
9. If life keeps giving you melons, you may be dyslexic! (Not really a question, in homage to #9)
10. If con is the opposite of pro, what does that make Congress?
Comment on 14-07-2012 08:29:07 by tee rex #690689
Welcome, slug.

You might want to put this quiz - or a link to it - in the World forum. People don't often venture this far down the page. We're very set in our ways.

Question 1 deserves an answer. Mine is "Ooh, I dunno." Somebody else will know, though. Somebody else will also know, only different. Then we'll pick sides, and it's all on. Yay!

Hope you can stick around.
Comment on 14-07-2012 13:01:49 by Sits With Remote #690739
Thanks slug.

Mrs. Stone is a qualified crisis counsellor and enjoyed no. 4

Cheers
Comment on 14-07-2012 13:07:03 by G-Man #690742
Great stuff, slug. Thanks.
Comment on 14-07-2012 13:17:49 by wingco #690744
Aye, lovely stuff. Welcome and thanks.

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