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Before the internet, journalists relied on phones send in their copy and it was one unfortunate person’s job to organise the whole thing

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Badge of the week ~ Jalgpalliklubi Sillamae Kalev, Estonia
The crest iconography here centres on two performing bears, specifically, Bodo and Mr Polyokoff, the music hall act of two Estonians dressed as bears that rose to national fame in the 1930s. A typical performance would start with the compere introducing the pair, before running off stage as the two “bears” came on, shouting: “I have no news, I have no news!” (The joke here was that the two “bears” were ravenous for current affairs and would kill for a newspaper.)

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Neil Sherwin of Backpage Football explains how the disaster involving Brazilian club Chapecoense has been used by unethical “media outlets”

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by Nige Tassell
Yellow Jersey Press, £12.99
Reviewed by Ed Wilson
From WSC 358, December 2016
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From The Cockney Rejects to Oasis via Half Man Half Biscuit – Richard Newson explored how football and music went from opposites to best friends

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