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Graham Parker

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Covers:  track and field, us sports, soccer, golf, athletics, tennis, sports, boxing, major league soccer, politics of sport, business of sport
Doesn't Cover: Product launches, gift guides
Passer. Mover. Backheeler; former Chicago Fire exec; bylines @NYtimes @Guardian @espnfc @grantland @FourFourTwo @WSJ @Vice

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Graham Parker’s Journalist Portfolio

Amateur Soccer in New York, Built on Immigrant Pride

Amateur Soccer in New York, Built on Immigrant Pride

The league has seen the ebbs and flows of American soccer as it has evolved through everything from foreign w…

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Acrimony F.C.: M.L.S. Teams and Fan Groups Navigate a Rocky Marriage

Acrimony F.C.: M.L.S. Teams and Fan Groups Navigate a Rocky Marriage

For more than two decades, Major League Soccer and its most ardent fans have had a unique, if sometimes uneas…

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We Went There: The World Cup Final

We Went There: The World Cup Final

I was woken on the morning of the World Cup final by the same sound I heard when I had gone to sleep: the rau…

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The forgotten story of ... Jack Johnson's fight with Oscar Wilde's poet nephew

The forgotten story of ... Jack Johnson's fight with Oscar Wilde's poet nephew

On 23 April 1916, a boxing match took place in Barcelona, between Jack Johnson and Arthur Cravan. In sporting…

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'Here Come the Future Criminals': Refugees, Racists, and Youth Soccer in Idaho

'Here Come the Future Criminals': Refugees, Racists, and Youth Soccer in Idaho

The unlabeled white envelope was placed inside a plastic bag, wedged between the wiper and the windshield of …

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USA '94 legacy: why two big misses didn't prevent a World Cup hit

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By Graham Parker
| Inkl
In 2013, broadcast titan NBC outbid several rivals for the Premier League rights to every single game as part of its deal, with the likes of BeIN, Fox and ESPN carving up Serie A, La Liga, the Bundesliga, Liga MX and dozens of other competitions. Among 12-20-year-olds, football is now the second-most-watched sport in the country, and big European teams, savvy to the potential of the US market, have become perennial visitors on blockbuster summer tours.
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The legacy of USA '94: why two big misses didn't prevent a World Cup hit

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By Graham Parker
| Yahoo Sport UK Verified
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. USA 94 kicks off at the Rose Bowl stadium, Pasadena, California featuring the iconic San Gabriel Mountains in the background and giant floating soccer-ball balloons around the stands. | Credit: It started with a penalty missed by Diana Ross and ended with one missed by Roberto Baggio.
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New single from rock legend Graham Parker "Soul Shoes (Live)" out with a live LP on the way this Summer

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By Graham Parker
| Concert Monkey
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing a profile on Peter Greenaway for City Life magazine in Manchester, UK

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No. I started with a state-of-the-eyestrain Amstrad.

How is social media changing news?

It's changing response times dramatically, and it's changing the mechanisms institutions use to try and stay ahead of stories/journalists.