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The Ivies really do try harder
by After Atalanta
posted December 1, 2010 at 10:42pm

Thought this column at the Huffington Post last week was quite interesting. Apparently Jonathan Cole's piece on recruited student-athletes in the Ivy League is the third in a series, but I missed the first two. Nevertheless, this one was enlightening.Whil...more

An Open Letter to the LPGA
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted December 1, 2010 at 10:08pm

Dear LPGA:Thank you for voting last night to change your by-laws by deleting the requirement that members must be “female at birth.” I know this change was prompted by a lawsuit, but nonetheless, I applaud your decision to join other sports organizat...more

Urban girls: Have we overdone the pregnancy and drug warnings? Should we talk sports instead?
by Fair Game News
posted December 1, 2010 at 9:36pm

By Laura Pappano On Monday, two girls from Teen Voices, a magazine (and website!) aimed at helping urban girls counteract negative media images, interviewed me for an article they are writing about Title IX (and, their passion, women’s basketball). Ho...more

Female athletes should not be measured in comparison to men
by Same Size Balls
posted November 30, 2010 at 11:59pm

You play like a girl! Yes, yes I do. Because I am a girl, even when I play sports. But as much as we don’t like to admit it, the XX chromosome combination is nothing we can change or alter. XX means that women don’t have as much testosterone as men,...more

Coming out, being queer--and sport, of course
by After Atalanta
posted November 28, 2010 at 6:15pm

Oh gender and sexual identity, how you confound me! But in that good way I so enjoy.Three things--but one thing--but kind of three.Where to begin?Well I've been thinking about queerness and homonormativity and voice and visibility of late. And not always ...more

Another example of constructing gender
by One Sport Voice
posted November 23, 2010 at 8:06pm

As a scholar who examines gender in the context of sport I’m always interested in the ways the media arbitrarily construct gender–meaning the images we see in the media tell “us” what it means to be a girl or boy, and what is appropriately femini...more

Finally! An acceptable pose for women athletes
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted November 22, 2010 at 10:20pm

Another women’s pro soccer team has bitten the dust — a team that just won a league championship, in fact — as that same league maneuvers yet again to stay in business. But in the land of the Sisters of Perpetual Indignance, where small-bore cultur...more

Oh ESPN The Magazine…You Never Cease to Amaze Me.
by One Sport Voice
posted November 20, 2010 at 1:11am

I’ve written previously about portrayals of female athletes in sport media (here & here) and particularly on the pattern of female athletes on the covers of ESPN The Magazine. and Sports Illustrated. Yesterday a colleague forwarded me the new cover o...more

Words and phrases that need to be retired from the sports lexicon
by Same Size Balls
posted November 16, 2010 at 1:37pm

After Charlie Villanueva reported on Twitter that Kevin Garnett had called him a “cancer patient,” during an NBA game, many fans and journalists were outraged at the derogatory use of such a sensitive phrase. While it has started as a debate about th...more

Is pay-to-play for high schools sports becoming the norm?
by Sports Girls Play
posted November 16, 2010 at 1:04pm

Today was the first day of Winter Sports practice in our county for the Middle Schools and High Schools. That also means in two weeks I will have to pull out my checkbook and stroke a check for $100 for my son to be on the High School Swim Team. Since whe...more

The objectification of female athletes
by Pretty Tough
posted November 8, 2010 at 9:24pm

“Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It’s about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to work in order to achieve your goals.” — Jackie Joyner-Kersee Okay, so the first image that comes to your mind...more

This is not a political advertisement: Iron Jawed Angels
by Byline to Finish Line
posted November 2, 2010 at 6:38pm

It’s become a tradition of mine each November. Ah like clockwork, after wishing I owned the DVD to “It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” and eating too many Halloween treats, it’s time to put in another entertainment delight of mine, the movie ...more

Is Watching Football Wrong?
by Draft Day Suit
posted October 31, 2010 at 4:42pm

Cross-posted at BlogHer. When I clicked the link to the article in the New York Times and the title of the article was “Should You Watch Football?” I thought: Is this a trick question? Should I watch football? Does that question mean to point out t...more

Women’s Sport is Political (+ Financial + Pop Cultural + …)
by Fair Game News
posted October 29, 2010 at 3:23pm

By Laura Pappano It’s nearly election day, an apt time to recognize that — yes — sports are political. Not blue state-red state stuff, but equity, status, economic power. At the New York Athletic Club yesterday, the Wellesley Centers for Women l...more

Hazing Has No Place in Sports
by One Sport Voice
posted October 29, 2010 at 3:03pm

Every week I hear stories from across the country about hazing in sport contexts. The recent attention nationally around bullying, including a stand from the White House, illustrates the seriousness of these issues and that social change is necessary. Her...more

Why do women athletes have to be celebrities?
by RunLikeAGirl
posted October 27, 2010 at 6:57pm

Serena's agent spices up a Wellesley Centers for Women Panel...more

♥My Favorite Theory♥
by Stephanie Perleberg: Believe and Run On!
posted October 26, 2010 at 12:28pm

Yes, the hearts were necessary in describing the topic of this post, and although it cannot except my love because it is only a thought I will still send it it's way anyway. I have been meaning, and wanting, to write a post about my favorite theory for ...more

Missing college sports? Get coaches, team, and competition (community will follow)
by Fair Game News
posted October 24, 2010 at 12:47pm

By Sarah Odell What keeps so many women from playing post-collegiate competitive sports? In squash, it’s a challenge to get young women to travel to Baltimore or Philadelphia or Boston for a tournament. Getting them to commit to a once a week practice...more

Abby Wambach get air time on ESPN but...
by After Atalanta
posted October 20, 2010 at 6:25pm

...she's talking about hot dogs.My friend, Dr. Pants, was kind enough to share this link with me. (I tried to embed the video but it kept shutting down my browser.)So Abby Wambach gets some air time on Sports Center to talk about World Cup qualifying. But...more

There’s a double edge to espnW (but why it could help)
by Fair Game News
posted October 19, 2010 at 10:21pm

By Laura Pappano The debate is well underway about whether or not espnW is good or bad. Its just the sort of fun that – if Mike & Mike (heck, any sports talk guys) were to notice – might make for one of their classic on-air sets. The back and fort...more

Olympic pricing: Equality? Economics? Gender?
by After Atalanta
posted October 19, 2010 at 9:11pm

What equality is remains contextual and questionable. I don't know much about economics. And gender continues to present so many interesting issues with which to contend.Hence all the questions in the title of this post.But what I really want to talk abou...more

Ramping down the rhetoric about steroids
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted October 16, 2010 at 5:55pm

From earlier this week, Patrick Hruby pens a smart piece on the need to take a deep breath over the hysteria over steroids in sports and address the issue like adults: “What if we’re too ignorant to judge the severity of the performance-enhancing dru...more

One Yeah! Three Nays for Girls & Women in Sport
by One Sport Voice
posted October 12, 2010 at 1:24am

In the Yeah! column, a video featuring two girls who play on boys’ football teams. In the Nay column, Mechelle Voepel’s column on the first-ever FIBA conference and the five “key topics” discussed by attendees (including lowering the rim, and reg...more

My Last Word on Michael Vick (I Swear.) (Probably.)
by Draft Day Suit
posted October 10, 2010 at 8:37pm

(My friend Jonna wrote this piece about rooting for Michael Vick and my comment got so long it was embarrassing. So here we go.) Michael Vick is unquestionably one of the most talented quarterbacks in the National Football League. He might be the best...more

DRAFTED at 5? How to get kids sport skills (without burning out).
by Fair Game News
posted October 9, 2010 at 9:46pm

By Katie Culver We parents are obsessed with starting children in competitive sports as early as possible. How else to get them to the World Cup, Wimbledon, the Olympics or the NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL? If our son is going pro in soccer, my husband and I jok...more

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