The Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender +ACY-amp+ADs Society Announces our 2013 Symposium. Transcending Gender Lines: Title IX and Transgender Rights The 1972 Education Amendment prohibiting sex-discrimination in federally funded education programs, Title IX, has reached its 40th anniversary this year. We are … [Read more...]
Olympic 5k & 1500 meter preview
Today is a women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s distance fans dream with both the 5k and 1500 meter finals on the track. The start lists have been posted and the preliminaries are done. All that is left is for the athletes to run the race. Here is who to watch. 5,000 meters- The 5,000 meter race is going to be another … [Read more...]
Rocktape Give-Away!
Twitter Contest +ACY-amp+ADs Rocktape Give Away Womentalksports and Rocktape have teamed up to give you a chance to try out Rocktape for yourself.+ACY-nbsp+ADs From now to the closing ceremonies (August 7th+ACY-nbsp+ADs-to August 12th+ACY-nbsp+ADs-at 6:00 PM CST), we want to hear on Twitter or on this … [Read more...]
Olympic 100 meter hurdles Preview
+ACY-nbsp+ADs As of right now, we do not know who will be in the 100 meter hurdle finals. The semi-finals will take a few hours earlier. The favorite is Australia+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Sally Pearson. Pearson is the reigning world champion and holds the fastest performance in the event since 1992. Pearson appears to be … [Read more...]
Olympic Steeplechase Final Preview
Russia+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Gulnara Galkina, winner of the first women's Olympic 3000m Steeplechase title will defend her title. She has three Steeplechase World records including the only sub-nine (8:58.81) which won her the title in Beijing four years ago. Will she be able to return to form after taking some … [Read more...]
400 meter Olympic Preview
The 400 meters like all the other events at the Olympics has an incredible field. The favorites are the 2009 World champion Sanya Richards-Ross, and Briton Christine Ohuruogu, the defending Olympic champion and the reigning World champion Botswana Amantle Montsho. Richards-Ross has been running … [Read more...]
Olympic 100 meters & Marathon previews
The 100 meters and the marathon are as different as night and day. But what they do have in common are that they both will have very strong fields at this Olympic games. The 100 meter finals will be this afternoon at 3:55 (CST) and should be shown on NBC but if they are not, you can watch on … [Read more...]
Olympic Track and Field Preview: 10k Final
This race has all the makings for great duel between two great runners.+ACY-nbsp+ADs One can almost be certain that the winner of the gold medal will either be Ethiopia+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Tirunesh Dibaba or Kenyan+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Vivian Cheruiyot. Both runners have a long list of accomplishments to their names. Tirunesh … [Read more...]
Olympic Spirit contest
We held our first social media contest last week. We urged you the fans the send in your best photos of your Olympic Spirit. We had a small response (then our +ACM-hashtag got hijacked by NBC) so we chose some of favorites. Be on the look-out for more chances to participate on our Facebook page +ACY-amp+ADs- … [Read more...]
Track & Field/Road Racing Roundup: Pre-Olympic
The opening ceremonies are Friday which means the European track season is coming to a hiatus. For many this means going back to training and for a few select other it means heading over to the Olympic village. These last chance track meets will give us a glimpse of how athletes are looking heading … [Read more...]