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Brazil Rejects the Pure Spectacle
by From A Left Wing
posted June 19, 2013 at 8:50pm

The people taking to the streets in Brazil are demonstrating the only right and true response to the militarized boondoggle of international sports festivals like FIFA's World Cup and the Olympics. These are serial spectacles - a rotating cast and se...more

Highest paid female athletes play individual sports
by Sports, Media & Society
posted June 16, 2013 at 11:26am

ESPNW reported that the highest paid female athletes out of 57 countries are predominantly tennis players, followed by golfers,  a few long-distance runners, two skiers and a squash athlete. The article focused on the WTA's business model and illustr...more

WNBA All-Star balloting begins Sunday
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted June 14, 2013 at 2:09pm

From the WNBA:       2013 WNBA ALL-STAR BALLOTING PRESENTED BY BOOST MOBILE TIPS OFF ON JUNE 16   -- Fans Can Vote on WNBA.com, on Mobile Devices and on WNBA Center Court presented by Boost Mobile app --   NEW YORK, June 13...more

2014 recruit center Jatarie White recently visited Kentucky, Louisville, and Tennessee
by Swish Appeal
posted June 14, 2013 at 2:07pm

While a lot of top players in the class of 2013 waited until fall to commit, the class of 2014 may move a little sooner. Internet chatter says Jatarie White, a 6-4 center from Charlotte, N.C., may be the next big name in the class to make a decision...more

An Epicycle in London via France
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted June 14, 2013 at 2:05pm

Irish surfer Easkey Britton has been tweeting pictures from her trapeze classes this week. She inspired me to find a circus video for today's post ... and Vimeo threw up this rather fabulous picture-sequence of French group CirkVOST preparing their Epicyc...more

Five @NACWAA Members Named Under Armour ADs of the Year
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted June 13, 2013 at 8:54am

Author:  NACWAA Five NACWAA members will be honored as Under Armour AD of the Year Award recipients at the NACDA & Affiliates Convention in Orlando on Saturday, June 15.  Honorees include Janet Cone of the University of ...more

Catching steroids ‘cheaters’ — by any means necessary
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 10, 2013 at 10:26pm

Tweet At the risk of sounding like a condescending scold — in other words, becoming like those I like to scold — I offer up a post from January written on the heels of media excuse-making about Baseball Hall of Fame voting (and in one case, t...more

. @NACWAA Member Accolades, News Aplenty
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted June 7, 2013 at 9:13am

Author:  NACWAA Retired Angelo State University Athletic Director Kathleen Brasfield will receive the D2 ADA 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at the NACDA Convention in Orlando next week. Read more Suzanne Kilian, assis...more

Moving from “Fugly” to “Must Have” (via @laurenfleshman)
by Ask Lauren Fleshman
posted June 7, 2013 at 9:09am

I’m not exactly a natural when it comes to fashion. I’m more of what you’d call a “late-adopter.” The earliest signs of my affliction were in elementary school in the 80′s when little girls started transitioning from l...more

To Turban or not To Turban?
by The Rabbit Hole
posted June 7, 2013 at 9:03am

The Quebec Soccer Federation (QSF) recently announced that turbans will be banned from soccer fields and that those who do not like the ruling can "play in their own backyards."  From my observation this ruling has brought mostly backlash from Canadi...more

Lindsey Vonn Drug Tested at NYC Fashion Award Show
by Pretty Tough
posted June 6, 2013 at 9:12am

Skier Lindsey Vonn took time out from training for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi to attend the the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards (CFDAs) in NYC Monday night.  Vonn, a guest of fashion designer Cynthia Rowley, was looking gla...more

Best Nutrition Advice EVER
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted June 5, 2013 at 9:24pm

I used to eat a McChicken Meal everyday for lunch when I was in grade 7 & 8. Not something I’m particularly proud of, but it’s the truth. Ever since I stopped that habit cold turkey over 15 years ago, I’ve been a bit of a “nut...more

BAWSI Service Immersion Opportunity for Graduating Female Athletes
by carabyrd
posted June 5, 2013 at 8:34pm

Bay Area Women’s Sports Initiative is searching for graduating student-athletes who are positive change makers!...more

Annual Girls on the Run 5K
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 4, 2013 at 12:08pm

It was at about the halfway point of the 5K where the first water stop was stationed. Runners took small plastic cups of water on the humid morning and disposed of them as runners do — by throwing them on the ground confident in the fact that volunt...more

The surprising odyssey of putting women in charge ( A look at the future of Julie Hermann at Rutgers)
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 3, 2013 at 9:33pm

The future of Julie Hermann as the Rutgers athletic director — specifically, if she is to have a future at the New Jersey school — may be determined soon, with reports that she’ll be on campus this week ahead of her official June 17 star...more

adidas Energy Boost Running Shoes for Women
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 2, 2013 at 11:00pm

So, I have a thing for shoes – not pumps or strappy sandals, but athletic shoes. There are more athletic shoes – from golf cleats to running shoes – in my closet than there will ever be dress shoes!  adidas has so many new produc...more

Leaning In: Amy Huchthausen, America East Commissioner (via @NACWAA)
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted May 31, 2013 at 8:26am

Author:  Annie Butts, NACWAA   “We can reignite the revolution by internalizing the revolution. The shift to a more equal world will happen person by person. We move closer to the larger goal of true equality with eac...more

Sports history files: Grappling with an uncertain fate
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted May 30, 2013 at 8:52pm

Tweet For all of the conflicts between them — currently and over many decades — the United States and Russia have come together in recent months without hesitation over a single, perhaps surprising matter: Preserving wrestling in the Olympic...more

So-Called Femininity (via Pretty Strong's Sarah Robles)
by Pretty Strong
posted May 29, 2013 at 9:42pm

Somehow, sometime, things got all jumbled up. Somehow size, sport, and our personal choices have all gotten mixed up with all these "traditional" ideas of femininity, sexuality, and gender roles. I don't know why, and I will not understand these molds tha...more

Female Coaches in High School Sports: Data Released
by One Sport Voice
posted May 29, 2013 at 9:33pm

You don’t need to look far or drill down very deep in a Google Search on ‘female coaches’ to find out two facts. 1. Female coaches at all competitive levels have declined since Title IX passed in 1972 2. Female coaches are the minority...more

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