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WOMEN TALK SPORTS POSTS for March 6, 2012

France Captures Cyprus Cup Title Against Canada

posted by All White Kit Tue, Mar 6 at 8:15pm

Image:Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images So much for revenge. France prevented Canada from claiming a third consecutive Cyprus Cup title on Monday. Sylvain Jamet recaps Les Bleues’ big 2-0 win. Personnel For the final, Bruno Bini kept...more
Stanford Cardinal Ruin California Golden Bears' Home Finale

posted by Swish Appeal Tue, Mar 6 at 8:11pm

There's no other way to put it really: Sunday was a bad day to be rooting for California Golden Bears basketball. The famed Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California. This was supposed to be a good day for Cal: before watching the women's Big Game at H...more
MMA: Lena Ovchynnikova Takes on Sanja Sučević at Super Fight League 1

posted by Wombat Sports Tue, Mar 6 at 8:08pm

Sanja SučevićLena Ovchynnikova Unbeaten Ukrainian Lena “Hunter” Ovchynnikova has signed on as the first contracted female fighter to the upstart Super Fight League promotion. Ovchynnikova is set to face off against Serbia’s Sanja S...more
Track & Field NCAA Championships Preview

posted by The Track & Field Superblog Tue, Mar 6 at 8:03pm

The qualifiers to the NCAA Championships were released yesterday. Right now I’m going to take a look at the women’s team competition. The best place for information on the national meet is the USTFCCCA’s National Championship Central p...more
Resurrection Fighting Championships to Stream on Sherdog

posted by Wombat Sports Tue, Mar 6 at 7:58pm

Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) announced today that it has partnered with Sherdog.com, the #1 Mixed Martial Arts website in the world, to stream RFA 2 -Yvel vs. Alexander which is set to take place on Friday, March 30th, 2012 at the Viaero Event Cen...more
A Look Back at Pro Racquetball Hall of Fame Inductees Over the Years

posted by Women's Professional Racquetball Tue, Mar 6 at 7:56pm

The Racquetball Hall of Fame was created in 1973 by the USA Racquetball, the following are the professional elite female athletes of racquetball that have been inducted over the years. 1988 Peggy Steding | Odessa, Texas (deceased: 4-17-36...more
Kansas Ruled to be in Title IX Compliance

posted by Title IX Blog Tue, Mar 6 at 7:47pm

But there is still no men's swimming and diving team, much to the disappointment of Ron Neugent, an alum who filed a Title IX complaint in 2009 stating that male student-athletes were underrepresented based on the percentages of male and female undergradu...more
Quinnipiac seeks to lift volleyball injunction

posted by Title IX Blog Tue, Mar 6 at 7:45pm

When Quinnipiac University tried to cut its women's volleyball team several years ago, it lead to the now famous and controversial case about cheerleading. Early on in those proceedings volleyball asked for and received an injunction which prevented the ...more
Big Changes in the USA Today/ESPN College Hoops Poll

posted by They're Playing Basketball Tue, Mar 6 at 7:44pm

This week's poll sees Tennessee, Georgia Tech and Purdue taking huge jumps, while Gonzaga and St. Bonaventure both dip. For once, no one dropped out or in:1. Baylor2. Stanford3. Notre Dame4. Connecticut5. Maryland6. Duke7. Tennessee8. Delaware9. Miami10. ...more
Washington Huskies' Jazmine Davis Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

posted by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog Tue, Mar 6 at 7:43pm

Washington point guard Jazmine Davis was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year by the league's coaches. She's the first Husky to be honored for the award since post Karen Deden in 1988. Davis, who was honored by the conference media on Monday, was also named...more
Pac-12 All-Conference Teams and Players of the Year Announced

posted by Swish Appeal Tue, Mar 6 at 7:39pm

Image: GoStanford.com Pac-12 All-Conference Teams and Players of the Year Announced Nneka Ogwumike of Stanford picked up her 2nd Player of the Year award in the past 3 years (former Stanford teammate Jeannette Pohlen was awarded last year), her s...more
Gabby Douglas: The Real Star of the AT&T; American Cup

posted by Sports Girls Play Tue, Mar 6 at 7:34pm

Going into this past weekend’s AT&T American Cup all eyes were on Jordyn Wieber – you know, 2012′s “IT” girl according to the media – but by the end of the meet all you could hear was the name Gabby Douglas. Why? ...more
Boxing: Christy Martin vs. Mia St. John Rematch Set for June

posted by Wombat Sports Tue, Mar 6 at 7:31pm

It has been a decade in the making, but the rematch we have all been waiting for will happen June 19 in Friant, CA. Boxing superstars Christy Martin and Mia St. John will duke it out once again, this time for the WBC light middleweight title. A...more
BYU Going Dancing from the WCC

posted by Swish Appeal Tue, Mar 6 at 7:26pm

Who? The Cougars of Brigham Young University. What? It started with a pair of fifty-cent cougar cubs in 1924, then became Cosmo, short for cosmopolitan, and yes, I do find it amusing that a Mormon school's mascot shares its name with a cocktail. Where? ...more
2012 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament Final: Tennessee Lady Vols Came Together To Win Pat Summitt's 16th Title

posted by Swish Appeal Tue, Mar 6 at 7:22pm

Nobody could ever doubt that the Tennessee Lady Vols had an abundance of individual talent this year, despite some bumps in the road during the season. But it looks like they're starting to come together as a team, as captured by Chris Pendley of SB Na...more
EmpowHer BodyMedia FITness Challenge: Week Five

posted by Run Girl Run Tue, Mar 6 at 7:17pm

Guys I'm going through a computer crisis here. Yesterday my Mac crashed. Like completely and totally died while I was in the middle of doing work. No more working at Starbucks for a while Turns out the logic board crapped out. I never realized how unp...more
Shenneika Smith Saves the Day for the St. John's Storm in 68-61 Overtime Victory Over Louisville

posted by Swish Appeal Tue, Mar 6 at 7:07pm

Image: RedStormSports.com Just the Facts, Ma'am: Louisville forced overtime with an Antonita Slaughter 3, but the Red Storm outscored the Cardinals 12-5 in the overtime to claim a 68-61 win. Shenneika Smith led St. John's with 24 points and eight reboun...more
Maryland Joining the Big Dance with a Bid from the ACC

posted by Swish Appeal Tue, Mar 6 at 7:03pm

Who? The Terrapins of Maryland. What? The diamondback terrapin is the state reptile of Maryland. Testudo's name comes from the Latin. Somehow. (With all the debate about team names, I assume Maryland has a very good debate team...) Where? College Par...more
Strikeforce Aftermath... Miesha Tate Out Indefinitely

posted by Wombat Sports Tue, Mar 6 at 6:58pm

Courtesy ShoSports/Esther Lin It looks like we won’t be seeing Miesha Tate back in the cage for a while. After losing the Strikeforce title to Ronda Rousey, Tate was put on an indefinite medical suspension the Ohio State Athl...more
Stories from my last races of cross season

posted by Christine Tue, Mar 6 at 6:54pm

Since last i posted in January, i have raced a couple of World Cups where i finished 26th and 34th (Liévin, FR and Hoogerheide, NL respectively) and a handful of other races mainly with results in the teens.BUT more interestingly, here are links to...more
Julie Foudy Leadership Academy's "Choose to Matter" Contest Winners Announced!

posted by JulieFoudy Tue, Mar 6 at 2:19pm

I feel like the proud mother of 70 babies. Well, ok, 70 leadership service projects.  I truly felt that same sense of pride while reading about these awesome projects from the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy’s (JFSLA) students and the gir...more
Dance Card: Purdue - 2012 Big Ten Champions

posted by Swish Appeal Tue, Mar 6 at 11:03am

Who? The Boilermakers of Purdue. What? A nickname born out of mockery and the white-collar/blue-collar divide, Purdue proudly adopted the name as its own. The Boilermaker Special is the official mascot, with Purdue Pete making appearances that require a...more
A Bad Day at the Estádio Algarve for USWNT

posted by All White Kit Tue, Mar 6 at 10:54am

  Estádio Algarve: beautiful but deadly The Estádio Algarve dropped from my list of favorite places even before the US lost to Japan (again) there. Now, from a distance it looks beautiful – stunning, even. Over the side bleach...more
A Review and Preview of Current Tournament Action: Cyprus and Algarve

posted by All White Kit Tue, Mar 6 at 10:52am

  A recurring midsummer night’s dream. More like a nightmare for the USWNT. Monday’s group stage match against Japan played out in eerily similar fashion to that of the World Cup final. The U.S. adapted a more direct style of play and h...more
Dance Card: Tennessee. And now "Rocky Top" is stuck in my head. (Yours too?)

posted by Swish Appeal Tue, Mar 6 at 10:50am

Who? The Lady Vols of Tennessee. What? Tennessee has a history of answering the call. Smokey is a blue tick coon hound who knows how to work a room. And now "Rocky Top" is stuck in my head. (And now it's stuck in yours, isn't it?) Where? Knoxville, T...more
Bracketology: the Women's Frozen Four

posted by The First Line Tue, Mar 6 at 10:42am

People.  I think we can all agree that if the field for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament goes up every year, to the extent that one day every Division I team in the country will get a berth, the women’s hockey tournament might be allo...more
Tiffany Weimer: Anozer New Country

posted by Tiffany Weimer Tue, Mar 6 at 10:34am

I think it’s time I start writing some more. So here’s an introduction. I just finished my first week in Denmark. Hjorring to be exact. With the line through the “o” and all. It has been somewhat uneventful in terms of physical a...more
2012 NCAA Women's Tournament Selection Conundrums: The Case For Oklahoma State

posted by Swish Appeal Tue, Mar 6 at 10:33am

I'm not going to say that my team deserves anything for going through adversity. It should be based on body of work and Oklahoma State head coach Jim Littell succinctly said as much after Saturday's final regular season game. "We know we've got to go ...more
30 years later, it might be Kim Mulkey again

posted by They're Playing Basketball Tue, Mar 6 at 10:31am

Baylor has been ranked #1 all year long and are undefeated. If they win the National Championship next month, it would be 30 years since their coach, Kim Mulkey, helped Louisiana Tech win the very first NCAA women's title.Mulkey recently answered some que...more
OCR Rejects 900 Complaints About California High Schools

posted by Title IX Blog Tue, Mar 6 at 1:31am

Last fall we blogged about the large number simultaneous complaints filed with the Department of Education's Office for Rights about Title IX violations in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho high schools. In those cases, anonymous complainants used public ...more
Tulsa Shock Signs Chanel Mokango

posted by Swish Appeal Tue, Mar 6 at 1:30am

Image: WNBA.com The Tulsa Shock have added Chanel Mokango to their list of contracted players, announced today. Mokango, who was the 9th overall selection of the 2010 draft, has struggled to find a home in the WNBA in her young career. She was released f...more
Teaching Our Players How To Handle Conflict

posted by Coach Dawn Writes Tue, Mar 6 at 1:14am

source Our first inclination when we’re around someone we don’t get along well with is to run away.  We avoid them, we discretely leave the room as soon as they enter it, we just stay away.  And that works most times…except o...more