Soccer Dad Memoirist Versus Hockey Mom Candidate

“The sidelines at Dragons games were jammed with soccer moms. Soccer was the mother of all sports. It was refreshing. Women loved soccer for more profound reasons than men. The field was a big womb and their babies were in there kicking.”

So writes Alan Black, author of the new soccer coaching memoir, Kick the Balls. On the eve of the Great Vice Presidential Debate, GalleyCat asked this soccer parent to reflect on Sarah Palin, the consummate hockey mom.

Just before his reading at McNally Jackson bookstore in New York City, Black delivered a surreal political rant…

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