Fans are used to seeing athletes in uniform but each year the ESPY Awards provide us with a glimpse into their personal fashion choices. The biggest names in sports trade in their dirt-stained jerseys, beat-up cleats and helmets in favor of bespoke suits, couture dresses, bold accessories and … [Read more...]
Brandi Chastain Talks About The Shirt Incident
We met up with soccer star Brandi Chastain at the 2012 Gatorade National High School Athlete of the Year event. She talks about the random places people recognize her for ripping off her shirt after scoring the goal in '99 and explains some of the controversy behind it. … [Read more...]
Joanna Hayes Talks Retirement…and Baby Bottles
At the Gatorade National Athlete of the Year event, Olympic gold medalist Joanna Hayes gives Women Talk Sports a sneak peak into what's ahead for her after retiring from track and field. She also talks about her daughter, Zoe, and the athlete she will become. Hayes has some special parenting … [Read more...]
Ogonna Nnamani Talks About the Gatorade Athlete of the Year Program
Twelve years ago Ogonna Nnamani joined the Gatorade National family. This volleyball star explains her connection to the Gatorade National Athlete of the Year program. She offers advice to the newest members and explains how being recognized by Gatorade has impacted her life off the … [Read more...]
Basketball Player Breanna Stewart Wins 2012 Gatorade AOY Award
Incoming UConn freshman Breanna Stewart was selected as the country’s top female prep athlete at the Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year ceremony Tuesday night in Los Angeles. Stewart joins Tina Charles (2005-06) and Maya Moore (2006-07) as past incoming UConn women’s basketball … [Read more...]
Samantha Prahalis named WNBA June Rookie of the Month
Image: WNBA.com Samantha Prahalis named WNBA Rookie of the Month for June We discussed it briefly in yesterday's open thread, but how close would you say the 2012 Rookie of the Year race is? Prahalis led all rookies in assists (5.1 apg) and free-throw percentage (.963), converting 26 of 27 … [Read more...]
Tina Charles, Candace Parker Win WNBA Player of the Week Awards
Images: NBAE/Getty Images via WNBA.com Tina Charles, Candace Parker Win WNBA Player of the Week Awards Tina Charles of the Connecticut Sun and Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks were named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week presented by Boost Mobile, … [Read more...]
Sarah Burke to be inducted into Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame
Freestyle ski pioneer Sarah Burke never got to compete in an Olympics in the discipline she helped drive mainstream and into the Games, but her efforts are being recognized by the Canadian Olympic Committee. The Vancouver Sun has learned that Burke — a Squamish resident who tragically died in … [Read more...]
Nneka Ogwumike, Epiphanny Prince Win WNBA Player of the Week Awards
Image: WNBA.com Nneka Ogwumike, Epiphanny Prince Win WNBA Player of the Week Awards Epiphanny Prince of the Chicago Sky and Nneka Ogwumike of the Los Angeles Spark were named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week presented by Boost Mobile, respectively, for games … [Read more...]
Euro Cup 2012 & HIV/AIDS
Photo from HDWallpaper.In 2005, the United Nations held the International Year of Sport and Physical Education and committed sport to assisting in Millennium Development Goal achievement. Goal #6 is to help combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases. How is sport supposed to help combat … [Read more...]