Racial Taunting Becoming More Commonplace In European Soccer by Matthew Schofield (Analysis | Bradenton Herald - May 16) Robbie Russell was concentrating too hard on the professional soccer game he was playing to notice the torrent of racial slurs or the first couple of dozen times he was spat on. But when the 24-year-old African-American from Amherst, Mass., felt fans tugging at his jersey and turned around last weekend in the small western Norwegian town of Sogndal, he noticed what came next.more details | go to article