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| Url: | http://www.fromaleftwing.blogspot.com |
| Author(s): | Jennifer Doyle |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | soccer, sports, football |
| Description: | A queer take on "the beautiful game" by an unlikely player & fan. |
| Ratings |  (8 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 120 Followers |
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Left Wing, Left Leg
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Riyas Komu, Left Leg 2008 I write this from Goa, just minutes before heading to a meeting with the Indian National Football Team. This is part of a research trip to India, to explore th...more |
2009-12-06
RIP: Mike/Christine Penner, Transgender Sportswriter
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Los Angeles Times announced today that transgender sports journalist Mike Penner committed suicide.In 2007, Penner came out in the newspaper's pages as Christine Daniels. He took a vacation, ...more |
2009-11-28
Henry's Handball & the Moral Ambiguity of Football
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The ball rebounded to Thierry Henry's hand, first once and then again. He scooped it gently, and let it fall to his feet. He made a controlled pass to his teammate William Gallas, who scored a much...more |
2009-11-19
New Mexico/BYU: What happened to the Referee, Joe Pimentel?
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Elizabeth Lambert's name is now synonymous with violent play. What happened to Joe Pimentel (pictured here, giving Lambert the one yellow card he issued)? The center referee basically folded his a...more |
2009-11-13
On the suicide of Robert Enke
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Robert Enke worked very hard over his career for his spot on the national team, playing in Portugal, Spain, Turkey and finally in the Bundesliga, for Hannover 96. He won eight caps for Germany, an...more |
2009-11-10
ESPN does an ACTUAL story about the New Mexico/BYU match
| Watch this interview with a local reporter (Jared Lloyd/Desert News) who covered this match. He points out that the "refs allowed" for a "physical game" - and offers a well informed perspective on...more |
2009-11-08
New Mexico/BYU's Bitchslap
| ESPN ran a story about a recent match between BYU and New Mexico's women's teams which has become infamous for the elbows-to-the-ribs and ponytail-yank antics of New Mexico player Elizabeth Lambert...more |
2009-11-06
Girlfight's Foxy Boxing: Possibly the Queerest Straight Romance on Film?
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Karyn Kusama's (gorgeous) film Girlfight climaxes with a "gender blind" boxing match, in which the film's central character gets into the ring and boxes her boyfriend. This has got to be one of t...more |
2009-10-23
Paris Foot Gay & Creteil Bebel: Homophobia Extraordinary and Ordinary
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Last week, Creteil Bebel, an amateur French team, refused to play a league match against Paris Foot Gay - citing a range of reasons, all homophobic. They have since agreed to take the field agains...more |
2009-10-17
The Damned United: A Review
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Dirty, dirty Leeds. Dirty fucking Leeds. After reading David Peace's novel The Damned UTD these words cycled through my head for days. They work as an obsessive refrain in Peac |
2009-10-08
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