Our short post last month about the 2010 Bingham Cup rugby tournament solicited a rather intense debate about the competition. For the visual aspects, check out our photo gallery courtesy of Minneapolis-based photographer Grant Bowers. Share on Facebook
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Gotham Knights win Bingham Cup rugby
There is a new champion in international gay rugby, the Gotham Knights. The New York City squad beat two-time defending champion Sydney Convicts, 18-15, to win the fifth Bingham Cup, held in Minneapolis. The Convicts had won the event in 2006 and 2008, after San Francisco Fog won the first two cups. Minneapolis-based photographer Grant [...]
Bingham Cup rugby contested this week
The two-time defending champion Sydney Convicts will try to show again they are the best gay rugby squad when Minneapolis hosts this year’s Bingham Cup international rugby tournament Friday through Sunday. The event is named after Mark Bingham, a rugby player who died on one of the planes hijacked on Sept. 11. Sydney won the [...]
Bingham Cup coming this June
Every couple months I start typing an address in my email and Mark Bingham’s name comes up. It’s been over eight years since I was last able to send him a message, but I can’t bring myself to delete the address. I was honored to be able to attend the Bingham Cup in 2006 when [...]
Bingham Cup headed to Minneapolis
Minneapolis has been chosen as the site for the 2010 Bingham Cup, the biennial gay-rugby tournament that honors United 93 hero Mark Bingham and has become the equivalent of the gay rugby world cup. The host team is the Minneapolis Mayhem RFC. The choice of Minneapolis marks a sign of strength and growth for gay [...]