Ros Gold-Onwude hung on to the Sacramento Regional trophy for a very long time. Right up until it needed to be wrapped up for the ride back on the bus to Stanford. +ACI-I was just holding it as a reality piece, something to say, 'This really happened. We won',+ACI Gold-Onwude said. +ACI-For me, I was having … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2010
Reality Check
It wasn't but 5 years ago that I ran my very first 1/2 marathon. It was the Nike Women's Half Marathon, here in lovely San Francisco on a beautiful fall day. I had never run that far in my life. It was thrilling to cross the line and even more surprising that I felt great doing so and even came in … [Read more...]
A Glam Slam’s Jersey Madness: The Final Four
Welcome to the Final Four+ACE While the nation's top four teams are preparing for the action on court, your votes have determined the top four teams who are still in the running to become A Glam Slam's Jersey Madness champion.Michigan State and West Virginia are the only two teams that remain in the … [Read more...]
March Madness Leads to…
As most of the country has been glued to TV sets at home and in sports bars watching the annual event known as March Madness, I can't help but notice that with all of this 'hoopla' (pun intended) it seems that there is a big golf event flying in under the radar. The LPGA's first major of the season, … [Read more...]
Try To Develop Your Hindsight Early
Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog Last week I was out watching a high school game. During the game I wound up chatting with the father of a girl I used to coach. She was actually a year younger than most of the girls on the team, but a couple of times when those girls aged … [Read more...]
Be Back Soon!
I'll be gathering some new blog material at the 2010 Women's Final Four Basketball Tournament. Tweet me @DrSportPsych if you see something blog-worthy. … [Read more...]
Softball: Pac 10 play gets underway tomorrow
Pac 10 play gets underway tomorrow, with each pair of geographic rivals playing each other in a three-game series (Washington and UCLA are treated as paired rivals, as Washington State and USC don't have teams).Washington vs. UCLA is the marquee match-up, as the Huskies are a consensus No. 1 in the … [Read more...]
THE Play!
Okay, now that C and R's heart rate have gone back done and the adrenaline rush is finally starting to wear off over the Stanford Women's Basketball Team's Elite Eight win over Xavier, let's review and analyze THE play, over and over and over again! … [Read more...]
National Women’s Law Center’s Comments to the Task Force on Childhood Obesity
by Neena Chaudhry, Senior CounselNational Women's Law Center Last week, the Center submitted two sets of comments to the Task Force on Childhood Obesity, which was recently established by President Obama. The Task Force asked for public input to assist it in making recommendations on public and … [Read more...]
So I Like Pitchers? or Let Me Tell You About My Fantasy Drafts
Last year I joined one of my husband's fantasy baseball leagues and deemed the exercise worthy of repetition this season. What's not to love? Fantasy baseball leagues allow one to to talk smack to friends in a sanctioned environment and then take their money, all while spending even more time than … [Read more...]