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Why I am not Tony Kornheiser (?)
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 25, 2010 at 9:36pm

I certainly do use column space here to make fun of the outfits of coaches, broadcasters and athletes. I don't always feel 100% great about it, to be honest. But I like to think I'm not contributing to an already existing power dynamic, the way Tony d...more

The ESPN Fashion Police in effect
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 25, 2010 at 10:14am

Apparently ESPN correspondent Tony Kornheiser is moonlighting as the Fashion Police based on the recent barrage of insults he hurled at ESPN’s Hannah Storm’s attire. I’ll give him points for also trying to embrace his inner literati for including so...more

More information on the menage a trois among the NCAA, CBS and Focus on the Family
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 24, 2010 at 2:24pm

Though we can thank the NCAA for pulling the Focus on the Family ads on NCAA.com yesterday, it looks like we need to stay alert about what might be coming as March Madness approaches. According to this article in Inside Higher Education, the Focus on the...more

My letter to the NCAA
by After Atalanta
posted February 23, 2010 at 6:58pm

The the letter below is one I just sent to the NCAA who, if you have not heard, recently accepted banner ads from Focus on the Family. Thanks to the amazing work of Pat Griffin and other advocates who got the word of the offense out quickly, the NCAA has ...more

Thank you, Sylvia Pressler
by Fair Game News
posted February 23, 2010 at 5:51pm

By Laura Pappano News of Judge Sylvia Pressler’s death last week – at 75 at a family home in Sparta, NJ – drew a few paragraphs in the newspaper, but hardly attracted huge attention. And yet, as spring training gets underway and kids prepare for L...more

NCAA pulls Focus on the Family ads
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 23, 2010 at 4:39pm

Yippee! Our voices were heard. I just got word that the NCAA is pulling the Focus on the Family ads that have been running on the NCAA.com web site. No decisions have been made about future ads, so maybe we need to make sure the NCAA gets it that ANY ads ...more

Is the GWAA an irrelevant organization?
by Sport Management Education
posted February 23, 2010 at 2:53pm

In the wake Tiger Woods’ press statement on Friday, one thing really stood out for me; the stance that the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA) took. In preparation for the event, Tiger invited the GWAA to send three journalists to cover the s...more

More on the NCAA and Focus on the Family ads
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 23, 2010 at 2:40pm

The blogosphere is beginning to light up on this issue. Check here and here, for more information about the NCAA ads and here to sign a petition to the NCAA asking them to take down the FOF ads they have on NCAA.com.I just received a copy of the NCAA's A...more

2010 Olympic sport media gaffs…So far
by One Sport Voice
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:25pm

During the first week of media coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a few interesting things emerged in terms of sport media coverage and sport commentators. 1. It has been noted elsewhere by colleagues at the John Curley Center for Sport Media tha...more

I am woman (not a girl), Hear me roar, You Idiot!
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:23pm

Kathy and I are looking to buy a truck. Yesterday, when the salesman who swooped out to greet us introduced me to one of his male associates at the dealership, here is what he said, “And this attractive young lady is Pat.”I’ll pause here and take a ...more

NCAA is shilling for Focus on Family and a right wing political agenda
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:13pm

Ok, we endured the Focus on the Family Ted Tebow anti-abortion ad during the Super Bowl (along with a lot of other ads demeaning women). But now, NCAA.com, is also carrying a banner ad for Focus on the Family. I hear that CBS, the network that brought u...more

Because cheerleaders make everything better
by After Atalanta
posted February 21, 2010 at 3:25pm

I don't know who the woman is who is doing all the commentary on curling (or at least on women's curling--I haven't watched much of the men's). But she's ridiculous. She's definitely a former player and sounds like a native English speaker but I am sensin...more

NBC: World's best "girls" give it their all in the women's downhill
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 18, 2010 at 9:18pm

As Julia Mancuso whipped around the gates during the women’s downhill at the Vancouver Olympics, the NBC announcers noted the icy and difficult conditions. “She likes a course that is rough and bumpy,” said analyst Christin Cooper. “She says that ...more

2010 Olympics: The influence of advertising on quality broadcast journalism
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted February 18, 2010 at 6:36pm

Imagine yourself as Linsey Vonn yesterday – a native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, who has been working her whole life, since she was two years old, to bring home an Olympic gold in women’s downhill skiing. She finally does it, gives hugs to her family i...more

Domestic violence and media: How portrayal and reporting of crime changes when athletes are involved
by Women Undefined
posted February 18, 2010 at 11:19am

I woke up this morning to this headline: "Oregon Football: LaMichael James arrested" So what happened? Why was he arrested? Oregon running back LaMichael James was booked into Lane County Jail on Wednesday morning on domestic violence charges, contin...more

NBC not winning Olympic gold
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 18, 2010 at 11:16am

I love the Olympics. Summer, winter, team sports or individual, I love it all. < p> However, I’ve had it with the NBC coverage on the West coast. Vancouver is in OUR TIME ZONE, for Pete’s sake. < p> In 2008, Dick Ebersol gave the followi...more

Answer to DeFord: Why we're likely not to notice a women's basketball team excel
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 17, 2010 at 9:09pm

NPR commentator Frank DeFord today asked why women in individual sports more often get widespread public attention (and favorable media coverage) than do women in team sports. Deford contrasted the recent hype around Olympian Lindsay Vonn, tennis star Ser...more

Only losers think everyone should win: Thoughts on competition from a graduate of the Billy Martin School of Sportsmanship
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 17, 2010 at 2:01pm

Melissa and Josh are watching the Olympics, as they do all sporting events, with very different perceptions of competition. This is Josh’s perspective. Melissa’s is here. Melissa and I were watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics the other n...more

Figure Skating: "That Was Hot"
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 17, 2010 at 1:02pm

With that spontaneous utterance, NBC's replacement for Dick Button almost redeemed herself. Fortunately there was plenty of obnoxious left for the rest of the evening. Scott Hamilton got in on the stupidity bandwagon as well, with his classic "[Even] ...more

Women's Hockey: The price of dominance
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 17, 2010 at 12:45pm

Ah yes, those of us in the women’s sports world knew this was coming. From a mile away. The call to drop women’s hockey as an Olympic sport. Yes, the Canadian and American women’s hockey teams may be crossing the line from dominating to humiliati...more

Luge: "I would rather die than be called a woman"
by After Atalanta
posted February 17, 2010 at 12:42pm

That's the message I am getting after the start of the men's single luge competition was moved farther down the track in an attempt to temper the high speeds that seemed to result in the death of Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili,* during a training ru...more

Olympic Hockey: Like I didn't see this criticism coming...
by After Atalanta
posted February 16, 2010 at 12:25pm

...from about an Olympic ice rink length away. I missed but definitely heard about Canada's 18-0 win over Slovakia. I saw the US's 12-1 win over China. I watched most of Canada's 10-1 win over Switzerland.And then I saw all the critiques. (And there were ...more

Olympic Ski Jumping: You're outraged now?
by After Atalanta
posted February 15, 2010 at 9:21pm

Initially when I read this column at the Huffington Post by Michele Morris about the story of the missing female ski jumpers in Vancouver, I had another one of those where have you been moments. It's a good column that outlines the whole contentious histo...more

Hoops: On too much winning
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 15, 2010 at 8:57pm

Awhile back the estimable Helen of WHB wrote a post in which she sarcastically jibed critics who argued that UConn's undefeated run of dominance was bad for the women's game. After all, no one was saying that the "Yankees ruined baseball with all that w...more

Zen and the Art of Olympic Watching: a Guest Post
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 15, 2010 at 8:53pm

Melissa and Josh are watching the Olympics, as they do all sporting events, with very different perceptions of competition. This is Melissa’s perspective. Josh is up next. I will not play at tug o’ war I’d rather play at hug o’ war, Where every...more

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