On Friday, we all saw the below video of New Mexico professional soccer player Elizabeth Lambert, who astonishingly displayed unsportsmanlike conduct in a game against Brigham Young University. (She's since been suspended indefinitely from the league). The cultural fascination with violence … [Read more...]
The power of the telephone: feminism, sports and social change
Billie Jean King. Photo credit: Blog.taragana.com/sports I've been blogging the past couple of weeks about social media and its impact upon women in sport - mainly due to my own personal interests but also to fulfill a class requirement. This week, I'm compelled to change it up a little big and … [Read more...]
“We The Media” of female sports
"We The Media" by Dan Gillmor / Photo credit: wethemedia.oreilly.com This blog post is part of my ongoing weekly series discussing the role of social media and female athletics. My latest reading is … [Read more...]
Audio interviews: Women’s Sports Foundation’s red carpet event
Check out some of the interviews from the Women's Sports Foundation's Annual Salute to Women in Sports red carpet event last night... (Click links below pictures to listen to the interviews). Apologize in advance for the lack of "depth" in my questions (interviews are very short). Please understand … [Read more...]
Photos from Women’s Sports Foundation red carpet
Check it out (click through to Flickr to see descriptions)... Ok, so I'm not a professional photographer. But I did my best. Very cool to meet such neat people who have "moved the needle" from multiple generations of women in sport. … [Read more...]
Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and sports advocacy (Part 4)
This blog post is part … [Read more...]
Womens Sports Foundation Annual Salute to Women in Sports… Here I come
This week, I'm going to do something I've been waiting to do for a long time. I'll be attending the Women's Sports Foundation's Annual Salute to Women in Sports event in New York City as a member of the media and co-founder of WomenTalkSports.com. I'll be covering the event on WomenTalkSports from … [Read more...]
NCAA career development program for women
University of Minnesota women's softball coach Julie Standering / Photo credit: Gophersports.com The NCAA is holding a career development program that's targeting women, announced today. It's going to be held on December 17 in conjunction with the women's volleyball championship at the St. Pete … [Read more...]
Person-to-person-to-person (in sports)
Social networks - photo credit: Gotchance.com/blog This blog post is part of my ongoing weekly series discussing the role of social media and female athletics. My latest reading is … [Read more...]
2016 Olympics in Chicago? Nastia Liukin, President and Michelle Obama say “yes”
Personally, I think it would be cool to have the Olympics in Chicago in 2016. Nastia Liukin thinks so (click picture below), as well as President and Michelle Obama - they're traveling to Copenhagen today to pitch Chicago's bid to the International Olympic Committee. … [Read more...]