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July 12, 2014
Luke Dempsey
If Hamlet Gave Argentina’s Pre-World Cup Final Speech
Alejandro Sabella channels the Prince of Denmark
July 9, 2014
Luke Dempsey
Paradise Lost, 7-1: If Milton Did Post-Match Analysis for Germany-Brazil
To be read in the voice of Ian Darke.
July 2, 2014
Luke Dempsey
What I've Done to Myself By Watching Every Second of This World Cup
Chaucer had his barrels, I have my barn
June 30, 2014
Luke Dempsey
Ketchup vs. Mayonnaise, and 9 Other Reasons Belgium Doesn't Have a Chance Against the U.S.
The fabulist patriot's guide to the most important sporting event in American history
June 25, 2014
Luke Dempsey
"As You Bite It": Uruguay-Italy through Shakespeare
For never was a story of more woe...
June 19, 2014
Luke Dempsey
England's Loss to Uruguay, as Epic Poem
The doggerel of defeat
June 15, 2014
Luke Dempsey
Watching the Three Lions Get Mauled at an Italian Restaurant in New Jersey
An England-Italy recap, with pizza
June 14, 2014
Luke Dempsey
My Cancer, My Friend's Cancer, and a Stadium's Worth of Meat
Toasting the World Cup (and Much More) at a Brazilian Steakhouse
June 10, 2014
Luke Dempsey
21 Things That Must Happen During This World Cup
June 30, 2012
Luke Dempsey
Five Things We’ve Learned from Euro 2012
June 25, 2012
Luke Dempsey
12 Yards
June 15, 2012
Luke Dempsey
Irish? Me?
June 13, 2012
Luke Dempsey
The Near-Death Experience of Giorgos Karagounis
June 11, 2012
Luke Dempsey
Fingers in Ears, La-la-la
June 10, 2012
Luke Dempsey
Andrews Liver Salts
June 8, 2012
Luke Dempsey
What I Wish I'd Said: An Imagined Dialogue
July 20, 2010
Luke Dempsey
The TV Review: ‘Wipeout’
July 9, 2010
Luke Dempsey
A Preview of Spain vs. Holland, World Cup Final, 2010
July 7, 2010
Luke Dempsey
Luke Dempsey's Best and Worst
July 3, 2010
Luke Dempsey
In Praise Of Whom?


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