PIC via action photographer Mira Geh Facebook page The internet is such a dark place for many women but for women in sport it’s become the place to go for information and support. Online journalism speaks to us in a way pages of men-only sport in magazines or newspapers just can’t. This … [Read more...]
Polish boxers are "Down but not Out"
A group of worried looking young people sit on a bus driving through the night, they try to play with their phones and chat nervously. Only one man looks relaxed, slightly older than the others, he tries to joke but no-one is listening. They are boxers heading to a tournament in their native … [Read more...]
Surf and social change Bali
Easkey Britton Waves of Freedom Iran PIC via Indobarrels Surfers have the life really don't they? Bali, Hawaii, Australian beaches and the west coast of Ireland; what great places to ply your sport. But for a growing number of surfers led by Irishwoman Easkey Britton that chilled … [Read more...]
Cuba’s only female boxer leaves
Namibia Flores in action PIC via BBCA few weeks ago I posted about 'Boxedora' a documentary on a woman who wants to box but she lives in Cuba where it's stricly men only. A reader (thank you!) sent me a link this week to an interview with Namibia Flores on her last day in Cuba. Yes, she is leaving … [Read more...]
Is child boxing in Thailand about sport or work?
What do you think when you see two young girls in a boxing ring fighting? Real fighting I mean, not just a little cute tap followed by a giggle. Think about that, then watch this trailer for Buffalo Girls and read on ... Buffalo Girls - Theatrical Trailer from … [Read more...]
Crowdfunding for "Boxing Chicks" featuring Terri Moss
PIC via Boxing Chicks film When Terri "the Boss" Moss hits the screen from the middle of a boxing ring in the trailer for "Boxing Chicks" there's no doubting the size of her personality. The next inductee into the Women's Boxing Hall of Fame, she's another fighter I want to know more … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Banks to Play Billie Jean King in HBO Movie
HBO and Playtone have set David Auburn (the playwright behind Proof) to script an untitled project that has Elizabeth Banks playing Billie Jean King and Paul Giamatti Bobby Riggs in the a story of the 1973 Battle of the Sexes tennis match in which the 29-year-old No. 2-ranked female star beat the … [Read more...]
Penny Marshall to Direct Biopic Of First Female Baseball Hall of Famer
A League Of Their Own director Penny Marshall is swinging at a baseball biopic about Effa Manley, the sports trailblazer who became the first woman to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. I love this announcement for so many reasons. First, A League of Their Own is one of my favorite films … [Read more...]
Stephanie Roche’s amazing goal in Lego
Yes, it had to happen. Or maybe not, but it has. As the focus grows on FIFA's goal of the year contest, Irish soccer player Stephanie Roche's goal and the other two entries have been immortalised in Lego. … [Read more...]
Together from Cedar Crest’s basketball team
American college Cedar Crest sent me this 'get up and play' video this week - their women's basketball doing a version of the Nike 'Together - Lebron James clip. Remember chocolate and cake is great but you'll feel better after some fresh air. Thanks Josh Tehonica for sending this to me. Great … [Read more...]