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Heidenheim on the Verge of Relegation: An Ode to Hopelessness
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (141+ words) Coach Frank Schmidt makes no illusions in the relegation battle of his Heidenheim team. Refreshingly different from the usual trainer motivation gurus. Because ultimately the guru-guff comes only from the inhumane pressure of expectations. Whoever as a coach throws in…...
ITB Travel Trade Show: The Three Biggest Climate Killers on Vacation
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (652+ words) Is the travel industry ecologically up to date? Although sustainability appears in the three-day program of the fair here and there, the transport researcher Andreas Knie from the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) does not see climate-friendly travel adequately represented…...
Encounters on Deutsche Bahn: Happy Sardines in the Intercity Can
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (288+ words) B Bahnhof Ostkreuz, we board the IC bound for Dresden. It's as full as Uncle Rudi at Christmas. "Two reasons," says a man with beer-sweat on his brow. "First: today Leipzig plays against HSV." "And secondly?" I ask. "Can you…...
Winter in Hamburg: No Fun on the Alster
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (150+ words) Can you remember 2012? Alster? Mulled wine? Thick hat? Yes, because of Dad's fall when he tried to film himself while skating. Total drama, though. Ankle cracked. Two centimeters thick is the ice at the moment, according to the internet. That's…...
Winter Paralympics in Italy: How the Paralympics Work
1+ week, 6+ day ago (557+ words) Necessary and sometimes controversial: Every top athlete with a disability at the Winter Paralympics in Italy (March 616) is classified into a specific class. The classification is intended to maximize the comparability of individual performances and to regulate the fields of…...
German Female Football Influencers: Expertise Becomes a Problem
2+ week, 3+ day ago (179+ words) For Basler, time seems to have stood still well before 2011. Not only on the pitch have the dynamics shifted. On social media too, young women with football content are gaining influence. Coach Nina Lange, a former player for 1. FC Union…...
Mexico 2026 World Cup Boycott: Your Problem Lies at the Doorstep
2+ week, 3+ day ago (544+ words) Mexico 2026 World Cup Boycott: Your Problem Lies at the Doorstep'BIMC Media Mexico 2026 World Cup Boycott: Your Problem Lies at the Doorstep F C-Sankt-Pauli president Oke G'ttlich wants him, several EU parliamentarians support the proposal, and a few Bundestag deputies also…...
Berlinale Responds to Gaza Allegations, Aims to Reflect a Broad Range of Perspectives
2+ week, 5+ day ago (375+ words) dpa/ | The Berlinale has responded to an open letter from filmmakers and rejected the accusation that it censors critical voices regarding the war in Gaza. It is not true that they had "silenced" or "intimidated" filmmakers, festival director Tricia Tuttle…...
Post-Match Recap: Cologne vs Dortmund — When the Stadium Announcer Is Cheeky
3+ week, 4+ day ago (339+ words) What do Werner Hansch, Norbert Dickel, Christian Arbeit, and Arnd Zeigler have in common? Easy " they were and still are legendary stadium announcers. Into this illustrious line one could perhaps soon also insert Michael Trippel, the stadium announcer for 1. FC…...
Performance Ideology in Golf: Heading to the Medical Pit Stop
4+ week, 4+ hour ago (570+ words) Performance Ideology in Golf: Heading to the Medical Pit Stop'BIMC Media Performance Ideology in Golf: Heading to the Medical Pit Stop N Now then, we golfers'both women and men. We declare ourselves to be machines. Or rather, we are told…...