Tweet This week I’m devoting several posts stemming from Monday’s 42nd Title IX anniversary, with an emphasis on cultural issues relating to gender and sports. Here are previous posts on “Title IX, sports and the culture of grievance,” “Pop feminism hits the sports … [Read more...]
Minnesota’s Cheryl Reeve named to USA Basketball coaching staff
From USA Basketball: Colorado Springs, Colorado • May 12, 2014 Additional Auriemma Quotes #USABWNT #Turkey2014 Three successful and experienced head coaches, including DePaul University’s Doug … [Read more...]
Sparks Watch Day 12: What the WNBA and the Golden State Warriors hope to get out of the Los Angeles Sparks situation
There are certain things the Warriors ownership need to move off their "to do" list, and likewise for the WNBA. What were the needs of both sides? As we head into another week of waiting for news, I'll share some more news that I've heard from an anonymous source about the Sparks situation - but you … [Read more...]
Female Baseball Player Challenges Exclusion from Junior High Team
In Mesa, Arizona, after an eighth-grade girl named Jasmine Miles was excluded from her public school's baseball team, her grandfather filed a complaint with the school district. But the school district is still refusing to let her play, arguing that reserving baseball for boys is "in compliance with … [Read more...]
The Lady Trainers
Earlier this week Sue Falsone announced via twitter that she was resigning from her position as the head athletic trainer (AT)* of the LA Dodgers. In 2011, Falsone had become the first female head AT of a major league male professional team in the United States. It took until 2011 to … [Read more...]
Why the WNBA is disrespected: one view
Last week I was having a twit-versation with my new friend Kevin Watson. He asked me why I thought women's basketball doesn't get the respect it deserves. I said: 1. Because men don't like to think women can do something they can't in sports. 2. Female basketball players play rough and don't run … [Read more...]
Tina Thompson retires; Fever sweep the Sky
What a day.The Lynx defeated the Storm, 58-55, to sweep them in the Western Conference semifinals. The loss also marked the final game of retiring Tina Thompson - the league's lone player from the inaugural 1997 season. She is going out with style.Lynx players posed with Thompson after the … [Read more...]
The Power of 100%
I was working a camp this summer and one of the girls asked, “How in the world can I get a scholarship when I am from a small town in North Carolina with cows right behind my high school?” She was implying that because she was from such a small town there was no way she was ever going to … [Read more...]
The art and science of covering baseball
The steady breeze cools the skin, making the hot summer afternoon bearable. The sun is slowly starting to slip the first base grandstand, bathing the field in a variety of shadows. It is late afternoon and the players have finished their stretching routines, sauntering off into their cliques as the … [Read more...]
10 Commandments of Leadership
I recently worked a camp with a man named Ryan Goodson. Ryan has created his own basketball development business called Goodson Basketball. He has a way of teaching the players new skills with catchy sayings and repetition. I will write more on some of those methods later but today I am writing … [Read more...]