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Corporations and schools? Now there's an idea
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 24, 2010 at 11:50am

Ben the technician was just at my house, and we were talking about how little high school coaches get paid. He said he's always thought schools should get corporate sponsorship for athletics. That corporations would get their money's worth in having their...more

The Art of Erasure: From one World Cup to another (USA Ghana)
by From A Left Wing
posted July 15, 2010 at 5:29pm

A few weeks ago, I dared to complain about Nike's "Thank You" video. It is a lovely idea. It features young players thanking the US National Men's Team for "paving the way" - but it excluded girls. Girls support the team, too, and are inspired by their ex...more

Mark Wahlberg has his Tightie Whities in a Bunch
by anngaff
posted July 15, 2010 at 11:31am

Enough said.  I was half watching the ESPY's to see who the winners were and half watching Jaelyn when I thought I heard Mark Wahlberg say something to the effect of "Men like looking at women, men like watching sports, so you would think women's sp...more

Oh Mark Cuban, shut up
by Draft Day Suit
posted July 12, 2010 at 10:15pm

Mark Cuban, NBA big mouth extraordinaire, is bringing his typical sour grapes to the media and everyone else, by insisting that the NBA needs to investigate LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade for tampering for their unprecedented collective signing ...more

Just because I have a vagina does not mean I need a women’s guide to sports
by Draft Day Suit
posted July 11, 2010 at 1:20pm

I have been getting a lot of pitches lately about books for women. These books were written to help women better understand sports or sports terminology. During the hockey playoffs, these books wanted to teach me about icing and maybe make me aware of som...more

LeBron James has an ego and it’s on Twitter too
by Draft Day Suit
posted July 9, 2010 at 8:22pm

When LeBron James gave himself a Twitter account, he called himself KingJames, of course — or that’s @KingJames, to us subjects. When someone else made up a Twitter account for King LeBron (James.) (Can you stop saying that? Because I can’t. Someth...more

Stop sending the ignorant reporters to games
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 9, 2010 at 6:15pm

Earlier this WNBA season I was working as media for a game. I quickly saw that two of my reporter colleagues seemed not to know anything about women's basketball. And they were from two of the bigger news organizations represented. We were in a press conf...more

ESPN dishes out big assist to LeBron James
by Sports, Media & Society
posted July 9, 2010 at 6:12pm

In devoting one hour of prime-time coverage to LeBron James Thursday night in its “The Decision” special, ESPN further blurred the lines between entertainment and sports journalism. The network effectively ran a 60-minute ad for the LeBron James bran...more

One step forward...
by After Atalanta
posted July 9, 2010 at 2:36pm

It's not an inaccurate characterization to describe me as a little bit cynical. I know it's a turnoff to some. I do have my hopeful moments, however, and I am not, despite recent opposing beliefs (can you tell I'm still not quite over this, yet?!) an extr...more

Looking for answers, in an evangelical World Cup brochure
by From A Left Wing
posted July 9, 2010 at 1:47pm

My favorite World Cup ephemera is this brochure, produced for a "Bible Correspondence Course" in Long Beach, CA. A friend of mine found it on his car windshield, a couple weeks before the tournament's start. I'm amazed by the ease with which the authors ...more

Do we need a mommy track in pro sports? (Or at least a better career path?)
by Fair Game News
posted July 9, 2010 at 12:01am

By Laura Pappano As physical aspects of becoming a mom – bearing children – recede as a reason for halting an athletic career, another is emerging: Is it possible to be a top athlete and a good mommy? Now that women can compete at high levels into t...more

Time to abolish ties in WPS
by Women's Sports Blog
posted July 8, 2010 at 4:01pm

If this summer's World Cup has taught us anything, it's that Americans continue to have little patience for the concept of an important sporting event ending in a draw, let alone a 0-0 draw. True soccer fans understand the value of a come-from-behind ti...more

University of Georgia AD resigns following panty raid, DUI
by Draft Day Suit
posted July 6, 2010 at 6:31pm

So yeah, guess who just got busted on June 30 for DUI in Georgia? I can only imagine what the Georgia smokey must have been thinking when he discovered the driver he pulled over was none other than the University of Georgia’s Athletic Director, Damon E...more

Does Nike owe the USWNT?
by All White Kit
posted July 5, 2010 at 6:12pm

First, let me apologize for being a tad tardy to this topic. The American blogosphere moves quickly (particularly during a World Cup) and its celerity beat me on this one. Late last week, questions of sexism and male privilege were raised over this Nik...more

Halftime: No time to quit - South Africa, HIV and how the World Cup has hidden an epidemic.
by Women Undefined
posted July 5, 2010 at 6:07pm

Jamele Hill of ESPN writes one of the most poignent pieces on the HIV crisis in South Africa. With the World Cup as the backdrop and considering the continents economic and health crises , Hill shows how the world's biggest spectacle has worked to hide th...more

The World Throws Up: On how not to read soccer as symptom
by From A Left Wing
posted July 5, 2010 at 4:00pm

Chéri Samba, Le Monde Vomissant (The World Throws Up), 2004 If recent writing on the 2010 World Cup and (the idea of) Africa is leaving you feel bloated, you must read Supriya Nair's marvelous blog, Treason Stratagems & Spoils. In her July 3rd po...more

Huffington Post asks: Who is the hottest woman at Wimbledon?
by Women Undefined
posted July 4, 2010 at 12:31am

Because female athletes apparently have nothing else to offer , have no way to contribute to the sports world, without being sexy or hot. At least this is the message HuffPost sends by asking such a degrading and sexist question. The headline story sh...more

Nike tells girls watching the World Cup: You don't count.
by From A Left Wing
posted July 2, 2010 at 2:06pm

This "thank you" Nike Soccer video shows boys thanking the US Men's National Team "for playing like Americans." In casting ONLY boys, Nike once again makes clear that the girls and women who follow the sport in the US don't count. I am trying very hard no...more

Latest chapter In Capriati's saga
by Women's Sports Blog
posted June 29, 2010 at 8:38pm

Although it looked for awhile like Jennifer Capriati's tale would be be one of ultimate triumph over a midcareer flame-out that occurred in her early twenties (when you start at thirteen, that's what happens), yesterdays' "accidental" drug overdose seems ...more

Sports blogging: Don't look for big payoff
by Sports, Media & Society
posted June 29, 2010 at 6:24pm

Ad Age yesterday published an article looking at the ways free labor is supplying major blog-driven sites such as BleacherReport.com. Bleacher Report, which reportedly will turn a profit this year, uses content provided for free in deals with major media ...more

Mythbusting in honor of Title IX's Anniversary
by Title IX Blog
posted June 24, 2010 at 1:04pm

Sadly, it seems that every year, folks use Title IX's anniversary to trot out tired old arguments that it's time to "get beyond" Title IX. Because these people obviously don't read this blog, or they wouldn't be so misinformed, it seems like an act of fu...more

On its anniversary, a Title IX debate
by They're Playing Basketball
posted June 24, 2010 at 12:50pm

It started this morning when Wendy Parker of Blue Star Basketball stated that we should all be beyond Title IX:But there’s another side to its legacy that threatens to tarnish the positive effects and cloud the challenges facing a more globalized women�...more

Yoko Ono syndrome plagues World Cup
by Womenstake
posted June 21, 2010 at 8:26pm

By Jessica Heaven, Fellow,National Women’s Law Center In a surprise upset on Wednesday, the Spanish national soccer team, ranked second in the world heading into the 2010 World Cup, lost 1–0 to Switzerland in its first game of the tournament. Even m...more

She's Got Game: Snarky book review!
by After Atalanta
posted June 18, 2010 at 7:06pm

And not mine! I'm not getting a whole lot of time these days to blog, let alone read stupid books about how women can fake or learn enough about sports to impress men.Thankfully the Bostonist does!Here is a post right up my snarky alley about the book, Sh...more

Arguments for a deeper National Team
by Women's Sports Blog
posted June 18, 2010 at 6:17pm

There are four teams in NPF, but one of them has the vast majority of national team players, from Mendoza to Watley. Yet coming out of week one of the season, USSSA Pride (no, I did not fall asleep on my 's' key) sits third in the league at 2-3. The B...more

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