Sarah Gronert, GermanyAccording to the Metro.co.uk, Sarah Gronert, who was born with both male and female genitalia, has been cleared to compete as a woman.I honestly thought that this was one of the most extreme gender cases that I've heard in awhile. Holding this young woman hostage while you … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2009
Serena Williams trains at Bollettieri Academy
Serena Williams and Nick BollettieriIn preparation for the upcoming European clay court season, including the French Open starting May 24, Serena Williams today arrived at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy/IMG Academies to train with Nick on the campus' clay courts. Williams, who is ranked No. 2 … [Read more...]
Ultimate Frisbee takes off for women
In the last 10 years, Ultimate Frisbee has become one of the world's fastest-growing sports. It is played in more than 42 countries. Ultimate's success at the college level, attracting traditional athletes from other sports like soccer and football to compete on its teams, is largely what has … [Read more...]
Oreo DSRL Action with Team Coaches Venus and Serena Williams and Eli and Peyton Manning
I absolutely LOVE this campaign, it is too much fun+ACE-In this first video you see DSRL coaches Eli and Peyton Manning and Venus and Serena Williams put their 'twist, lick and dunk' coaching skills to work as they develop team strategy. Listen to the hard charging 'DSRL theme song' that's playing - … [Read more...]
First Lady influencing WNBA draftees
It's never too late to snark about fashion, and this morning I decided to go back and take a look at what the kids were wearing at this year's WNBA draft. … [Read more...]
A Wonder Woman of color?
Does the idea of an African-American actress playing Wonder Woman make you uneasy? I know it does (as here, scroll down for comments) many traditionalists+ADs i.e., those who would view negatively any deviation from the established image, a position that isn't altogether ungraspable. Wonder Woman, much … [Read more...]
Carling’s Great Wind Adventure in Texas
Greetings+ACE I'm in San Antonio right now, and washing my hands every two seconds because I'm scared of the Swine Flu+ACE (Mother's orders). I'm so excited about my tournament last week in Brownsville, Texas because I finally played well enough to be in the LAST group on Sunday+ACE I hate to sound like a … [Read more...]
Special Olympics Calls On Us To Wipe Out ‘R-Word’
Speaking of language, over 44,000 people at this site have pledged to stop using the word retard (I have trouble even typing it at this point) and its derivatives. … [Read more...]
First Base…Person
Pursuit of Harpyness has an interesting discussion about gendered language in baseball.Although the post is semi-confined to the exclusionary nature of that language in male-dominatedfields, if you watch a lot of softball or women's basketball you will notice that while some people makean effort to … [Read more...]
Mental Training Tips - Are Pre-Game Jitters Good or Bad?
Yesterday, the younger daughter of my assistant coach was playing her first game of the season on a her travel team. He told me she was all excited but nervous at the same time. … [Read more...]