Brazilian dwarves who are giants of football

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Dwarf Soccer Team Becoming A Big Hit In Brazil
Published 4/8/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... & The DAILY TELEGRAPH has the story of a squad in Brazil featuring a roster entirely filled by dwarves (or midgets, or vertically-challenged individuals, or whichever moniker makes you feel most comfortable). And the team name they’ve given themselves? Gigantes del Norte. Translation: “Giants of the North.” Oh, the irony! Brazilian dwarf soccer team Yet, the pint-sized pitchmen are becoming a huge hit with Brazilian fans, with their games against under-13 opponents “drawing massive crowds” in their home base of the city of Belem. So, was the team put together as some sort of ...

BRAZILIAN SOCCER DWARVES ARE CREEPY
Published 4/8/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip for cybernetic chimpanzees
... I don't fear death, but I am terrified of dwarves.  I'm not gonna lie to you, if I saw this soccer team I'd collapse in a sobbing heap of tears. ...

Brazilian soccer dwarves are freaking me out
Published 4/8/2008 by DCScrap at on 205th magazine: Stuff Guys Like. [Pop Culture For Men]
... play kids. Kids who are then scarred for life. Brazilian striker Ronaldo is known as "The Phenomenon" while star player of the Giants, Cazemiro Ribeiro, is called "Vagner Love". I think I have a great movie idea I need to get sold . It's a horror movie about a team of soccer dwarves with odd nicknames who travel around and play games against children. It'll be the scariest fuckin' movie ever made. [image] [image] [image] [image] The Sun | Telegraph

Under The Brazillian Rainbow [Brazillian Soccer Dwarves]
Published 4/8/2008 by DAULERIO at Deadspin
... is made up of 11 dwarves (average height: 4ft.) who travel Brazil playing youth teams in an effort to raise awareness for dwarfdom through their stubby-legged soccer prowess. And just like their full-sized contemporaries, these Brazillian soccer little people also take on nicknames. The Gigantes star player, Cazemiro Ribeiro, is known on the field as "Vagner Love," which just sounds completely distasteful when affixed to a dwarf. The pictures throughout the story in the Daily Telegraph remind me of one of nicotine patch-induced dream I had one time. Enjoy. ...

Under The Brazilian Rainbow [Brazilian Soccer Dwarves]
Published 4/8/2008 by DAULERIO at Deadspin
... is made up of 11 dwarves (average height: 4ft.) who travel Brazil playing youth teams in an effort to raise awareness for dwarfdom through their stubby-legged soccer prowess. And just like their full-sized contemporaries, these Brazilian soccer little people also take on nicknames. The Gigantes star player, Cazemiro Ribeiro, is known on the field as "Vagner Love," which just sounds completely distasteful when affixed to a dwarf. The pictures throughout the story in the Daily Telegraph remind me of a nicotine patch-induced dream I had one time. Enjoy. ...