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Leagues of their own for a good reason
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted May 13, 2011 at 12:44pm

Tweet This week espnW has been running a series examining the possibilities of women competing in men’s professional sports leagues. Veteran reporter Jane McManus does a good job detailing the physical and cultural obstacles women face in football, whi...more

Required to cheer for your assailant? Whose rights count?
by Fair Game News
posted May 10, 2011 at 12:29pm

By Susan McGee Bailey The U.S. Supreme Court last week remained silent in the case of a Texas cheerleader, but the message was alarmingly loud: It may be 2011, but high school girls don’t have the same rights as high school guys. The Court declined to...more

Sam Stosur: Being apologized for
by After Atalanta
posted May 6, 2011 at 6:35pm

Sam Stosur currently ranks in my top three of athlete crushes.And so her success this past year has made me happy not just for her but for me--because I get to see her more when she is winning. She obviously gets more press as well.Including this article*...more

Brits get The Royal Wedding: We have a princess problem
by Fair Game News
posted April 29, 2011 at 11:51am

By Katie Culver Given the frenzy surrounding The Royal Wedding and future Princess Kate Middleton-Windsor (we feminists can only hope for the hyphenated name), it seems prudent to consider the implications of “princess mania.” To mothers of 4-year...more

Grading America's sports departments
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted April 28, 2011 at 1:53pm

A lot is made of media and how women's sports can get more coverage. The crux of the problem usually seems to be pointed at who's in the sports departments and for the first time since 2008, there's another head count. But the final grade was an "F" for g...more

Two steps backwards for female athletes
by One Sport Voice
posted April 26, 2011 at 3:58pm

2 Steps to Nowhere are Better Than 2 Steps Back Today I came across two articles in the New York Times related to female athletes and women’s sport. Neither contains good news and in fact both articles highlight that despite gains made in the post Ti...more

"College Teams, Relying on Deception, Undermine Gender Equity" (NY Times)
by Stephanie Perleberg: Believe and Run On!
posted April 26, 2011 at 12:18pm

The following is an article published on the New York Times sports section (Apr. 25, 2011) by KATIE THOMAS, titled, “College Teams, Relying on Deception, Undermine Gender Equity”. Read it and give me your thoughts! Ever since Congress passed the f...more

Judge the book by it’s cover–or just change the cover.
by Stephanie Perleberg: Believe and Run On!
posted April 21, 2011 at 10:29am

There have been several posts about the Lingerie Football League on Women Talk Sports. I’ve commented on many of them and have been interested to hear both ends of the opinion spectrum. It wasn’t until the subject of the LFL came up while talking to...more

Not-so-good commercial(s) featuring athletes
by After Atalanta
posted April 20, 2011 at 3:38pm

Dr. Pants told me about the new Acura commercial a few weeks ago and Sean from at sportsBabel sent me the link last week. Apparently, I need to blog about this one.The commercial features Canadian skier Ashleigh McGivor. Let's strip the athlete down...more

Is it a good or a bad thing for Skylar Diggins to be touted as a sex symbol for women's basketball?
by Swish Appeal
posted April 19, 2011 at 3:12am

After Notre Dame sophomore guard Skylar Diggins helped lead the Fighting Irish to the 2011 National Championship Game, highlighted with back to back wins over Tennessee and Connecticut where she scored at least 24 points in each of those games, Diggins ha...more

A tale of two sexual harassments
by After Atalanta
posted April 18, 2011 at 2:43pm

The news you most likely know: Kobe Bryant called a ref a f&^%ot last week. He got fined $100,000. (Which some thought was too much--including Bryant who is appealing the fine.) He offered the standard not-apology, and talked about how the word isn't...more

An Open Letter to Kobe Bryant: Kids Are Watching and Listening to You, Dude.
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted April 15, 2011 at 10:09pm

Dear Kobe:You are an amazing athlete. You get paid a lot of money to play basketball and endorse sports shoes. You get lots of media attention. People watch what you do and listen to what you have to say. People wear your jersey and root for you. Many of...more

The average U.S. Track & Field fan: What we don't know does hurt us
by shonnese
posted April 14, 2011 at 10:39pm

First, let me start by saying that I used to be an average track fan.   Well, perhaps I was a bit above-average, but only because I knew a bit more than the things listed below.  But only a bit more. Second, I must give credit where credit...more

The right way to feature female sports stars in advertisements
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted April 13, 2011 at 10:00pm

So finally, here is the World Champion amateur boxer Katie Taylor in action with two musician-types. I LOVE this. And yes, I know it's an advert and that makes me shallow but it's so unusual to see a woman athlete just doing her sport without any frills o...more

One week after the NCAA championship: What's up in women's b-ball
by After Atalanta
posted April 13, 2011 at 8:52pm

Hey, the WNBA draft was on Monday.In an uncharacteristic move, I turned on the television in the middle of the day, and it just it happened to be on ESPN anyway and there it was--the draft. Otherwise, I would have had no idea. I mean, I knew it was coming...more

Kid's Just 'Wanna Have Fun: A Look into the Impact of Children's Sports
by kristenbennett
posted April 13, 2011 at 12:50pm

   Elena Delle Donne now plays basketball at the      Universiy of Delaware, near her hometown.             She was interviewed by ESPN at age fifteen, the top basketbal...more

Not everyone is “giddy with excitement” about the LFL
by One Sport Voice
posted April 12, 2011 at 3:42am

So tryouts for the Minnesota LFL team were this weekend. Potential LFL’ers (i.e. Valkyrie) were instructed: “DRESS ATTIRE IS CUTE GYM WEAR (SPORTS BRA & SHORTS)…PLEASE BRING A PHOTO TO LEAVE BEHIND.” Huh? Some of our local MN news stations chose...more

Commentary on Yale and "Dear Colleague"
by Title IX Blog
posted April 11, 2011 at 5:22pm

There has been a significant amount of press about both the complaint filed by Yale students alleging the university has not done enough to remedy sexual harassment and the Obama administration's "Dear Colleague" letter about dealing with harassment. Ofte...more

The creepiness that is the Masters
by After Atalanta
posted April 11, 2011 at 12:43pm

Even I'm impressed by the luscious greens and landscaping at Augusta National. But it's almost too lush--and I don't even have HD. What is it hiding? What are they prettying up? Well it's all hiding a heck of a lot of chemicals, I would bet. And then ther...more

Top five reasons why the Masters Tournament is out of touch
by Women in Sport International
posted April 11, 2011 at 12:39am

In order to express my feelings about female reporter Tara Sullivan being excluded from conducting player interviews at the 2011 Masters Tournament at Augusta National, I decided to make a top five list of my "favourite" things about Augusta National. S...more

Not. Funny.
by Stephanie Perleberg: Believe and Run On!
posted March 31, 2011 at 5:47pm

Recently I have been hearing all these “jokes” that are really not funny. I didn’t, even for a second, wonder if I was losing my sense of humor because, as it states in my bio, I am a “fun haver”, which means that I do, and will forever, love la...more

Investing in Women -- Why Women Leaders Lead to Success
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted March 30, 2011 at 6:42pm

Author: NACWAA NACWAA believes strongly that advancing women into leadership positions ultimately leads to a more balanced, equitable and successful society. Last week's Forbes.com article by Kathy Caprino, Mandating Women At The Leadership Table: W...more

Perceptions of leadership in sport
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted March 29, 2011 at 4:46pm

Blog written by Kinesiology graduate student and doctoral candidate Vicki Schull The connection between sport leadership and masculinity is particularly strong given the history of sport, which is steeped in a culture of male dominance and control, and ...more

Mad in March: Women drowning in the tsunami of men’s coverage
by Fair Game News
posted March 27, 2011 at 8:08pm

By Laura Pappano If coverage of the men’s side of March Madness seems to be playing at every hour on every available screen, it’s not your imagination. Not only did the number of men’s teams in the tournament increase from 64 to 68, but the NC...more

So predictable you can set your watch to it
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted March 27, 2011 at 2:54pm

Tweet Women’s hoops fans who’d like to tear into Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Morrissey for this year’s derivative “Fans don’t care about women’s basketball” diatribe need to keep a couple things in mind that I’ll explain after this e...more

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