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I have to step in here and defend Lorena
by anngaff
posted April 26, 2010 at 2:08pm

On a busy Monday morning, I have to stop for a few minutes and put some thoughts down (up?) about Lorena Ochoa. I've seen too many things written about her in a critical light, and I think it's getting to be a little much. As a (former?) athlete and moth...more

An open letter to male sports stars
by Draft Day Suit
posted April 20, 2010 at 7:03pm

Below is a fabulous post that was originally seen on our friend Firemom’s blog Stop, Drop and Blog. Dear Male Sports Stars, I write to you as the mother of two little boys who adore what they know about sports. True, at two and four, their understandi...more

NHL: One Game Is One Game
by Women's Sports Blog
posted April 16, 2010 at 6:13pm

There should be a moratorium on the word 'stun' in sports headlines in instances where one minute's thought would prove otherwise. The NHL playoffs began on Wednesday night, and Thursday morning the Sports Illustrated headline read "Senators Stun Pengui...more

Color Commentary: “The Role Model Thing: Perspectives from the Women’s Game”
by All White Kit
posted April 15, 2010 at 9:56am

by Andrew Guest. Courtesy of PitchInvasion.net 2/22/10 The periodic debate about whether athletes should be role models (recently, think John Terry, Tiger Woods, or marketing Women’s Professional Soccer) offers much fodder for provocative discussio...more

Al Jazeera Story about Iran's women's team & a follow up to last week's post
by From A Left Wing
posted April 14, 2010 at 6:43pm

Watch this very informative story from Al Jazeera.Reaction to last week's post about football and hijab has been caught up in the veil (represented by some commentators as the first step in a "slippery slope to fundamentalism"). Some readers seem to hav...more

WPS Irony
by Women's Sports Blog
posted April 14, 2010 at 6:38pm

At the draft, Independence coach Paul Riley castigated the league for lacking excitement in too many low-scoring games last season. Then his team promptly went out an laid an egg in its home opener. Soccer played with a preponderance of North American...more

Original Commentary: What Would A Women’s U.S. Open Cup Look Like?
by All White Kit
posted April 14, 2010 at 6:34pm

Portsmouth’s shock 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur to reach the FA Cup Final this weekend got me wondering about the whole idea of an open cup competition and if we could ever adopt one for women’s soccer in the States. ...more

Fake Boobs and Ask Me Anything
by Run Girl Run
posted April 14, 2010 at 10:07am

Have you all seen this monstrosity? Heidi unveiled to the world her new bikini body sometime this week. At best, I think she looks just a weeee bit out of proportion.(Thanks to Glamour for the photo)At worst, she has been cited saying she can no longer ru...more

Girls in the hood cry foul over hijab ban
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted April 14, 2010 at 10:02am

RACHEL OLDING April 7, 2010 FOOTBALL clubs fear that a decision by the sport's world governing body to ban Islamic head scarves will trickle down to the local level. The Iran girls' football team has been kicked out of the Youth Olympic Games because F...more

Six Sports Thoughts: From women’s B-ball to golf pay gap
by Fair Game News
posted April 13, 2010 at 7:04pm

By Laura Pappano Who says people don’t watch dominance? UConn’s NCAA Tournament run brought ESPN more viewers than in 2009. According to Nielsen, the final UConn-Stanford game drew 3.53 million viewers, up 32 percent from the 2009 final of UConn vs....more

The Power of Images
by One Sport Voice
posted April 13, 2010 at 6:51pm

Today over my Facebook news feed I got a piece from TED. TED is a non-profit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. TED believes passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So TED is building a clearinghouse of know...more

Tiki Barber ruins everything
by Draft Day Suit
posted April 13, 2010 at 9:56am

Sometimes I secretly love it when an athlete that I don’t like, or someone who plays for a team I hate gets caught up in a scandal, but it breaks my heart when one of my heroes pulls one of these asshole stunts. Homewreckers: Tiki Barber and Traci Ly...more

One Year of One Sport Voice in the Blogosphere
by One Sport Voice
posted April 12, 2010 at 4:09pm

One Sport Voice is one year old! Nearly one year ago at the urging a few tech saavy women around me, I decided to begin blogging. I wanted to, but needed a push. I desired to blog to create an outlet for sharing my thoughts and critical perspective on ...more

WPS: Adjustment Periods Are For Wimps
by Women's Sports Blog
posted April 11, 2010 at 2:23pm

Lauren "Darth" Cheney* scored the first goal of the WPS season just seven minutes into the match and Boston held on to defeat Washington 2-1. This marks the second year in a row that a rookie has garnered the league's first tally. Kelly Smith and Alli...more

In case you missed it...Tiger's back
by After Atalanta
posted April 9, 2010 at 7:12pm

I know, it flew under the radar and all, but Tiger Woods is out of rehab and playing the Master's this week. And The Globe and Mail is wondering whether his return will offend women who make up a pretty decent sized segment of the golfing audience. They p...more

Observations from the 2010 Women’s Final Four
by One Sport Voice
posted April 6, 2010 at 12:29am

As I’m watching the Men’s Final Four Final on TV, I have a few observations to share from my recent return from the Women’s Final Four in San Antonio. Both are related to Baylor’s Brittney Griner. Play Like a Girl T-Shirt from SOOZN Design and ...more

Color Commentary: “The Importance of Mia” by Keith Hickey
by All White Kit
posted April 4, 2010 at 12:33am

Color Commentary highlights older articles pertaining to the women’s game. This article can found at http://matchfitusa.com. “The late nineties was a low point for the USMNT. 3-6-1. Amy Wynalda. Three and out in France with an embarrassing...more

National Women’s Law Center's Comments to the Task Force on Childhood Obesity
by Womenstake
posted March 31, 2010 at 10:26pm

by Neena Chaudhry, Senior CounselNational Women’s Law Center Last week, the Center submitted two sets of comments to the Task Force on Childhood Obesity, which was recently established by President Obama. The Task Force asked for public input to assis...more

Guys, stop whining about women’s basketball — and just tune in
by Fair Game News
posted March 30, 2010 at 1:37pm

VS.? By Laura Pappano Baylor Coach Kim Mulkey has a number in mind: 47,492. That’s how many fans went wild last Sunday in Houston for the men’s Baylor-Duke matchup. After her team upset Duke in a thrilling 51-48 win last night, Mulkey made the po...more

Dominance in women’s sports should be celebrated, not downgraded
by Womenstake
posted March 30, 2010 at 1:22pm

by Nicole Marschean, InternNational Women's Law Center The University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team advanced to the Elite Eight with its 75th consecutive win yesterday. This year they also won their 16th Big East Championship title, in wh...more

Am I a bad blogger?
by After Atalanta
posted March 29, 2010 at 12:10pm

Well I haven't blogged in a week even though we are in prime women's sports time with the NCAA basketball tourney, an amazing women's Frozen Four, the beginning of the LPGA season in the US...so the immediate answer is yes.But the question was actually in...more

Violence, girls and sports
by Byline to Finish Line
posted March 27, 2010 at 12:31pm

The popular reading of violence in women’s sports is that (a) part of the growth into the big-time arena and (b) bad for women’s sports in general. Last weekend, an article on violence in women’s sports ran in the New York Times, covering pretty mu...more

Why female athletes should ignore Hollywood's "fitness gurus"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted March 26, 2010 at 7:58pm

Thanks to stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna, personal trainer Tracy Anderson has become a minor celebrity herself. Anderson caters to a Hollywood aesthetic that prizes slimness above all else (that is, for women anyway; men, not so much). Unfortunate...more

Support your fellow women, Attend a sporting event!
by Womenstake
posted March 26, 2010 at 7:46pm

by Nicole Marschean, Intern,National Women's Law Center Acclaimed sports writer Frank Deford asserted in a February NPR article, “Certainly women themselves do not seem wired to support their gals as men the world over cheer on their guys.” Growi...more

Stop Hatin', Dottie
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 25, 2010 at 6:25pm

It's bad enough watching Dottie Pepper call a golf event in which Christina Kim is participating, but recently she wrote in an article that Kim has "Ochocinco Syndrome." Aside from clearly hurting Kim's feelings as evinced by her Twitter feed, that stat...more

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