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First look at NBC's Wonder Woman (prepare yourself)
by Athletic Women Blog
posted March 21, 2011 at 3:08pm

It's not as though in popular culture girls and women have symbols of strength to spare. Perhaps if they did what David E. Kelley and NBC are doing to Wonder Woman wouldn't be quite as hurtful. The new Wonder Woman costume, as it will be worn by the actre...more

Karen Jonz on Brazilian Idol
by SkaterGirl
posted March 20, 2011 at 6:49pm

Over at the Mahfia blog, we’ve just learnt something rather amazing! “Team rider Karen Jonz has been killin it softly in her motherland of Brazil and was recently on Brazilian IDOL! Yup, it’s exactly what you think, the Brasilian version of America...more

Women’s MMA & Pro-wrestling Part 1 – The Introduction
by MarQFPR
posted March 15, 2011 at 1:39am

Gian Carano & Cyborg Santos Courtesy Ester Lin/Strikeforce I, like most MMA fans, grew up on pro-wrestling. This was the closest thing we could get to real violence. Then came the UFC, and with it a revolution was born. “This is real wrestlin...more

The wider lens on televised women’s basketball
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted March 8, 2011 at 2:04pm

Those lamenting the supposed invisibility of women’s sports on television should read every word of this story in Sunday’s Indianapolis Star by Jeff Rabjohns about the wealth of women’s basketball games available on the Big Ten Network. The cable ou...more

Saltwater in San Anontio Exhibition
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted March 8, 2011 at 10:03am

You've seen her art featured in DYLA's Art section, now check out her work first person. Elise Nicole K, the human behind Ocean Girl Art is featured in a solo exhibition in San Antonio March 11th featuring some of her new works with new mediums including ...more

Women Talk Sports Radio Show - Champion Boxer, Promoter, Global Boxing VP and now Reality Show Host Maureen Shea
by anngaff
posted March 6, 2011 at 6:56pm

Female boxing star Maureen Shea of the Bronx, New York will host a landmark reality show in Mexico, with filming beginning later this month in Chiapas, Mexico. The show, entitled "Todas Contra Mexico", will pit a team of female pro boxers from Mexico agai...more

In the Game: Documentary on impact of Title IX needs our support!
by From A Left Wing
posted March 6, 2011 at 5:55pm

I'm really excited by In the Game. This film by the producers of Hoop Dreams looks at the realities of the highest levels of professional women's sports and the daily grind of girls fighting for access to training and facilities at especially urban high s...more

Don’t celebrate a train wreck!
by Sarah Stanley Inspired
posted March 3, 2011 at 9:56pm

I’m disgusted. And saddened. I know I shouldn’t be, but I am. The last few days Twitter (and the media) has been abuzz with- and I hesitate to even write his name- Charlie Sheen. People have been RT-ing and mentioning his @ name beyond belief. Do thes...more

Maureen Shea to Host Female Boxing Reality Show
by anngaff
posted February 28, 2011 at 11:30pm

NEW YORK (March 1, 2011, via release) - Female boxing star Maureen Shea of the Bronx, New York will host a landmark reality show in Mexico, with filming beginning later this month in Chiapas, Mexico. The show, entitled "Todas Contra Mexico", will pit a ...more

Angela Mao: "the world's first major female action film star"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 24, 2011 at 10:37pm

I couldn't resist sharing this wonderfully done tribute to Angela Mao. A star in many 1970s martial arts films, Mao is sometimes regarded as the first world-famous female action star. It may only be the movies, but prodigious martial arts skills are on di...more

Pretty Tough: A book series for sporty girls
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 23, 2011 at 1:44am

Half of my closet contained a bookcase. If that doesn’t paint a picture of my formative years, nothing will. I can’t remember a time when books did not play a role in my life. My mother always had a book in our hand and always encouraged me and my yo...more

Skater Helen Lovelee's Solo Exhibition in London
by SkaterGirl
posted February 22, 2011 at 9:31am

London based bowl skater Helen Lovelee will be exhibiting her work at the Green Lens Gallery on Sunday the 27th of March entitled ‘Open your eyes, look around you and watch out’ – through which she explores sustainability and environmental conservat...more

WNBA star Swin Cash talks contracts, Bieber, and family
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted February 19, 2011 at 11:25am

Don't call Swin Cash a holdout. She's been contemplating her future for months and what may have appeared an easy decision in September has changed. An unrestricted free agent, Cash was made available prior to her playing in Friday's celebrity game at the...more

2011 NBA All-Star Game Commercial To Feature Sue Bird, Kevin Durant, and Dwight Howard
by Swish Appeal
posted February 18, 2011 at 12:50am

2011 NBA All-Star Game Commercial To Feature Sue Bird, Kevin Durant, and Dwight Howard The latest WNBA promo will be aired during the 2011 NBA All-Star game on Sunday and features Sue Bird, Kevin Durant, and Dwight Howard. You can see the commercial an...more

NBC has its Wonder Woman
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 17, 2011 at 1:50pm

The rest of us I'm not so sure about. Late yesterday it was announced that Adrianne Palicki will star in NBC's Wonder Woman pilot. I was right about one thing, Kelley and NBC didn't waste any time. Indeed, now it seems they were in too much of a hurr...more

Wonder Woman wanted: "Long flowing black hair, blue eyes. Amazon-like, muscular, an Olympian"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 16, 2011 at 10:47pm

Things are moving fast on the Wonder Woman pilot. Not only has a director been settled on but the search for the new Wonder Woman is already under way. According to the casting sheet circulating the Internet, Wonder Woman producers are looking for: WOND...more

SI swimsuit issue puts swimwear designers on the map
by A Glam Slam
posted February 15, 2011 at 2:06pm

Every February, sports fans eagerly await the arrival of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. The Winter tradition began more than 25 years ago, when Babette March graced the first SI Swimsuit cover in 1964. It began as a gimmick that would fill a voi...more

Amelia Cooke and the ballerina-action heroine nexus
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 15, 2011 at 1:30pm

I have commented before on the apparently easy transition afforded ballerinas when they decide to take up action roles in film or television. The foremost example of this would of course be Jennifer Garner, but there are others too (e.g., Summer Glau). It...more

What Clay Matthews should've worn to the Grammys
by A Glam Slam
posted February 14, 2011 at 10:47pm

Aaron Rodgers went to Disneyland. Clay Matthews went to the Grammys. One week after the Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers to win Super Bowl XLV, Packers linebacker Clay Matthews was a presenter during music’s biggest night of the year....more

Choices.... choices.... choices....
by LHiggs
posted February 13, 2011 at 10:09pm

... on Thursday the city lived up to my biggest debate with it, trying to be a competitive athlete and all. I believe that NYC is one of the greatest places to train in the country (Central Park never gets old and we have one of the best indoor tracks in ...more

Are violent females in movies a good thing?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted February 7, 2011 at 10:24pm

Have you seen Hanna? I saw the trailer here in Ireland at the weekend - and I'll be going. Yes, I know it's violent but isn't it about time we recognised that violence isn't a gendered thing, that everyone is capable of inflicting pain?And more than a tad...more

Actors vs athletes that 'play like a girl'
by After Atalanta
posted February 7, 2011 at 6:54pm

Sure the celebrity world often mixes famous athletes and famous actors, but this feature on AfterEllen.com--in honor/response (??) to the Superbowl--is a little puzzling.Play Like a Girl: The Top 20 Female Athletes on Screen features actresses who play at...more

1975: Immaculata beats Maryland in first nationally televised women's game
by Swish Appeal
posted February 6, 2011 at 2:28pm

On January 26, 1975 the Mighty Macs of Immaculata defeated the Maryland Terrapins 80-48 in College Park, Maryland at the Cole Field House in the first nationally televised women's basketball game in the United States. It was show on the Mizlou T...more

What counts as news
by After Atalanta
posted February 3, 2011 at 7:02pm

Almost paid no attention to this article not having any investment in the WBB teams from either Missouri State or Creighton. But here is the headline and first graf: Women's Basketball Game at Missouri State to be TelevisedThe Missouri Valley Conference ...more

Glee’s Lea Michele tackles “America the Beautiful” at Super Bowl XLV
by Pretty Tough
posted January 29, 2011 at 1:56am

Access Hollywood has confirmed that Lea Michele, the 24-year-old Broadway ingenue-turned-breakout star of “Glee,” will be singing “America the Beautiful” prior to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers showdown in Super Bowl XLV. Pas...more

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