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THE NEXT GREAT SPORTS CITY?

By Wright Thompson

Monday, March 10, 2008

Piet Skosana stands on a concrete pylon, high in the air. The 48-year-old South African construction worker might seem exotic, inscrutable even, with the clucks of his Xhosa language and his stories of tribal initiation in the bush and his memories of apartheid. But, truth is, he wants what anyone with a family wants: a better home, education for his children, three squares for his table. He loves to coach soccer, and he loves to watch his grandson sleep. He'd like to buy a ticket someday for ...

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