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Image of Boca Juniors' women's basketball team
For the second consecutive year, Boca Juniors went undefeated and claimed the title in women's basketball
Bajo el aro
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…
Cartoon
The Spanish phrase "lo salvó el poste," or "the goal post saved him"...is converted to marital relations as a huge and menacing wife walks by and her husband hides behind a telephone pole with his thin mistress. The image reinforces negative images…
Bandoleros v. Fútbol: patotas de delincuentes juveniles se han dedicado ahora a atacar y a robar a los auténticos y pacíficos "hinchas"
The article warns that a new type of young male goes to the stadiums only to incite violence or commit crimes, not watch the game
Cartoon
The term corner kick in Spanish is "tiro de equina," or "corner shot"...thus this humorous play on words as a disgruntled wife is ready to gun down her husband and his mistress while waiting around the corner. The image also reinforces negative…
¡Basta de temperamento!...¡Basta de matonismo!...¡Basta de garra!...
What is interesting is that Uruguay is blamed for all the "garra" Argentine players have traditionally reacted towards (ignoring the decades of player violence among Argentine teams). "Garra" is thus portrayed as foreign and alien to Argentine…
¿Qué hizo Doval?
Along with the accompanying article "Ya era tiempo de una sanción ejemplarizadora", the magazine wonders how sexual harassment could lead a player to be suspended for an entire year.
Temas del momento: la culpa estaba en el avión
San Lorenzo players misbehave on a flight from Mendoza, with one player harassing a stewardess.
Los críticos de la tribuna o del miriñaque a la minifalda
Comments from fans, often critical, are juxtaposed to a more ignorant time when fans enjoyed the spectacle of sport. But…the new generation does provide the author with something he likes: mini skirts.
La revolución comenzó en Brasil, ¡No Inglaterra!
"El más moderno y viríl" began in Brazil in 1964. Rio de la Plata should be renamed "Rio de los Guapos"
Notas gráficas de la semana
The makeup of the spectators in attendance is not heavily dominated by men, and includes many boys and girls. Of note is the contest by which El Domingo offered a 10 peso prize for those spectators circled in the photo (a novel way of trying to sell…
Partido de básquetbol femenino, campeonato de trabajadores, 16/12/1953
A basketball match between two teams comprised of workers.
Partido de fútbol, campeonato de trabajadores, 16/12/1953
Workers compete in a fútbol match.
Partido de fútbol, campeonato de trabajadores, 16/12/1953
Workers compete in a fútbol match.
Partido de fútbol, campeonato de trabajadores, 16/12/1953
A team of workers pose for their official portrait.
Equipos de fútbol femenino del sindicato UPCN, campeonato de trabajadores, 16/12/1953
Under Perón, new tournaments allowed children and women to participate in a variety of sports. Here, women prepare to play fútbol: the one sport historically seen as "males-only" throughout Argentina.