Whether it’s a foul at the end of a basketball game or a an out-of-control train bearing down on four innocent people, human beings often choose to do nothing. Why? Sports Illustrated senior writer Jon Wertheim, author of “Scorecasting,” explains.
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Pacifying Rio
In anticipation of the 2014 World Cup in Rio, Brazil has begun an aggressive program to reduce crime in Rio’s favelas. Officials call it “pacification,” a full-scale military operation to run out the drug dealers and bring in more police, while other call it a superficial solution.
A colorful ‘Sam’s Army’ marches through South Africa
The American team showed a lot of grit in South Africa, and the American fans, who seem to have more enthusiasm for their team than even the Europeans do, even more so.
The World What?
The world’s most popular sport owes something to the U.S. — and Americans could stand to learn a thing or two about soccer
At World Cup, vuvuzela may give South African music a bad name
A South African musicologist fears the vuvuzela, which produces a loud droning noise on television, will give his country’s music a bad name.
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