MVP Candace Parker tweets she's back at practice. Minnesota is rebounding from losing star/leader Seimone Augustus, but what's the most popular question here? Whether stars Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were benched on Sunday. Oh, and one call for Storm coach Brian Agler's head. Won't touch on the … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2009
Williams sisters through to Wimbledon semis
It's the USA against Russia in the Wimbledon women's singles semi-finals on Thursday. The world top four players have all won their quarter-final matches setting the stage for a possible all Williams final. First, Venus Williams dismantled 20-year-old Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in 1 hour 8 … [Read more...]
Cheerleading to ease Title IX controversy?
That's the thought of a writer in New York who believes that the growth of competitive cheerleading and its acceptance as a sport by some schools could help ease all the Title IX controversy over +ACI-quotas.+ACI-Would that it were so (or that we would want it to be so).From what I have heard and read on … [Read more...]
Women’s game: Not ‘as good’ as it was?
A story in the South Bend Tribune today reports that ND women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw, speaking at the annual NACDA meeting, lamented the state of women's college basketball -- ethically speaking -- today. +ACI-It's not quite as good as it used to be. I think the pressure to win is affecting … [Read more...]
Drag Racing in the ESPY awards
I was reading the latest column over at Go2Geiger.com about Tony Schumacher's nomination for an ESPY award, and it made me really think about what is holding us back from being a mainstream sport among the masses.Sad to admit, Geiger is dead-on with his prediction: If Tony Schumacher cannot bring … [Read more...]
Women coaching men: The RI round-up
Here is a very +ACI-comprehensive+ACI article about women who coach men/boys in Rhode Island. High school and college coaches and some of their achievements. The writer lists ALL of the women who coach men/boys and where they do so. There are 32 in total. No names or numbers about how many coach … [Read more...]
2009 Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament field announced
The Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament kicks off in mid-November with a field of sixteen teams. Eleven of the teams played in the postseason last spring: Arkansas-Little Rock, Bowling Green, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia Tech, Marist, New Mexico, North Carolina A+ACY-T, Ohio State, Oklahoma … [Read more...]
Carano vs. Cyborg: more at stake than a title
One doesn't risk much by saying that the Carano-Cyborg fight to be held August 15 is important to the future of women's MMA. But neither is it mere hyperbole to say that this fight matters nearly as much to the future of all women's sport. Already there is plenty of evidence to support such a … [Read more...]
And a return to the gym it was…
So yesterday I told y'all (yup, sometimes you just have to use that word because it's just easier) that I would be going to the gym that evening. I haven't been to the gym in FOREVER. I decided that when I do go to the gyms for the month of July (my get back into butt kicking shape month) that I … [Read more...]
Wimbledon drops ‘Miss’ from scoreboards
Wimbledon has always been known for its strict standards of etiquette. Organizers of the tournament like things to be done just so, like insisting players wear predominantly white. But nothing is sacred and some traditions have been scrapped in recent years. Players have not had to bow or curtsy to … [Read more...]