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Friday, May 31, 2002

The Sene-Gall of it!

Senegal started the World Cup with a real bang today, shocking the world by beating the defending champs, France, in their first ever World Cup appearance. Wow!

I looked for the story on two sites. The Guardian, a mainstream broadsheet newspaper in the UK, has the story as its top headline. By contrast, the Sports Illustrated site has its story buried in an "other top stories" section which, while still being above the fold, isn't terribly prominent. However, the actual story in The Guardian is awfully short; the AP story run by Sports Illustrated is much longer and provides much more color and context. They mention things like the fact that Senegal is a former French colony, and that almost all of the players on the Senegal team play their professional soccer in France, making the victory even sweeter. So we'll call this one a 1-1 draw.

Senegal isn't going to be celebrating this one for hours. Not for days. Not for weeks. Not for months. They'll be celebrating this one for decades.

Posted at 5:47 PM

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