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Training Update: New Orleans Trip w/ Stomach Flu (for the whole family)
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted July 25, 2011 at 6:15pm

This week was suppose to be a big week for me. 3 runs of 80 minutes, a long run of 17 miles, and two medium workouts. Unfortunately, it just didn't end up that way.The beginning of this week, Maddy got sick with stomach flu. It was awful to watch but she ...more

Video: Jessica Mendoza on Work-Life Balance
by anngaff
posted July 15, 2011 at 6:34pm

Jessica Mendoza is a professional softball player for the USSSA Pride, works for ESPN as an analyst, has served as the Women's Sports Foundation President and is a wife and mother. At the 2011 Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year banquet, she talked a...more

Sports Girls Play's Recommended Youth Sports Reads for the Weekend
by Sports Girls Play
posted July 8, 2011 at 10:59pm

I can’t believe it is July already! Just think, this time next year we will be in the midst of Olympic Trials and counting down the days to the London Olympic Games. Looking for some good youth sports related reads for the weekend? Don’t miss: Get...more

How to Keep From Striking Out as a Softball Parent
by Softball Performance Blog
posted July 6, 2011 at 5:19pm

How to Keep From Striking Out as a Softball Parent Guest Post by Janis Meredith Hitting that bright yellow softball is not as easy as it looks. Any softball player will tell you that there is more to hitting that just swinging away. With proper mech...more

Diesel the Dog: The Athlete
by Fast at Forty
posted June 27, 2011 at 1:57pm

Will someone please play with me?It has been one year since Crazy Blonde and Deep Voice brought me home from the place I was kept with my two brothers after we were found on the street in Oklahoma. I’m so happy they picked me. I have the best life! I ea...more

Pregnant Women Bans in Sport: Is This Discrimination and Why Does it Keep Happening?
by Women in Sport International
posted June 24, 2011 at 9:44am

The all time most popular blog post on this blog is, over a month after it was written, my op ed piece entitled "Slo-pitch National Bans Pregnant Women." This is a little bit surprising since the story was not breaking news (they have been banning pregna...more

Kristi Toliver's Father-Daughter 'Basketball Connection' Still Evolving With Her WNBA Career
by Swish Appeal
posted June 20, 2011 at 9:17am

If Los Angeles Sparks guard Kristi Toliver continues to play as well as she has to start the 2011 WNBA season, her name is likely to come up in both Most Improved Player and Sixth Woman of the Year award discussions. As one of the league's top pure sco...more

A history of how we view our dads
by Hoop Thoughts
posted June 20, 2011 at 12:09am

I read this somewhere on the internet and laughed knowing full well that I followed this timeline almost to the tee. As I head into my 50's there are times each day that I think, "what would dad do," and if I can't come up with a solid answer I put in a...more

[Video] Ode to my Daughter on Father’s Day
by Pretty Tough
posted June 19, 2011 at 12:56pm

"Girl Pitcher" by Gary Sementelli is a valentine to his daughter Marti and the love they share for baseball. A video tribute to dads and daughters everywhere for Father’s Day. Related posts: [Video] Female baseball pitcher signs National Letter o...more

Jennie Finch’s Blog: The Final Countdown
by Jennie Finch
posted June 19, 2011 at 11:30am

Is today the day or is tonight the night? Now that we are down to the wire, these are my daily thoughts as we try to prepare for our sweet Baby D’s arrival. Crazy how time has flown by. I am 39 weeks already! I think having Ace during this pregnanc...more

Happy Pink Father’s Day!
by Fair Game News
posted June 18, 2011 at 10:03am

By Laura Pappano This is my son’s favorite sweatshirt – from when he was 3. My sister made it for his pink-Red Sox-guitar-themed birthday. Now he’s 12. He doesn’t wear much pink, but neither does he avoid it. He grabbed a pink towel the ot...more

Things my father taught me
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 17, 2011 at 3:04pm

My dad at the beach in 1978. It’s one of my favorite pictures of my dad, taken in 1978 on a visit to a family member’s cottage in Angola on Lake Erie. My dad is in his own world, fully engaged and absorbed in the moment. It’s actually one of the ...more

Candace Parker: ‘Shelden is an amazing father’
by SLAM Online -W
posted June 17, 2011 at 9:44am

By Ben York / @bjyork For the past two years, Father’s Day has held an entirely new meaning for Shelden Williams. On May 13, 2009, he and wife Candace Parker welcomed Lailaa Nicole Williams into the world. From the second he first held her, he knew hi...more

Finding the right field hockey stick
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 15, 2011 at 3:22pm

Field hockey is one of those sports that cultivate an undying love and commitment in everyone that plays it. It’s not your main stay game like basketball, softball, or even soccer, but a “little sister” mentality in the game breeds some deep rooted ...more

SGP recommended reading for June
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 8, 2011 at 2:18pm

Some of the most helpful, pertinent and positive articles I have found this week… Youth Sports Hydration Guidelines at MomsTeam.com has a nice chart for determining how much and when to give your athlete fluids before, during and after workouts. Bef...more

Gwen Sisto: mother, wife, business owner, MIT graduate and weightlifter!
by Pretty Strong
posted June 7, 2011 at 10:53am

Name: Gwendolyn SistoAge: 28Weight class: 63 kgSport: weightliftingGwen is a weightlifter, wife, mother, business owner, and an MIT graduate. She's awesome! We thought training full time and going to school full time is hard. Tell us about your typica...more

Teen Kailey Urbaniak reviews the Pretty Tough book series
by CPS8910
posted June 7, 2011 at 2:15am

One of the projects I set forth for my daughter this summer is to write book reviews for each book she reads.  She is 13 and I call her a “bookaholic”.  Kailey is a voracious reader, sometimes reading a book a day.  To begin, sh...more

Confessions of a youth sports dad
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 2, 2011 at 2:12pm

I really wanted another boy, not a girl. As we awaited the birth of our third child, my wife and I picked out two names. We had one for a boy and one for a girl, but we were both convinced that our new baby was going to be another athletic boy. After a ...more

Gatorade Sports Mom – Stephanie Hamm on Raising Olympic Soccer Player Mia Hamm
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 29, 2011 at 11:19pm

I have to say I am really loving this series of profiles on athletes’ Moms on the Gatorade Moms site. A glimpse into the journey, challenges and proud moments the Moms of some of today’s most successful athletes is very inspiring! In the case of Steph...more

Winning and Losing: A Parent's View
by CPS8910
posted May 28, 2011 at 1:22pm

  Frustration, joy, sadness, madness, tears, laughter, despair, and rapture:  The emotional journey both winning and losing brings.   As parents of athletes, we all have felt the same emotions.  It is rare to see parents who sit ...more

Jennie Finch: The End Is In Sight! No, not THAT, the other thing
by Jennie Finch
posted May 21, 2011 at 10:48am

My due date is fast approaching — it seems like this blog is weekly and not monthly the way time is flying by! I keep coming across things that I should have and be prepared, for such as a birthing plan. Well, I’m not that organized and really am us...more

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