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Like many, I cheered the NY Times when they finally euthanized Times Select and let poor/cheap
people like me back into the opinion columns. But they also opened up their archives going back
over a century. What a fantastic move - even if they were motivated more by online ad $$$$ than the
public good. So [...]
Recall the post from Josh as he combed the NY Times archives for early references to soccer or
football. He managed to find a tidbit from 1885 about 'Association Football' and I wondered which
PR genius thought 'Soccer' was a good term. Well it turns out the term was really Sock-er. Scary. I
like footie [...]