2014 Photo Contest, Sports Feature, 3rd prize

A lingerie league of their own

Photographer

Alyssa Schukar

Omaha World Herald

19 April, 2013

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Leslie Walls winces with pain as she works through her first physical therapy session, following surgery for an injury.

 

Members of the Legends Football League hope to help establish American football for women not only in the US, but in Australia and Europe as well. The league was formerly known as the Lingerie Football League, but players say they hope that in the future games won’t be about sex appeal, but a showcase for women’s sport. They have changed their slogan from ‘True Fantasy Football’ to ‘Women of the Gridiron’, and say they will no longer compete while wearing only lingerie.

About the photographer

Alyssa Schukar

Alyssa Schukar is an editorial photographer in Chicago specializing in documentary work, portraiture and brand journalism. She has been a photojournalist for 10 years, five of wh...

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/160
Focal length
27.0 mm
F-Stop
2.8
ISO
1250
Camera
Canon EOS-1D X

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