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fromaleftwing.blogspot.com - 11/29/2009

RIP: Mike/Christine Penner, Transgender Sportswriter

— fromaleftwing.blogspot.com — 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, and came back as she . Daniels continued to write for the Times, and took up what must have been ... (more) RIP: Mike/Christine Penner, Transgender Sportswriter

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100 Percent Soccer:  Mike Penner, Los Angeles Soccer Writer: A Tribute

du Nord:  Some News for Mon Nov 30, 2009

JamieTrecker's blog listings.:  The Draw, Carling Cup and Reforms (that won't happen) with TV for this week

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RT @LATimesfarmer One beautiful snapshot of what we lost when we lost Mike Penner. http://tinyurl.com/ybdopvj RIP Mike... :( 12/2/2009

RT @KevinModesti: Memories of Mike Penner from his friend, colleague and Scribes FC teammate Scott French. http://bit.ly/5gxzpK 11/30/2009

More remembrances of Mike Penner that show more of the full picture: http://bit.ly/5gxzpK and http://bit.ly/5FcntG 11/30/2009

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Mike Penner, Los Angeles Soccer Writer: A Tribute
100 Percent Soccer — ... who she was. A few months later she was Mike Penner again. A Times co-worker told me in recent months that Mike seemed to be withdrawing, spending much of his time anonymously compiling sports briefs rather than penning insightful columns. And on Saturday he died of an apparent suicide, the ultimate withdrawal from the world. Mike contributed to the growth of soccer in Southern California and will be missed. Read press box colleague Scott French's tribute to Mike, here.

Some News for Mon Nov 30, 2009
du Nord — ... I don't know if any of you know who Mike Penner is, but he's a long time writer for the Los Angeles Times who has struggled greatly with gender identity. And he passed away last Friday. Scott French who has written about soccer for a long time, and was an acquaintance of Penner wrote this remembrance at Real Clear Sports. RIP Mike. ...

The Draw, Carling Cup and Reforms (that won't happen) with TV for this week
JamieTrecker's blog listings. — ... . We miss Mike Penner. TV: (All times ET, our picks in bold) TODAY Triestina v Sassulolo 1430 ESPN360 Sampdoria v Livorno 1430 ESPN360 Man U v Tottenham 1445 ESPN360 Portsmouth v Villa 1445 No TV WEDNESDAY (Europa Cup games can be found on DTV 461-468) Salzburg v Lazio 1300 GolTV Levski v Villarreal 1300 DTV Sheriff v Steaua 1300 DTV Twente v Fenerbahce 1300 DTV BATE v Benfica 1300 DTV AEK v Everton 1300 DTV Boulogne v PSG 1300 DTV OM v Sochaux 1300 DTV Man City v Arsenal 1445 Setanta Blackburn v Chelsea 1500 No TV Timisoara v Ajax 1500 DTV ...