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NYT examines violence in women's college sports
by Title IX Blog
posted March 25, 2010 at 11:16am
In recent months, college sport has seen several high profile instances of violence by female athletes, from New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert pulling an opponent down by her ponytail to Baylor's Brittany Griner currently serving a two-game suspe...more
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One way or another?
by Title IX Blog
posted March 24, 2010 at 10:13am
A panel on gender equity and intercollegiate sports held at Vanderbilt University Law School yesterday brought out a Title IX founder, a realist, and a wrestling coach.According to the AP coverage, the panel discussion focused on "whether the law requirin...more
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Professional Sports vs. Olympic Sports
by Sport Management Education
posted March 22, 2010 at 9:09pm
In the world of sports, there is always something happening. With so many sports to choose from, fans certainly have a variety of events to watch each week. For example, just look at the overlap in terms of some of America’s major sports le...more
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Are female athletes becoming more aggressive?
by One Sport Voice
posted March 22, 2010 at 10:02am
With the start of the March Madness and stories of “aggressive female athletes” making national headlines (i.e., Elizabeth Lambert, Brittney Griner), a question I have heard asked and debated a lot lately is–”Are females athletes becoming more agg...more
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And now, the marks for artistic merit
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 21, 2010 at 12:14pm
Don't you just love it when people, usually men, say they don't like sports like figure skating (or that figure skating isn't a sport) because they're subjective? Yesterday's first-half run in the men's Kansas State-BYU was sparked by an absolutely horr...more
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These people at Smuckers are just f&*%^ers
by After Atalanta
posted March 19, 2010 at 8:52pm
I know that this story is already out there but it deserves more discourse. Plus it allows me to think again about the Olympics which seem so far away now, especially in this very odd 60+ degree pre-spring weather I am experiencing.So the story is that Jo...more
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Women's Bracket: Do we really have to applaud this?
by After Atalanta
posted March 18, 2010 at 6:38pm
Last year I noted, probably more than once, that President Obama neglected to fill out a women's bracket. I wrote about how problematic that was at the time.This year he has done both brackets. And Christine Brennan is practically drooling in her congratu...more
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The (Men’s) Bracket
by One Sport Voice
posted March 17, 2010 at 10:10pm
In my last blog, I surmised that when the bracket for the Men’s NCAA basketball tournament was released, it would not be labeled as “The Men’s” NCAA Tournament Bracket 2010, unlike the women’s bracket. Sure enough…I was right. To see “the ...more
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The US men will not win the World Cup...
by Title IX Blog
posted March 16, 2010 at 10:09am
...and it's all Title IX's fault. Well it is if you believe this guy who blames Title IX for the demise of men's soccer programs at the intercollegiate level thus depleting the pool of national team members.He does cite other issues such as the lack of po...more
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Sports information divided along gender lines
by Sports, Media & Society
posted March 15, 2010 at 9:16pm
As the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments start this week, CBS and ESPN, respectively, will air a steady stream of segments on various coaches and teams. A sports information director (SID) for each team will help the media coordinate inte...more
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Johnny Come Lately
by From A Left Wing
posted March 14, 2010 at 3:24pm
I've recently become obsessed with Johnny Weir - I'm late to this bandwagon. As it happens, the first sport I followed with any seriousness was figure skating - but I've ignored the men's competitions especially in the past few years. My bad, because We...more
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Tiger Woods and Ari Fleischer?
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 12, 2010 at 5:57pm
Tiger Woods has a new PR person. Maybe you have heard of him. His name is Ari Fleischer.
I guess Tiger figured he needed somebody to help clean up his image.
Now I can’t help but wonder if in addition to sex addiction Tiger Woods is smoking weed, be...more
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NCAA drops future plans to use FOTF ads
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted March 11, 2010 at 4:38pm
Just to wrap up this thread, I understand that the NCAA has quietly dropped all plans to use the FOTF ads in the future, specifically during the fast approaching men’s NCAA basketball tournament. Thanks to the NCAA for doing the right thing. Kudos to a...more
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A hodge podge of sport-related stuff
by One Sport Voice
posted March 9, 2010 at 9:22pm
This will be a random blog post and as I can’t find a common link except to apply a critical lens to each issue. Here are five interesting pieces to check out:
1. A parody Got No Game with Paul Mecurio: Race in Sports (HBO) brings to life race and ge...more
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Reebok on the Rebound?
by One Sport Voice
posted March 9, 2010 at 9:59am
So I’ve been offline for a few days and I come down off the slopes from boarding in the Tahoe area to an email from a blog fan (you know who you are!) with a few links to Reebok’s new ad campaign and product line. Please click on these links, but the ...more
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Hot Babes: So many issues, so little...
by After Atalanta
posted March 3, 2010 at 5:51pm
...energy. You thought I was going to say time, right? But no, this column from the Toronto Star highlighting the 10 hottest "babes" of the Vancouver Olympics raises so many issues and I just don't have the energy to address all the hackneyed arguments ab...more
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Smile and wave
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted March 3, 2010 at 4:24pm
People love visiting the Olympic Training Center. I guess I kind of get it…but not totally. It’s still just a bunch of training fields grouped together for different sports and they slap the Olympic rings on it and all of the sudden it seems really ...more
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Olympic Ads: The Good, The Bad, And Versus
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 3, 2010 at 4:17pm
It was heartening to see three separate ads that showed little girls playing hockey as a normal, everyday activity. Its role as as a publicizer of the game and eventual goal for aspiring children is one of the strongest arguments for maintaining women's...more
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Bullying, gender expression, sexuality and Johnny Weir
by After Atalanta
posted March 2, 2010 at 10:10am
I've been thinking a lot about bullying lately. I live in an area under intense scrutiny for a recent bullying event that lead to a suicide in a local school. It is the second such incident in about a year in my area. The film Straightlaced about teens wh...more
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Sport viewing and gender trends
by One Sport Voice
posted March 1, 2010 at 9:04pm
A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center outlines some interesting trends pertaining to viewing sports and sport fans (thanks EH!). In a new report titled Olympics Bridge Gender Divide In Sports Interest, based on the data more women than men were ex...more
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NBC: The Last Straw
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 1, 2010 at 8:49pm
I recently wrote about my dissatisfaction with NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I really and truly thought that I had gotten it out of my system.
Oh, how wrong I was.
So here I sit on the last morning of the games wondering...more
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Ladies: Grab those clickers!!! (And don’t let go)
by Fair Game News
posted February 25, 2010 at 10:03pm
By Laura Pappano
I may never (hopefully) hurl down an icy track on a sled at 90-plus mph, but the Olympic spirit does stir a passion for competition. Yesterday, a 63-year-old woman offered to me that she has been absolutely glued to Olympic TV coverage a...more
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