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What's worse: no coverage or being cut off?
by After Atalanta
posted January 30, 2011 at 6:49pm

You know the saying: you don't know what you have until it's gone?Yeah, that doesn't apply here. Because I was happy when I found it and furious when it was taken away.I was quite pleased to turn on Comcast Sports Network to see WBB: Baylor versus Big 12 ...more

Coaches can learn…
by One Sport Voice
posted January 27, 2011 at 8:01pm

One of my primary areas of research pertains to the many layers of barriers that influences the scarcity of female coaches at all levels. I find blog inspiration come in waves, as did the following two today. 1. A great piece on espn.com covered the impl...more

Do you get rape-y comments too?: On sexism & sports media
by From A Left Wing
posted January 27, 2011 at 6:42pm

So the "story" of sexism in football culture finally "broke." We have ample footage of Sky Sports commentators Richard Keys and Andy Gray indulging in sexist "banter." From their recent remarks about Sian Massey, to jokes about "smashing it", and a video ...more

Negative recruiting in Women's Basketball
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted January 27, 2011 at 1:43am

Here is an excellent story on negative recruiting based on sexual orientation in women's basketball. Geno Auriemma and Bill Fennelly demonstrate a particularly tone deaf understanding of how homophobia affects women coaches and women's basketball. Geno, i...more

Role models: No kidding!
by After Atalanta
posted January 26, 2011 at 1:24am

Journalist Shannon Owens has penned (can one still say that in the digital age?) a column about how Venus Williams's exit from the Australian Open--and the press coverage of her during it--says a lot about the position of women's sports in the media and t...more

Sky Sports right to fire sexist presenters?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted January 26, 2011 at 1:14am

A well-known male presenter on Sky Sports UK was fired today for comments he made about a female soccer referee. He questioned her ability to ref the game solely based on her gender ... on air! Well, accidentally "live" but still. Yes, fired, gone, out ...more

Are women competitive?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted January 22, 2011 at 2:08pm

Standing in a group of people, I noticed that for once ( this being media-land) there were more women than men. One of the guys joked this is because men only outnumber women in positions of power. Thanks for that.It made me think again about how we compe...more

Tweeting Sports Journalists: Curley Center Commentary
by Sports, Media & Society
posted January 22, 2011 at 1:55pm

To tweet, retweet or maybe not retweet is a question facing all journalists in today’s media landscape. For sports journalists in particular, learning and understanding how to harness Twitter is an issue that can mean breaking a story or non-story.Lori ...more

My mom and Miss America
by Byline to Finish Line
posted January 18, 2011 at 12:13pm

Somewhere there is a picture of my mother in curlers. The shot is vivid in my mind. The colors slightly faded, the way old pictures are. She a young woman, dyeing her blonde, with her hair up in big rollers covered in a net. She has the goofy look people...more

When you wish upon a star
by Byline to Finish Line
posted January 13, 2011 at 3:16pm

While most of my focus had been on the Marathon Weekend there was another important aspect to last week’s trip — it was my first venture into Disney World. In all honesty, I had no idea what to expect. As I wrote before the trip, never did the idea o...more

I must root for my better
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 12, 2011 at 1:08pm

My grandfather used to say, “If you can’t root for your own team, you must root for your better.” This is possibly the most painful piece of sage advice I’ve ever suffered through. Have you ever TRIED to root for your better? To root for the tea...more

Sports Illustrated 3D Swimsuit Issue is only good for one thing
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 10, 2011 at 6:47pm

The other day I was listening to the news on the radio and the reporter began talking about the new 3D video of the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. As a woman I’ve always found the swimsuit issue a little off-putting. I mean, I understand t...more

The horse debates rears its...
by After Atalanta
posted January 4, 2011 at 10:12pm

I was just going to let it go...But once again we have a top ten list and it includes a horse. A top ten list of the best moments in women's sports from 2010, specifically. Number 4 is the amazing career of Zenyatta, who retired this year with a record of...more

Should Zenyatta be on a list of Top Women`s Sports Stories of 2010?
by From A Left Wing
posted January 1, 2011 at 3:03pm

Zenyatta: "Am I not a woman and a horse?"ESPN recently launched a website for women sports fans, espnW. Today the site listed its top ten stories in women's sports. In cooking up this list, ESPN adopted a flexible definition of the category "woman" by inc...more

Why the media needs to back off Taurasi
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted December 28, 2010 at 6:20pm

Over the past couple of years, I’ve been searching tirelessly for real media coverage of women’s professional basketball in Europe. With the exception of the athletes on Twitter, and a few sites like Eurobasket, FIBA and Basket Plus Internatio...more

A Thought-Out Opinion of Women’s Sports… on Deadspin?
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted December 28, 2010 at 12:28pm

I’m just as shocked as you are. If you read this blog, you’ll know I’m typically a critic of Deadspin and their perspective on women in general, and female athletes in particular. They’re always game for a good joke at someone else’s expense....more

Tiger loses Gillette; Influence Drops; Hordes Cheer
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 27, 2010 at 3:25pm

… or maybe not HORDES, but at least me. I don’t know I care, as it has zero bearing on his ability as an athlete, but, as I’ve discussed many times before, Tiger made a living selling his image as a clean-cut family man, not just as an athlete, so ...more

Things to know about gender equity in the Olympics
by After Atalanta
posted December 21, 2010 at 6:26pm

A most excellent piece of writing from Canadian Laura Robinson who details not only the case of the women ski jumpers (ongoing given that the IOC has not deemed them worthy for the 2014 Olympics) but other inequities in the Olympic Games. What we often se...more

Two front teeth? A coach’s opinion on what administrators should want for Christmas
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 20, 2010 at 1:07pm

source < p> It’s official. Christmas is this week and if you’re like me, you’re still not finished shopping. But that’s neither here nor there. Since it’s that gift giving time of the year, I wanted to talk about what I thought admin...more

LZ on Gender and Sport
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted December 7, 2010 at 6:37pm

Here is another quickie post courtesy of ESPN columnist, LZ Granderson. It's a thoughtful piece on gender and sport that ties this issue to racism in sport and our collective discomfort with social change, racial diversity and gender variance. Quote alert...more

What is the ‘female sports fan’? espnW attempts to define.
by Same Size Balls
posted December 6, 2010 at 10:49pm

espnW is a destination for women who are passionate sports fans and athletes. We hope you find it surprising, informative and inspiring, because we created it just for you. We welcome your thoughts. espnW has materialized. Even before its official inc...more

“A Women’s Pro Sport That is Growing”
by One Sport Voice
posted December 3, 2010 at 9:31pm

A Bloomberg Business Week piece posted Nov. 24, 2010, outlined the Lingerie Football League (LFL)  is a women’s pro sport that is actually growing. If I had to write a quote that exemplifies all that is wrong with the LFL and why its popularit...more

Nattering ninnies of negativism
by Athletic Women Blog
posted December 3, 2010 at 1:32pm

My week started with a guest appearance on Women Talk Sports Radio. I was invited on to talk about gender segregation in sports. The discussion centered on an article written by a promising high school journalist named Julia Friedman. I had been forewarne...more

Maybe It’s My Fault: From A Female Athlete
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted December 3, 2010 at 12:29pm

(Thank you, Michael Jordan and Lebron James, for inspiring this)…. Maybe it’s my fault. Maybe I led you to believe That I don’t deserve to play, Or that girls don’t belong in sports. Maybe I let you think That women’s spor...more

Lessons from a hall of fame hockey reporter
by Byline to Finish Line
posted December 1, 2010 at 11:10pm

It had been a long day and the only thing on my mind was curling up in my hotel bed, watching a Law & Order SVU marathon and trying to sleep as best as I could before my 4 a.m. wake-up call. My position as president of the Association for Women in Sports...more

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