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2009-10 Women's College Basketball Television Schedule
by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog
posted November 7, 2009 at 5:50pm

Imagine that you're sitting at home and you're stuck watching School of Rock for the ninth time because you were channel-surfing and happened to wipe out on the Jack Black Channel. Half-asleep, you are unaware that your favorite school is playing a great...more

OCR to investigate whether University of Kansas Athletics discriminates against men
by Title IX Blog
posted November 7, 2009 at 2:18pm

According to CollegeSwimming.com, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will investigate a complaint filed against the University of Kansas last month, alleging that the University's failure to offer a men's swimming and diving team violat...more

New Mexico/BYU's Bitchslap
by From A Left Wing
posted November 7, 2009 at 12:37pm

ESPN ran a story about a recent match between BYU and New Mexico's women's teams which has become infamous for the elbows-to-the-ribs and ponytail-yank antics of New Mexico player Elizabeth Lambert. Fans of the sport are groaning, because this is what it...more

Collegiate Soccer – Too Tough?
by Pretty Tough
posted November 6, 2009 at 5:31pm

’ Soccer can be a tough game and it appears that's especially true in the Mountain West Conference. Footage of the conference semifinal game in Provo, Utah – where BYU beat New Mexico 1-0 – has been making the rounds and not for all the right...more

B-ball season is starting! But how to make a (formerly) losing team into a fan favorite and on-court winner?
by Fair Game News
posted November 6, 2009 at 12:12pm

The PLAYBOOKThe Playbook is an occasional series on University of Rhode Island Women’s Basketball team and head coach Cathy Inglese as she works to turn around a losing program. Check out previous installments here and here. By Laura Pappano It’s s...more

Lady Tigers choose book for the season
by Hoop Thoughts
posted November 6, 2009 at 11:40am

Each year we give our team two books to read. We give them one in the summer and another one when basketball season begins. The summer book taps into something away from sport, usually academics or a self-development area. For example, this summer our boo...more

Images that "sell" to young female athletes
by Sports, Media & Society
posted November 6, 2009 at 11:40am

Researchers at Bowling Green State University, the University of Memphis and the University of Iowa presented results of a study during the annual NASSS conference today suggesting that adolescent girls involved in sports are generally attracted to image...more

More universities add competitive cheer... I mean, "Team Stunt and Gymnastics"
by Title IX Blog
posted November 6, 2009 at 11:35am

A <a href="http://title-ix.blogspot.com/Team and individual stats will be compiled during four compulsory stunting rounds, followed by each team's uniquely choreographed final routine judged for its degree of difficulty and the ability of its performer...more

Subverting Title IX by remedying discrimination against women?
by After Atalanta
posted November 5, 2009 at 5:24pm

I so appreciate the growing number of voices in the blogosphere talking about sport and gender. It means that when I just cannot muster enough snark to address the latest issue, there are others who will.So I have indeed read about the latest investigatio...more

U.S. Commission on civil fights to look at admissions, athletics
by Title IX Blog
posted November 2, 2009 at 8:44pm

InsideHigherEd.com reports today that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has commenced an "inquiry" into admissions standards that may be favoring male applicants who are increasingly underrepresented in the student bodies of many liberal arts colleges. ...more

Adding a sport just to recruit men- Fine, but Title IX compliance is too expensive?
by Women's Sports Blog
posted November 2, 2009 at 2:39pm

Small, selective liberal arts colleges have been whining for years about their gender imbalance. Turns out that young women have, shockingly, bought the message that they can do anything and that includes becoming extremely successful candidates for col...more

PAC-10 Cross-Country Championships Recap
by anngaff
posted October 31, 2009 at 4:29pm

Photos courtesy of Laura Landgreen. Lucky for me, the PAC-10 Cross-Country Championships were in Long Beach yesterday, just 10 miles up the 405 from where I live. I packed Jaelyn and her stroller into the car and drove up to Skylinks Golf Course to watch...more

Early talk of retaliation in firing of tennis coach
by Title IX Blog
posted October 29, 2009 at 7:30pm

Last week, Ball State University in Indiana fired its women's tennis coach. Kathy Bull was in her 22nd year as head coach of the team. The firing, according to the athletic department, is the result of NCAA violations. Ball State, until earlier this month...more

FACT: Winning in college sports does not lead to….
by One Sport Voice
posted October 29, 2009 at 1:30pm

Fun fact of the day from College Sports 101. It is commonly assumed that a winning athletic program, particularly in big-time “revenue” sports, leads to institutional benefits—such as increased number and quality of student applications and alumn...more

FACT: Football & Men’s Basketball don’t pay for themselves
by One Sport Voice
posted October 28, 2009 at 5:25pm

A new report, College Sports 101: A Primer on Money, Athletics, and Higher Education in the 21st Century released by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics reveals some interesting facts and current trends about intercollegiate sports. Jay...more

“From Wearing Jumpers to Shooting Them”
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted October 26, 2009 at 6:46pm

The sport media research of Tucker Center faculty and affiliates is featured in the Fall 2009 NCAA Champion Magazine. To see the full story click here. Posted in Media, Print Media ...more

Wynn looking to rebuild Long Beach State
by Left Coast Hoops
posted October 25, 2009 at 5:54pm

By Rhiannon Potkey, LCH Correspondent Jody Wynn first fell in love with basketball while attending Long Beach State women’s games as a young girl. Wynn sat in the stands watching players like LaTaunya Pollard, Cindy Brown and Penny Toler lead the ...more

A closer look at LCH Pac-10 poll
by Left Coast Hoops
posted October 25, 2009 at 1:17pm

< p>Here’s a closer look at the Pac-10 preseason rankings and why LCH voted the our poll the way we did. Stanford. There looks to be a huge gap between the Cardinal and everybody else. Who’s going to compete with the Cardinal inside, who is goin...more

Washington State finally ready for a revival?
by Left Coast Hoops
posted October 24, 2009 at 8:48pm

When is being picked to finish sixth in your conference a sign of progress? When you are Washington State and a sixth-place finish would constitute a significant move up the Pac-10 ladder. The Cougars haven’t finished higher than seventh in the Pac-1...more

Tribute to Charlotte Moran and FSU vs. UNC Match Preview
by Soccer Science
posted October 22, 2009 at 3:47pm

Tonight’s Big Match-Up is Florida State University vs. University of North Carolina This great tribute video was emailed over to me this morning by Gloria Averbuch. It’s a nice touch to remind us all that the impact of women’s soccer is far gre...more

Pac-10 preseason poll released
by Left Coast Hoops
posted October 22, 2009 at 3:18pm

With near unanimity and little surprise, the Pac-10 coaches selected Stanford to repeat as Pac-10 champs. The Cardinal, picked to win in the coaches poll for 10 straight years, received nine of the 10 votes, the other going to Arizona State. The battle he...more

Qualities of skillful leadership
by Hoop Thoughts
posted October 22, 2009 at 1:34pm

This comes from Jim Rohn Weekly Ezine. Try to think of coaches who fit these characteristics. If you are fortunate enough, you've had some players who also fit this mold. It's interesting but I've been spending some time this week working with Temeka John...more

Mountain West preseason poll released
by Left Coast Hoops
posted October 21, 2009 at 9:45pm

San Diego State, which reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history has been picked to win the Mountain West in the annual preseason poll. TCU is the only other team in the conference that garnered first-place votes...more

DI stats: In case you didn't believe us...
by Title IX Blog
posted October 21, 2009 at 11:52am

...it's true that most athletic departments do not make money and many are not even breaking even these days. The NCAA released the results of a study this week that looked at the numbers from 2004-2008. In DI, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) consist...more

Poll Position
by Women's Sports Blog
posted October 20, 2009 at 5:33pm

It's really annoying that the NCAA still doesn't have the latest poll information up every week. Isn't intercollegiate athletics basically its only job? I know the site is behind because the individual coaches' associations have new polls up today. ...more

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