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ESPN and accents (or lack thereof)

October 26, 2021 by John Yunker

With the World Series approaching I wanted to share an odd localization oversight on ESPN. The following two screen shots are from earlier this year. See if you can spot the differences in how the baseball player Carlos Rodón‘s name …

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Categories US Hispanic Market, Web Globalization

Taking the Great American Pastime Global

July 11, 2013 by John Yunker
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I was raised a Cardinals fan. But I don’t live in St. Louis anymore so I must follow the team virtually. Fortunately there’s the MLB mobile app. Now I can listen to the games — and Mike Shannon — in real …

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Categories Business globalization, Country Codes, Japan, Web Globalization

Two thoughts on Euro 2008 and Web globalization

June 29, 2008 by John Yunker

Congratulations to Spain for emerging on top of Euro 2008. I can’t say that I was pulling for any one team, but I would have loved to have seen Germany score a last-second goal to keep the tournament alive. Being …

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