EHS Pillars - Spring 2018
PILLARS - The Episcopal High School Magazine www.ehshouston.org
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SPORTS AND NATIONALISM<br />
In Yugoslavia, brothers and basketball teammates are torn apart as<br />
they find themselves on opposites side of a war. In India, Cricket<br />
is a matter of life or death. In Columbia, drugs and soccer prove<br />
to be a fatal mix. Guided by documentaries, students and history<br />
teacher Travis Smith examined how sports explain the political<br />
and social makeup of a country.<br />
People all over the world connect<br />
their identities with their sports<br />
teams. If a World Cup team loses<br />
in Italy, some fans can hardly<br />
crawl out of bed the next day.<br />
Documentaries about a famous<br />
cricket player and other superstars<br />
showed us both the joy and the<br />
burden young athletes feel when<br />
the stakes are so high.<br />
—Connor Baily '21<br />
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