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UC Davis case reinstated on appeal
by Title IX Blog
posted February 9, 2010 at 10:47am
Erin wished in May 2008 that the three plaintiffs in the UC Davis wrestling case would appeal the decision of the lower court to dismiss the lawsuit in which the student-athletes allege Title IX violations after the school eliminated their opportunity to...more
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A look at goalkeeping philosophies
by Lucus with the Lidoff
posted January 31, 2010 at 9:22pm
I think both were accomplished and in particular I would like to further discuss a seminar and field session by Maarten Arts on a different philosophy of playing the position of goalkeeper. Arts is a highly decorated goalkeeper and coach.
I was train...more
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Cuts at Duquesne
by Title IX Blog
posted January 27, 2010 at 12:05pm
Duquesne University in Pittsburgh announced the other day that it will cut men's swimming and diving, men's wrestling, men's golf, and baseball. The combined cuts will result in a $1 million savings. One report claims that the athletic director has said t...more
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St. Rose adds lacrosse
by Title IX Blog
posted January 23, 2010 at 12:33pm
Bucking the cutting trend, the College of St. Rose has announced it will add lacrosse for the 2010-11 season. Men's lacrosse. They are building a turf field as part of a general improvement of facilities project and need a team to put on it. Apparently a...more
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NCAA and social media: Friends?
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted January 23, 2010 at 12:16pm
NCAA is jumping on the social media bandwagon. Photo credit: biojobblog.com
I’d like to extend a huge “welcome!” to NCAA collegiate athletic departments – it seems that this year, you may have finally realized the power of technology in bringin...more
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NCAA happenings
by Title IX Blog
posted January 17, 2010 at 7:19pm
The annual NCAA meeting concluded this weekend after a great deal of business was conducted--or at least it seemed that way from press coverage; I wasn't there. I just wanted to quickly mention two decisions.The first is in regards to sand volleyball. Des...more
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Sand volleyball: In or out?
by Title IX Blog
posted January 15, 2010 at 4:21pm
The NCAA, which is meeting in Atlanta, Georgia this week, is voting today on whether to keep sand volleyball (for women) or to nix it from the list of emerging sports.When it was added I recall a little concern on my part on how it would be implemented an...more
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Former Texas A&M; diving coach files retaliation case
by Title IX Blog
posted January 15, 2010 at 11:36am
Kevin Wright, who was fired in September from his position as head coach of Texas A&M's diving team, has sued the university in state court, alleging he was terminated in retaliation for reporting concerns about gender discrimination in athletics. Ac...more
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Not a pretty girl*
by After Atalanta
posted January 14, 2010 at 8:48pm
And thank goodness for that because then I might have been recruited as a hostess. You're thinking sex work, right? Nope. Well, maybe, kind of.According to this article from a December issue of Inside Higher Ed, the sketchy practice of pretty girls hostin...more
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Annual NCAA convention addresses arms race
by Title IX Blog
posted January 14, 2010 at 4:12pm
The NCAA is holding its annual meeting this week down in warm, sunny Georgia--well it was supposed to b warm and sunny, anyway.Of course more important things are on the agenda which should distract from the cold snap down south, including the athletics "...more
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Pat Summitt: “No, I can’t coach football.”
by HoopFeed.com
posted January 14, 2010 at 12:36pm
Pat Summitt talks about former Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin during an appearance before the big Orange Tipoff Club on Wednesday.
During her weekly teleconference yesterday she said that Kiffin’s decision to leave the school after only 14 mont...more
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Zimbabwean field hockey player gets a Rhodes
by Women's Sports Blog
posted January 6, 2010 at 2:32pm
The American winners were announced on November 22, but it took a
little longer for the international results to come in. IU is bursting
at the seams with the news that its own Mutsa Mutembwa was awarded one of the prizes and will study at Oxford.
Sin...more
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District Court Upholds Title IX and JMU Sports Cuts
by Title IX Blog
posted January 6, 2010 at 12:46pm
Recently a federal district court in Virginia upheld both Title IX and James Madison University's 2006 decision to eliminate ten athletic teams -- a move that impacted more men's teams (7) than women's (3), but which corrected the underrepresentation of w...more
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Introduction: Kaci Kust
by Kaci Kust
posted January 1, 2010 at 2:48pm
Since I can remember I have been an athlete. I am willing to admit that I wasn’t necessarily always good. According to my parents, when I first started playing soccer I just ran around following the girl I had heard others say was the best. When I tried...more
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UNC soccer player takes top national honors
by Pretty Tough
posted December 23, 2009 at 10:07pm
Whitney Engen, a senior at North Carolina, has won the 2010 Honda Sports Award in soccer, designating her as the nation’s top collegiate female athlete in that sport. The honor was based on the results of national balloting among 1,000 NCAA member schoo...more
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Mental Toughness: Beyond the L's and W's
by PrincessPunish
posted December 23, 2009 at 7:27pm
“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, his greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.” -Vince Lombardi...more
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Who is the greatest all-time Gatorade Player of the Year?
by Pretty Tough
posted December 23, 2009 at 2:36pm
For 25 years, Gatorade has recognized America’s elite high school students for their athletic achievement, academic excellence and exemplary character with the Gatorade Player of the Year award. Throughout the year, Gatorade will host 10 polls to determ...more
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National Champs return home
by Athletic Women Blog
posted December 21, 2009 at 12:17pm
Kudos to the Nittany Lions for one of the great runs in sports history. (And who knows? It may not be over yet.)
Champions when they left, they return home status unchanged:
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Academic fraud at FSU?
by After Atalanta
posted December 16, 2009 at 11:47am
Seems to be all about the Seminoles this week. Except this time it's not the actual Seminoles, its the student-athletes at Florida State who call themselves Seminoles.The academic cheating issues at FSU have been covered. The school was investigated for a...more
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Penn State: 100-0, possible three-peat next
by Athletic Women Blog
posted December 16, 2009 at 11:41am
The Penn State volleyball team are off for Tampa in pursuit of their third consecutive national championship. Saturday they earned a spot in the semifinals by winning their 100th consecutive match, the longest winning streak in women's Division I sports h...more
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