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Silver Stars head coach gives birth to baby girl
by HoopFeed.com
posted June 1, 2010 at 8:06pm
The San Antonio Silver Stars released the following statement today about head coach Sandy Brondello:
Silver Stars Head Coach Sandy Brondello and her husband, Associate Head Coach Olaf Lange, welcomed a new addition to their family with yesterday’s arr...more
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Tips for Dealing with Gymnast’s Hand Rips
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 25, 2010 at 7:09pm
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A gymnast's hand rip after it has been treated using tea bags.
At our gym when one of the pre-team girls comes to us with her first “rip”, the coaches usually make a big deal about it, letting her know she is now an official gymnast. Seems ...more
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Stretching with Kermit the Frog
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 23, 2010 at 7:41pm
Even Kermit the Frog knows how important it is to stretch!! Last I heard he said something like, “It ain’t easy being flexible”, or was that green? Anyhow, I found a fun set of pictures today of Kermit the Frog demonstrating 15 excellent stretches f...more
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It’s time to kick off summer swim team
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 21, 2010 at 3:53pm
Summer is right around the corner – literally – with thousands of pools marking the beginning of summer Memorial Day weekend and summer swim teams starting practice. Summer swim team has got to be one of my favorite activities of the year. Some of my ...more
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Tiger’s wife divorces him, shocks the world
by Draft Day Suit
posted May 14, 2010 at 2:19pm
Everyone is talking all of a sudden about how Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods are going to get divorced. As in this divorce is immediately happening tomorrow or sometime likewise very soon, like this is big news. Whereas yesterday? I guess everyone still p...more
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Disturbing Video of Girls’ Dance
by One Sport Voice
posted May 13, 2010 at 3:52pm
I became aware of this video, via a friend’s post on Facebook (thanks EH). It is a video of girls who appear to be between the ages of 8-10 years of age, dancing to Beyonce’s “Put A Ring On It”. Despite the face these girls are great dancers, this...more
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Crying black and gold tears
by Draft Day Suit
posted May 13, 2010 at 1:17pm
A guest post by Burgh Baby.
It has been sitting in my closet since 2004.
It took three games for me to make the decision. Three times I watched this rookie go out on to the field and do what rookies aren’t supposed to be able to do. He remained calm...more
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Mothers-to-be Goucher & Radcliffe to run the "Mini"
by EliteRunning.com
posted May 12, 2010 at 12:59pm
By David Monti
(c) 2010 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
NEW YORK (11-May) — Kara Goucher and Paula Radcliffe both found out they are expecting babies in late September on the same date when they began training tog...more
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Dwyane Wade’s wife jailed In custody case
by Draft Day Suit
posted May 12, 2010 at 12:37pm
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade’s estranged wife, Siohvaughn Wade, was taken into police custody today in Chicago after failing to appear at a mandatory hearing Monday. The hearing was in connection with the couple’s on-going divorce.
Cook County C...more
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A list of 27 for my MOM!
by Jennie Finch
posted May 11, 2010 at 1:32pm
Happy one day late Mother's Day to all of the Mom's out there! I hope you all had a well deserved most fabulous Mother's Day! I enjoyed my day with my Ace's at a couple of ball fields, a save, and then topped off with a wonderful dinner with them & ...more
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Mothers’influence on active lives
by One Sport Voice
posted May 10, 2010 at 12:38pm
We need to see more of this!
In light of Mother’s Day 2010 I have a few thoughts about mothers’ influence on the active lives of their daughters. First of all, I have the BEST mother in the world and I would not be the woman I am today without her....more
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Thanks to all the sports moms!
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 9, 2010 at 6:00pm
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms who cheer the kids on, get them to and from practice, wash uniforms, do hair, make healthy snacks, give the hugs and support their athletes day in and day out! Here is another great commercial saluting Moms from Procto...more
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Kara Goucher announces she is pregnant
by EliteRunning.com
posted May 9, 2010 at 5:59pm
In a May 7th NY Times article, Kara Goucher announced her pregnancy. After revealing last April that she wanted to have a child prior to her build up to the 2012 Olympic Trials and Olympic Games, Goucher found out that she was pregnant in January. She s...more
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Mother's Day Interview with Helen Darling
by Kaci Kust
posted May 9, 2010 at 4:38pm
Helen Darling not only plays in the WNBA, authored seven childrens books and serves her community, but she is also the mother of triplets! I talked with her about how she balances it all and how being a mother has changed her life. Check out my intervie...more
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Mother's Day Interview - Gold Medalist Mary Wineberg
by anngaff
posted May 9, 2010 at 3:54pm
Last week I talked to Mary Wineberg, lead-off leg of the 2008 Olympic gold medal-winning 4x400m relay team. In 2009, she and her husband had their first child, Brooklyn Marie, who is now 9 months old. Mary is already back in shape and setting “pos...more
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Interview with Dara Torres
by anngaff
posted May 6, 2010 at 12:26am
(Photo credit: Andrea Mead Cross)Dara Torres is busy promoting her new book Gold Medal Fitness, which was just released this week, but she took the time to answer our interview questions in honor of Mother's Day. Torres has won nine Olympic medals, four ...more
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I have to step in here and defend Lorena
by anngaff
posted April 26, 2010 at 2:08pm
On a busy Monday morning, I have to stop for a few minutes and put some thoughts down (up?) about Lorena Ochoa.
I've seen too many things written about her in a critical light, and I think it's getting to be a little much. As a (former?) athlete and moth...more
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Links Worth Noting
by Sports Girls Play
posted April 25, 2010 at 1:28pm
So it has been a bit quiet at Sports Girls Play for the past few weeks. I have been crazy busy! It seems like just about every weekend recently has been consumed by a gymnastics meet (either me coaching or going to watch my daughter compete), a swim meet ...more
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An open letter to male sports stars
by Draft Day Suit
posted April 20, 2010 at 7:03pm
Below is a fabulous post that was originally seen on our friend Firemom’s blog Stop, Drop and Blog.
Dear Male Sports Stars,
I write to you as the mother of two little boys who adore what they know about sports. True, at two and four, their understandi...more
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A Day In The Life Of A New Little Leaguer
by Draft Day Suit
posted April 16, 2010 at 6:11pm
We signed our oldest up for Little League in February and promptly forgot all about it because well, it was February. Our first practice wasn’t until April and life just got in the way.
Saturday, April 10, was our first game and my son was excited. H...more
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