Force in playoffs
Pride Bowl II isn't the only football this weekend involving Chicagoans. The Chicago Force face the Seattle Majestics on the road Saturday, June 27, in its first playoff game of the Independent Women's Football League ( IWFL ) .
The Force was the league's runner-up in 2008, and is coming off a 26-6 win over its archrival, the Detroit Demolition. Darcy Leslie ran 17 times for 152 yards against Detroit, while Jamie Menzyk and Sami Grisafe each scored two touchdowns. Kim Marks had three tackles, deflected a pass and an interception against the Demolition.
Australia gets
trans footballer
Australian competitive football will get its first trans player in the coming season, the Advocate reported. A 25-year-old transman, only known as "Will," approached league officials to see if he could participate; however, chief executive Glenn Scott said that he'd have to legally alter the gender on his birth certificate to male.
Dykes Pedaling
Bikes get-togethers
Dykes Pedaling Bikes is getting together once a month on Saturdays ( July 11, Aug. 1, Sept. 5 and Oct. 3 ) for lakefront rides.
The group meets at 9 a.m. at the totem pole at Addison and Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview, and then rides to Grant Park. They then ride north and have brunch at Tweet, 5020 N. Sheridan, at 10:30 a.m. Helmets are required.
Dykes Pedaling Bikes is sponsored by the Windy City Cycling Club, the Lesbian Community Care Project and dykediva.com . For more info, e-mail rbezalel@gmail.com or visit www.windycitycyclingclub.com .