Well I haven't blogged in a week even though we are in prime women's sports time with the NCAA basketball tourney, an amazing women's Frozen Four, the beginning of the LPGA season in the US...so the immediate answer is yes.But the question was actually inspired by the interview with Brittney Griner … [Read more...]
NYT examines violence in women’s college sports
In recent months, college sport has seen several high profile instances of violence by female athletes, from New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert pulling an opponent down by her ponytail to Baylor's Brittany Griner currently serving a two-game suspension for punching another basketball player. … [Read more...]
Good Parent/Bad Citizen
Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram Jr's. father had his prison sentence extended by 27 months as a punishment for jumping bail. Of course he was jumping bail to attempt to watch his son play in the Sugar Bowl in 2009. He got caught in a hotel room in Michigan. Mark Ingram Sr. is a football star in … [Read more...]
Are female athletes becoming more aggressive?
With the start of the March Madness and stories of "aggressive female athletes" making national headlines (i.e., Elizabeth Lambert, Brittney Griner), a question I have heard asked and debated a lot lately is-"Are females athletes becoming more aggressive?" I don't have the answer. The best I can say … [Read more...]
Griner’s punch not about women’s sports, but sportsmanship in all college play
By Laura Pappano Here we go again. Baylor's Brittney Griner's outrageous act last Wednesday - the now-viral YouTube image of her socking Texas Tech's Jordan Barncastle after the two jostled beneath the basket - has some wondering: What's going on in women's sports? We had foul-mouthed Serena last … [Read more...]
LeBron James kicks $25,000 water bottle
Not to support bad sportsmanship or anything, but doesn't $25,000 seem like a steep penalty for kicking a water bottle? I think it seems insane, but LeBron James is the guy that got stuck with the fine. $25,000. That is the approximate value of a Ford F-150. Now I'm not saying that LeBron James … [Read more...]
Karen Sugarpants Gets All Canadian on Your Asses: A Guest Post
Watch this (it's going to anger you.) Disgusting right? I'm FURIOUS. Cormier, the kid with the vicious elbow, is 19. … [Read more...]