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The hurdle for Jana Rawlinson
by Athletic Women Blog
posted January 7, 2010 at 1:48pm
In an interview full of revelations not altogether surprising, yet nonetheless disturbing, world-champion hurdler Jana Rawlinson (nee Pittman) tells Woman's Day that in a span of only 14 months she got breast implants and then had them removed. It is a cl...more
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Is C. Viv the Bobby Knight of Women's Hoops?
by Women's Sports Blog
posted January 7, 2010 at 11:45am
Sounds like a totally ridiculous question, right? Ms. "this is a game, ladies" acting the martinet? Except it's the one that some disgruntled fans seem to be asking at Rutgers now that two young players have transferred, and Epiphanny Prince chose to ...more
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Gilbert Arenas babyproofs his home
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 3, 2010 at 8:05pm
Photo Credit: The basketball Blogger
Evidently there may have been a huge misunderstanding about what transpired last month between Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton. While it has been widely reported the two Washington Wizards players pulled gu...more
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Is pink the new black?
by After Atalanta
posted December 30, 2009 at 12:39pm
Or maybe it's the new red--depends on what the usual color of boxing gloves is.I feel as if I have devoted a lot of blog space to the pinkification of women's sports and so I am not seeking out the pink stories, but when things come my way--in 3s--it's ha...more
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Six Troubling Trends in Women’s Sports
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 29, 2009 at 1:13pm
I just read the greatest post on troubling trends in women’s sports. I know that what I just wrote sounds oxymoronic, but it is true. There is an article on Fair Game News that is entitled “Six troubled trends in women’s sports (and what we can d...more
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The 2009 State of Girls & Women in Sports
by One Sport Voice
posted December 28, 2009 at 6:03pm
As 2009 comes to an end, there are some trends for those who care about sports–particularly sports for females–that you should keep an eye on in the months to come. Many groups and organizations that have been cornerstones of advocacy, programming, ...more
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Horses are athletes
by Women's Sports Blog
posted December 24, 2009 at 12:42pm
Re: the tempest in a teapot involving the selection of Zenyatta to the athlete of the year list (the mare was second, and filly Rachel Alexandra was seventh), the double standard seems to be the most important hang-up to address. If horses are considere...more
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Should Serena be Athlete of the Year?
by Cool Adventure Girls!
posted December 23, 2009 at 9:11pm
Apparently threatening to shove a tennis ball down the line judge’s throat wasn’t enough to preclude Serena Williams from being named the 2009 Athlete of the Year. I mean, it’s not like she said “f-ing ball or f-ing throat” or ranted so loudly...more
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A Horse Is a Horse – Not a Female Athlete.
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 23, 2009 at 1:35am
The second-most-notable female athlete of 2009 according to the Associated Press was the first female to win one of the most celebrated contests in her sport and has a perfect record, winning all 14 of her major competitions.
She is also the youngest wo...more
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People who use walkers need not apply
by Sports, Media & Society
posted December 22, 2009 at 7:22pm
In Denver, taking shots at the Oakland Raiders is as much a pastime as hitting the slopes during the winter. So it came as no surprise that prior to Sunday’s Oakland-Denver game, the Denver Post ran a piece detailing the recent declining success of the ...more
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Sexual harassment in the digital age
by Title IX Blog
posted December 17, 2009 at 12:29pm
I have to admit that the first time I heard of sexting (the sending of sexually suggestive--or explicit!--text messages) was on Glee a few weeks ago. The subject was treated with the amount of levity that is appropriate for the show, but apparently sextin...more
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Good tidings for women's professional sports?
by After Atalanta
posted December 17, 2009 at 12:25pm
Maybe, according to this article out of an Atlanta paper, a city which will host three women's professional teams in 2010 (soccer, softball, and basketball). Chicago has just as many. [Not sure if they are counting football at all, though. I know there ar...more
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The Spirit of the Season
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted December 16, 2009 at 2:09pm
There is nothing that will put you in the holiday spirit quite like going to the DMV. I should know,.. I was blessed to spend time there yesterday afternoon. I walked away with feelings of joy and happiness. Where else could I spend hours of my life st...more
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Academic fraud at FSU?
by After Atalanta
posted December 16, 2009 at 11:47am
Seems to be all about the Seminoles this week. Except this time it's not the actual Seminoles, its the student-athletes at Florida State who call themselves Seminoles.The academic cheating issues at FSU have been covered. The school was investigated for a...more
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Boosting Media Coverage for Women's Sports
by MarieS
posted December 15, 2009 at 11:30am
How do we boost coverage for women's sports? I played sports in college and love it when women's softball is on TV in May yet the rest of the year I watch and follow men's sports (don't boo me just yet). Why you ask? Well for one, that's what's on TV and ...more
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Extolling the Seminoles
by After Atalanta
posted December 14, 2009 at 12:11pm
So after I wrote this post I realized that I was kind of writing about pool. And I don't know if I think of pool as a sport. I didn't have a tag for it--not that that means that much. I kind of mentioned football so I am going with that. I just needed a j...more
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Women in the Tiger affair: 'Usual suspects'?
by Sports, Media & Society
posted December 14, 2009 at 12:22am
Robin Givhan of The Washington Post, in a column today, points out the stark differences in the way Tiger Woods and the women who have been involved in the story of his affair have been considered in coverage.She writes: "While Woods is being portrayed as...more
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Mizzou, Woods, and the Real World
by Women's Sports Blog
posted December 13, 2009 at 2:16pm
Voepel on the Missouri allegations:
We’re seeing this, of course, in the coverage of Tiger Woods’ troubles,
and the allegations that his wife may have attacked him. When a man is
physically violent toward a woman, we’re outraged and horrified. B...more
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Fines, reprimands and punishments: Remember Rocker?
by After Atalanta
posted December 12, 2009 at 3:25pm
So I am not, let it be stated for the record, going to discuss any of these best of the decade stories. It is a principled stand based on the fact that it's not the end of the decade. Not until next year. 'Cause you can't start counting at zero.That said ...more
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More eyebrow-raising IOC decisions
by After Atalanta
posted December 11, 2009 at 12:21pm
It's so lovely to find someone who agrees with you--especially on a cold, windy Friday morning as you feel a cold (but hopefully not the flu) coming on.The IOC has been making some changes to the summer games program, allegedly in the name of gender equit...more
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Ireland misses the point about FSU's "dress code"
by After Atalanta
posted December 10, 2009 at 4:35pm
Hard to believe that once upon a time, the National Organization for Women was considered radical. That a lot of the popular sentiment that said the American women's movement of the late 60s and 70s as man-hating and radical came from the very visible act...more
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