Look What Women Can Do Now 1) I was blown away not just by what the Individual women of CrossFit Games 2015 accomplished especially starting off in the ocean and then completing “Murph” with wearing a 14 lb vest, but what the Teenage division and the Masters divisions did. The image and idea of … [Read more...]
Will the WNT Be Featured on a New Wheaties Box?
Hopefully WNT star Carli Lloyd and her teammates are negotiating with Wheaties right now. The iconic cereal brand has been featuring famous athletes on it’s boxes since 1934, and the placement has helped many sports figures become household names. Being featured on a Wheaties box is a … [Read more...]
Female Footballers: Past, Present and Future
When I was a little girl, I had male role models. It was 1991, I distinctly remember watching, for the first time, women on the TV who were playing soccer during Women’s World Cup in China. By 1994, I remember going to a Santa Clara University women’s soccer game and Brandi Chastain was there. I … [Read more...]
Black History Month – Female Athletes Who Changed the World
Can you imagine a sports world without the Williams sisters, Jackie Joyner Kersee or Gabby Douglas? It’s pretty difficult to picture, but there once was a time when women weren’t allowed to compete. And there was also a time when black athletes weren’t allowed to be on the same playing field as … [Read more...]
Operation Coach Celebrates Veterans Today & Everyday
There may be fewer military boots on the ground overseas these days but here at home there are a number of personal issues veterans have to deal with. Returning safely from a conflict zone isn’t the end of the military experience. For many soldiers coming home, the war keeps going. It plays out … [Read more...]
A sports site for ‘nerdy jocks and jockish nerds’
Tweet Glad to see The Allrounder, a new site devoted to examining deeper issues in sports, finally go live last week. The creator is Bruce Berglund, the host of the excellent New Books in Sports podcast and a history professor at Calvin College in Michigan. The contributors are mostly academics, … [Read more...]
Today in History: Billie Jean King and The Battle of The Sexes
On this day in 1973 Billie Jean King took on Bobby Riggs in the iconic tennis match known as the Battle of the Sexes. This tennis match was soooo much more than just an athletic competition; the match became a representation of the progress women fought for -and continue to fight for — … [Read more...]
Wendy Parker: It’s hard to call it labor when it doesn’t feel like work
Tweet Labor Day in the United States is being observed today, and I thought I’d use the occasion to select some blog posts that I truly enjoyed putting together. What I discovered wasn’t surprising: The posts that were the most fun to write and ponder were those that best exemplified the … [Read more...]
WNBA star Swin Cash part of historic all-female sports show
USA Basketball released its official training-camp roster on Monday and a big name was curiously not included, three-time WNBA champion Swin Cash. But Cash said she retired from the national team after the London Olympics, winning her second gold medal. And on Tuesday, Cash was part of a bigger … [Read more...]
Wendy Parker on the baseball strike, 20 years later
How I enjoy and perceive the game of baseball changed forever 20 years ago this week, when well-heeled major leaguers went on strike. A month later, as pennant races should have been coming to a climax, MLB cancelled not only the regular season, but the playoffs. There would be no World Series for … [Read more...]