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Nike enabling pink events
by After Atalanta
posted May 18, 2010 at 4:55pm
I haven't written anything recently about pinkification, because I have said (probably more than once) before it places one in the not so pleasant position of appearing to be pro-cancer and maybe even anti-woman.Nonetheless, I find it difficult to refrain...more
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Rainbow Wahine tie NCAA Homerun Record
by Softball Performance Blog
posted May 15, 2010 at 5:07pm
The top seeded University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Softball team tied the NCAA Single Season Homerun Record in their WAC Tournament opener. The Rainbow Wahine racked up a total of 6 homeruns in the game as they defeated San Jose State 16-8. Melissa...more
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Big West Pump Up
by Lisa's Water Pit
posted May 14, 2010 at 1:31pm
Hanging in Macy’s Coffee in Flagstaff with Steph and she just quickly wrote this pump-up for her former teammates for UCSB Conference weekend. It was so inspiring I had to post it:
Stephanie Rothstein – May 13th, 2010
Victor Frankl once said...more
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Stanford cuts JJ Hones
by They're Playing Basketball
posted May 11, 2010 at 6:24pm
JJ Hones has been dismissed from the Stanford team for the ever-mysterious "violation of team rules." We never know what it was, but of course it makes us all curious. Because to be kicked off a team is a big move. Jake thinks the Card will be allright th...more
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ESPN's new class of 2011 rankings
by They're Playing Basketball
posted May 11, 2010 at 12:42pm
The ESPN panel has convened and ranked the soon-to-be-senior class just in time for the summer season. Ten previously-unranked players have been placed on the list, including Long Beach Poly's Sheila Boykin. Here's the list:1 Elizabeth Williams P 6'3" VA2...more
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OCR and Kansas reach agreement over Title IX complaint
by Title IX Blog
posted May 7, 2010 at 6:02pm
According to news reports, the University of Kansas and the Office of Civil Right have agreed that KU will document its Title IX compliance, in resolution to a complaint that KU violates Title IX by discriminating against men in the distribution of athlet...more
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Softball Season is here!
by Jessica Mendoza's Blog
posted May 6, 2010 at 10:20pm
Wow, life gets even crazier when college softball begins. I have been thrown into a world of madness because I have been blessed enough to be a color commentator for ESPN college softball. I love interviewing all the players and coaches .. and of course...more
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[Photos] UCLA – USC Dual Track Meet
by Pretty Tough
posted May 4, 2010 at 2:19pm
The Bruins hosted the Trojans on Saturday, May 1st, 2010 at Drake Stadium in the annual UCLA - USC Dual Meet - a cross-town rivalry where every point counts.
Results:
It was a historic day on the track for the USC track and field team as bo...more
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A change of pace
by Endurance Meg
posted May 1, 2010 at 1:39pm
In high school, I was a runner, and I was seriously committed to becoming a better athlete with each day of training. I ran what my coach told me to run, I rarely complained, I dug deep and breathed heavy and pushed myself as hard as I could, taking comfo...more
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NCAA Gender Equity Issues Forum: Part I
by Title IX Blog
posted April 26, 2010 at 11:34am
Greetings from Oak Grove, Illinois, where the NCAA is holding its annual Gender Equity Issues Forum. Tomorrow, I will co-present with Barbara Osborne of UNC about institutional liability for athlete abuse, sexual and nonsexual. But today I had the pleas...more
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Texas volleyball player's case closed
by Title IX Blog
posted April 23, 2010 at 9:54am
High school volleyball player Mackenzie McCollum's complaint against her Texas school district has been dismissed. The Office of Civil Rights did not find sufficient evidence to suggest that the Fort Worth school disctrict employees violated Title IX when...more
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I Guess I Still Have a Touch of the March Madness
by Draft Day Suit
posted April 19, 2010 at 11:57pm
I thought I had made a full and speedy recovery after contracting March Madness, but I might be having some sort of relapse, because when I saw this headline:
I wondered how that many Americans could possibly be stranded at The University of Kentucky.
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UC Davis announces cuts
by Title IX Blog
posted April 17, 2010 at 1:56pm
As expected, UC Davis will be cutting four sports due to the extreme budget shortfalls being experienced by California schools. Women's rowing, men's wrestling, men's track and field, and men's swimming and diving will not be on the slate of varsity sport...more
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Pittsburgh audit complete
by Title IX Blog
posted April 12, 2010 at 5:24pm
In early December of 2008 we wrote about the forthcoming Title IX audit of nine Pittsburgh area high schools. The findings of that audit, which was spurred by the Women's Law Center's initial research into gender equity in the public schools, were release...more
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DSU changes its mind
by Title IX Blog
posted April 9, 2010 at 2:06pm
Right before a scheduled hearing before a district court judge in Delaware, Delaware State University announced it would keep its equestrian team for another year. This rendered, of course, the hearing, which was an attempt by the plaintiffs to get an inj...more
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The obsession with freshmen
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 7, 2010 at 12:51pm
Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane Blog
It seems like one of the universal goals for softball fanatics is to see their daughters make the high school varsity team as a freshman.
Certainly there are those who believe that if you don't...more
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How Title IX saved OU basketball
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 30, 2010 at 3:54pm
A sobering report on the attempt in 1990 to cut Oklahoma's women's basketball program. Odd that the reporter mentioned the threat of a lawsuit, but not that cutting a women's program without corresponding cuts on the men's side is a violation of Title...more
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Mary Hanson interviews Roy Griak
by TJ's Turf
posted March 30, 2010 at 1:44pm
In many ways, it seems inevitable that Mary Hanson would one day interview Roy Griak. As host of The Mary Hanson Show, the longest-running program on cable in the United States (it's been on the air regularly since 1980), Hanson has tackled health and soc...more
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Am I a bad blogger?
by After Atalanta
posted March 29, 2010 at 12:10pm
Well I haven't blogged in a week even though we are in prime women's sports time with the NCAA basketball tourney, an amazing women's Frozen Four, the beginning of the LPGA season in the US...so the immediate answer is yes.But the question was actually in...more
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