As I posted previously, I’ve had the opportunity to participate in a host of stimulating conferences and conversations in the past eight weeks related to girls and women in sport. I’m still musing about many things, but here are three I’m ready to share. 1. As a wrote about in my … [Read more...]
Acknowledging the price of college athletes
ESPN the Magazine recently teamed up with MIT researchers to determine the value of college athletes at Florida University. (The article can also be found here through ESPN's Insider service.) The results shouldn't be surprising to anybody who knows the realities of college athletics: the football … [Read more...]
3 Concrete Actions That Can Make a Difference for Girls & Women in Sport
On November 2, 2011 we, the Tucker Center, hosted a one day conference on creating change for girls and women in sport. There was a great deal of dialogue amongst participants as to how to achieve such change. You can see the collage of pictures from our Photobooth on our Facebook page. Here are 3 … [Read more...]
A New, Old Model of Sport
Since I returned from the espnW Summit a month or so ago, coupled with the WNBA Champions Minnesota Lynx win and the media treatment of their season, the conference the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport just hosted about creating change, the sport sociology conference (NASSS) … [Read more...]
Tucker Center conference calls for change in media representation of female athletes
Collaboration. Dialogue. Community building. These were the mission statements that the Girls and Women in Sport and Physical Activity Conference participants committed to when they chose to gather for a full day of activities in the TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN. The Tucker Center of the … [Read more...]
Comparing male and female athletes
While talking with a reporter today about WNBA Champions the Minnesota Lynx, I had a realization...it most likely isn't new, but I'd never thought about selective comparisons between male and female athletes in quite this way before. Comparisons between male and female athletes in the same sport … [Read more...]
“Mediating Baseball” and “Sports Scandals” among In Media Res’ fall topics
The innovative media and textual criticism site, In Media Res (about) has listed two sports media topics among its Fall 2011 calls for curators -- "Mediating Baseball" and "Sports Scandals." The "Mediating Baseball" pieces will be published on the week of October 24-28. "Sports Scandals" will be … [Read more...]
Curley Center Chat Addresses Coverage of Initial Eligibility
While NCAA rules limit when a college coach can talk about an incoming student-athlete, media members almost invariably focus on standout high school students headed for college or pursue in-depth stories about recruiting.Along with those somewhat opposing perspectives come ethical issues that touch … [Read more...]
Report: College athletes with scholarships live in poverty
A report from the National College Players Association called "The Price of Poverty in Big Time College Sport" examines the costs of student-athlete expenses with the salaries of coaches and athletic administrators. The NCPA and Drexel University Department of Sport Management conducted a joint … [Read more...]
Heads Up Academics - Call for Papers: The Athletic Issue
Call for Proposals, Special Issue of GLQ: The Athletic Issue Jennifer Locke, Black/White (2009) … [Read more...]