Two points of interest: the women's basketball club team was suspended for reasons not stated, but the ban has yet to be lifted—which hints at a conspiracy against Boca (typical of fan magazines). The other note is that the magazine harshly…
Fans attack Cossio, a referee at a match at Newell's Old Boys, leaving him seriously injured at the hospital. A brief recap of the escalating violence at stadiums prefaces the coverage of November 8, including reports of bullets fired at a match…
The match between River Plate and Rácing generated high expectations, as evidenced by the first visit by Juan Perón to a fútbol stadium as President. Although the match ended as a tie, the coverage is positive amid news that Rácing's proposal for a…
Although the writer (presumably male) begins by citing the complicated nature of female sports, he chastises fans who are negative and hostile to any bad performance by the club's women basketball players. The author insists that if this continues,…
Three letters (out of 6--the other ones are not legible) by fans on what ails River. The theme throughout all of these is professionalism. One reader points to Gatti's disheveled hair and clothing eccentricities.
By ignoring the women around them, who look similar to the idealized women in the magazines the two men are ogling, the artist pokes fun at men and their libido.
Predating many of the accounts by scholars, this 1945 article makes mention of "barras bravas y seguidoras fieles" led by charismatic ring leaders like "Cantinflas".
This letter shows that club interests to maximize profits, by hosting games on Thursdays as well as weekends, conflict with fans who paid for their membership but could not attend Thursday matches due to work. [A second letter with a similar…
Racing is pursuing Juan Manuel Moreno, a star player from River Plate who left to play in Mexico for more money. Clubs affected by their players leaving, without being compensated through transfer fees, feel less inclined to provide amnesty to these…
A series of prejudicial calls against Racing, the latest in a loss to San Lorenzo, leads the magazine to call for the banishment of "Sr. Forte" from Argentine fútbol. Here, the magazine riles fans against a referee, who is a symbol of injustice. This…