WNBA Finals 2011, Dream Vs. Lynx: A host of intriguing … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
IAAF Thinks Women Need Boys to Succeed. Classy.
I don't usually follow competitive running that carefully (although I did once run a 5K in a blazing 25 minutes once- be jealous, folks) but even I know when to call bullshit. The International Association of Athletics Foundation (IAAF), the world governing body for track and field, recently … [Read more...]
BAMF Alert: Interview with Unicyclist Julia Belk
What does being a girl rider mean to you? It's just awesome being able to help and inspire other people, so I try to support other girl riders and really everyone to get more people stoked on unicycling and action sports in general. Ok, Unicycle. Did you ride something else first or was it strait … [Read more...]
Cincinnati Women’s BB to Face Two Years’ Probation
Cincinnati Women's BB to Face Two Years' … [Read more...]
Lexi Thompson: LPGA’s New Kid In Town
By Back 9: Fred Altvater No main street cruising, Friday night football games or high school proms for 17 year old golf phenom, Alexis Thompson. She is petitioning the LPGA for full membership and playing privileges for the 2012 season. In 2007 at age 12, Lexi became the youngest woman to ever … [Read more...]
Dressing For A Cold Race
When I checked the hourly forecast for Sunday's half marathon, my jaw almost hit the ground when I saw the temperature at the start line would be 37 degrees. Wow+ACE What happened to fall? Don't get me wrong, running in cooler weather is obviously ideal, I was just expecting maybe low 50's at the … [Read more...]
Combi Pool Classic - The Second Year
Mandy, Justyce, Alex, Jean, Stacie, Nora, Abby, Heidi and Nicole will all be out in California for GRO along with many other family and friends. And this list is just the Pros+ACE The contest will feature 30 invited pros and about 20 AMs and has the biggest women's transition prize purse of the year, … [Read more...]
2011 WNBA All-Defensive Teams: Angel McCoughtry headlines three Atlanta Dream selections
2011 WNBA All-Defensive Teams: Angel McCoughtry headlines three Atlanta Dream … [Read more...]
Sylvia Fowles Named 2011 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
The WNBA named Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles the 2011 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year today. She received 19 out of 40 votes, one more than the runner-up, Indiana Fever forward and four-time Defensive Player of the Year Tamika Catchings (18). Connecticut Sun center Tina Charles (2) and Sky … [Read more...]
IAAF Idiocy!
That was in the subject line of the email I received from JB (minus the exclamation point--I added that myself). There was a link to an article about how the IAAF is changing the rules on what races women can earn world records in.This is the article I saw initially. Here is what went down: the IAAF … [Read more...]