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Michael Kirby on Stereotypes and Sports
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted May 24, 2010 at 12:23pm

The former High Court judge Michael Kirby feels most comfortable in a suit and tie when he's out and about. He was therefore not too happy with the way he was treated at the hip TED (Technology, Education and Design) conference in Redfern. Speaking at the...more

Lessons from a Biking God
by Draft Day Suit
posted May 21, 2010 at 12:42pm

Be careful what you wish for; just ask Lance Armstrong. Not only is the super-cycler capable of crashing like my son who is just learning to ride a bike but he is not immune from lashing out. His tweet on Thursday called out the media. Via twitter. Ve...more

Foul call: Women’s softball cut short by darkness beside empty, lighted men’s baseball field
by Fair Game News
posted May 20, 2010 at 11:48pm

Photo is for illustration only. Credit: Walla Walla University By Rachael Goldenberg Who would have thought that one call — way back on opening day — could determine the outcome of a collegiate softball season? Wednesday, March 17 was the start o...more

Billie Jean King
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted May 20, 2010 at 11:46pm

A good friend of mine recently came to Sacramento to watch the Sacramento Grand Prix (the women’s criterium that finished on the men’s finishing circuit of the ToC). Gail and I have discussed the changes in women’s sports as we have trained and had...more

Softball Pitching - Either We're Playing by the Rules or Not
by Softball Performance Blog
posted May 20, 2010 at 6:20pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog I have to admit sometimes I struggle to find topics for these weekly rants. Then other times, the topics are delivered to me by the U.S. Post Office. Such is the case this week. The latest iss...more

Nike enabling pink events
by After Atalanta
posted May 18, 2010 at 4:55pm

I haven't written anything recently about pinkification, because I have said (probably more than once) before it places one in the not so pleasant position of appearing to be pro-cancer and maybe even anti-woman.Nonetheless, I find it difficult to refrain...more

Kagan once played softball, which means she's gay?
by Sports, Media & Society
posted May 15, 2010 at 1:37pm

Ever since President Obama nominated Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, questions about her sexuality have figured into the overall news narrative. Recently, news sources have begun showing a picture of Kagan playing softball, and suggesting that her affil...more

Tiger’s wife divorces him, shocks the world
by Draft Day Suit
posted May 14, 2010 at 2:19pm

Everyone is talking all of a sudden about how Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods are going to get divorced. As in this divorce is immediately happening tomorrow or sometime likewise very soon, like this is big news. Whereas yesterday? I guess everyone still p...more

Lesbians, softball, and the Supreme Court
by After Atalanta
posted May 14, 2010 at 2:03pm

Wow, this is the kind of post that just gets me so...excited!So I missed the whole Wall Street Journal printing pics of SCOTUS nominee Elena Kagan playing softball--on their front page! I did see said pics in various postings/blogs around teh internets.An...more

Supreme Court Nominee Scandal! But, then, who hasn’t played softball (and been photographed doing it)?
by Fair Game News
posted May 14, 2010 at 1:07pm

By Laura Pappano As long as we’re sharing old softball photos, here’s one of me playing at Yale in 1985. Q: What does it tell you? A: Probably not much (except that I’m a righty and played 1B). The firestorm over the photo of Elena Kagan playi...more

In the shadow of the World Cup: ESPN covers the rape of South African soccer players
by From A Left Wing
posted May 13, 2010 at 4:02pm

ESPN has done a story on the frequency with which South African women soccer players are raped, targeted as lesbians. (Female athletes often targets for rape) It is a good thing that a media outlet with ESPN's resources decided to cover this story. But ...more

Disturbing Video of Girls’ Dance
by One Sport Voice
posted May 13, 2010 at 3:52pm

I became aware of this video, via a friend’s post on Facebook (thanks EH). It is a video of girls who appear to be between the ages of 8-10 years of age, dancing to Beyonce’s “Put A Ring On It”. Despite the face these girls are great dancers, this...more

Supreme Court Nominees, Lesbians and Softball
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted May 13, 2010 at 1:11pm

When the Wall Street Journal (Rupert Murdoch’s right wing mouthpiece) published an article yesterday about Elena Kagan, President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, they printed a picture of Kagan playing softball with the article. She is at bat....more

Embracing women’s hoops 3.0
by Blue Star Basketball
posted May 12, 2010 at 2:11pm

Maybe there’s something about basketball’s shoulder seasons — before the college scene tips off in the fall, and the time between the Final Four and the start of the WNBA campaign in the spring — that rouses up “culture wars issues” in the wom...more

Cheating, violent men still sell shoes
by After Atalanta
posted May 11, 2010 at 12:53pm

...and apparel and equipment and a lifestyle.It's the last part that seems a little off when we think about--or when Christine Brennan makes us think about--Nike continuing to sponsor Tiger Woods, Ben Roethlisberger, and Kobe Bryant. Sure "image is everyt...more

Who sets the WPS TV schedule?
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 9, 2010 at 6:15pm

They should probably work in more flexibility. Hapless Atlanta versus injury-hobbled Sky Blue? On a weekend when Saint Louis is playing Philly? Sky Blue has the biggest metro area so they're assuming the widest audience and that makes sense (also: n...more

A brief note on "Los Suns"
by From A Left Wing
posted May 8, 2010 at 8:25pm

On Cinco de Mayo Phoenix wore "Los Suns" shirts to protest Arizona's Senate Bill 1070 - a jaw-dropping bit of racist, xenophobic legislation. The Suns' decision has sparked much discussion about the place of politics in sports. The idea that politics ca...more

Women's hoops standoffish?
by They're Playing Basketball
posted May 8, 2010 at 5:33pm

How do you all feel about this blog, that maintains that both college and WNBA PR folks limit their player's time with the media?I haven't found that myself with the LA Sparks or at the Pac-10 Tournament, but maybe other parts of the country are different...more

For $11.5 million I’ll give you TWO of my toes
by Draft Day Suit
posted May 7, 2010 at 3:36pm

Former Miami Dolphin wide receiver O.J. McDuffie just won $11.5 million in a malpractice lawsuit against a physician over a career ending toe injury. Sure it is going to be appealed and the $11.5 million was for lost wages and negligence and such but let...more

Race, gender, class, misogyny and lacrosse and student-athletes behaving badly
by After Atalanta
posted May 7, 2010 at 12:21pm

Alternate title: Why I shouldn't turn on the TODAY show while still in bed.Not just because I hate the TODAY show, but because I hear more about stories I had kind of been avoiding, like the murder of University of Virginia lacrosse player, Yeardley Love ...more

What would a FIFA Women’s Club World Cup look like?
by All White Kit
posted May 6, 2010 at 3:27pm

FC Barcelona was brilliant last season. Not only was their play absolutely sublime, they won every competition they entered. That’s a seemingly impossible task that no one’s ever come close to sniffi...more

What’s the difference between parity and mediocrity, and other sprawling thoughts on what really makes a champion
by All White Kit
posted May 5, 2010 at 12:15pm

A cursory glance over WPS’ current league standings reveals just how competitive this league is. Just five points separate 1st and 7th place. Every team is stocked with both homegrown and international talent. Any team ca...more

Are colleges businesses or non-profit do-gooders? (Sports suggests a credibility gap)
by Fair Game News
posted May 5, 2010 at 11:56am

By Laura Pappano U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley is making trouble – again — over the sweet financial deal colleges get as a result of their non-profit status. This time he is picking on federal tax rules that he says give colleges an unfair way to (indir...more

You Don’t Often See This!: Sexualized Male Athletes
by One Sport Voice
posted May 4, 2010 at 2:58pm

Vanity Fair layout of World Cup players Today a student (thanks A.N.!) sent me a link to a Vanity Fair piece on the upcoming men’s soccer 2010 World Cup being held in South Africa this summer. The title of the story, The World Cup’s Stars Wear Thei...more

A Suggestion For Nascar
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 2, 2010 at 5:49pm

Given that the Sprint Cup series is allegedly losing money, sponsorship, and viewers, and throwing in the huge number of cautions that are bedeviling the finishes this year as space gets tight....why do there need to be be forty three cars in every race?�...more

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