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Former NOW president defends FSU, takes on critics
by HoopFeed.com
posted December 10, 2009 at 1:10pm
The following is a statement by Patricia Ireland in response to a December 10 column by FanHouse.com columnist Michelle Smith on Florida State women’s basketball web site promoting the team:
More and more women student athletes have emerged this new ...more
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A whole lot of head-shaking sport news
by One Sport Voice
posted December 9, 2009 at 1:15pm
I’ve purposely stayed out of commenting about Tiger Woods. It’s just low hanging fruit. What is left to say? But I will say the most interesting thing to me is that everyone is shocked that a golfer could behave so badly–especially Tiger Woods. ...more
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My thoughts on Tiger and Elin
by Chantelle Says
posted December 7, 2009 at 9:24pm
I came back from a weekend long motivational speaking conference to find that fellow Yardbarker Brendan Haywood had posted a blog chastising Tiger Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren, for her actions in this whole cheating saga. Brendan has called me a ma...more
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Good for you!: Readers speak back
by After Atalanta
posted December 7, 2009 at 12:09pm
Since I am usually such a Complainin' Jane when it comes to problematic things lay people say about women's sports, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to actually laud someone. (Don't worry; I'm not going soft. I am sure I will be back with somet...more
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And I seem to find the happiness I seek...
by Swish Appeal
posted December 7, 2009 at 12:05pm
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A few weeks ago, a friend and I walked into a friend’s bar and he said he’d been working on a new drink that he was trying to perfect using us as "guinea pigs". He’s one of...more
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Seven Suicidal Sports Moments
by Women's Sports Blog
posted December 7, 2009 at 12:01pm
The downside to the deep emotional investment that true fans put into their teams is the soul-crushing despair that can ensue when things go wrong. In a second, you go from living for the team to not wanting to live anymore.* I apologize in advance fo...more
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Tiger, you’re not my hero
by Cool Adventure Girls!
posted December 4, 2009 at 6:08pm
Tiger Woods has been pegged as a “Fallen Hero”. Really? A Hero? And where exactly did he fall from?
We all know by now that he had a moment of indiscretion. Maybe it was more than a moment, who knows. What we do know is that things got out of hand. ...more
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Bystander responsibility: When to step in?
by After Atalanta
posted December 4, 2009 at 1:34pm
I was part of an interesting dinner party conversation the other night about the responsibility of being a gym goer, a gym owner, or a gym employee. The talk was about one's responsibility when seeing someone who is doing something dangerous. Though we me...more
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The new Olympic spirit?
by After Atalanta
posted December 3, 2009 at 12:23pm
So remember when everyone was all "boo hiss China"? They were about to host the Olympics and a lot of Americans got their retro commie high horses to talk about--well mostly how great the West and free speech and capitalism are. And granted there were a ...more
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Tiger Woods’ wife receives advice to improve her game
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 3, 2009 at 12:07pm
When I first got wind of Tiger Woods’ connecting with an Escalade, a fire hydrant and a tree I knew instinctively no one would be circling around him clapping quietly and congratulating him for his play. When I read the description of Tiger’s wife u...more
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Marion Jones in the WNBA
by Chantelle Says
posted December 2, 2009 at 11:36am
So Marion Jones wants to play in the WNBA. A few people have asked what I thought about it, so I figured I’d comment.
I’ll admit I was a little offended when I first read about her intentions. To me, it already seems like people don’t give the ...more
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Go Marion. That's Right, I Said It.
by anngaff
posted December 1, 2009 at 1:25am
I remember the 2000 Olympics. Well, actually, I just remember Marion Jones in the 2000 Olympics. Her face was everywhere, even on the cover of Vogue (a jock? on the cover of Vogue? How awesome!):
Everyone talked about how she was going to win FIVE GOLD...more
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Tiger Woods Incident: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
by Women's Sports Blog
posted November 30, 2009 at 2:14pm
There are not many who would want to be Elin Woods right now. God forbid you are a person of humble origins who marries someone rich, first of all, or indeed any woman who marries any man with money. You never live down the gold-digger image, as if yo...more
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RIP: Mike/Christine Penner, Transgender Sportswriter
by From A Left Wing
posted November 29, 2009 at 12:30pm
Los Angeles Times announced today that transgender sports journalist Mike Penner committed suicide.In 2007, Penner came out in the newspaper's pages as Christine Daniels. He took a vacation, and came back as she. Daniels continued to write for the Times...more
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Why I lovehate football
by Fair Game News
posted November 26, 2009 at 4:08pm
By Laura Pappano
It’s Thanksgiving and aside from turkey and family, this holiday is about football. What does a celebration of early American settlers and indigenous people coming together in prayerful feasting have to do with gladiator-style battle f...more
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The most conservative sport?
by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog
posted November 23, 2009 at 8:23pm
Essayist Chuck Klosterman writes about popular culture as a music critic and sometimes-sports commentator. In a recent article for ESPN, he writes about why he is a football fan. The gist of Klosterman's argument is that football is a sport with an amaz...more
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Can the Bay area support a WNBA team?
by Women's Sports Blog
posted November 23, 2009 at 8:08pm
As a native of a basketball-mad area that can barely keep its WNBA franchise afloat, and a Bay Area women's sports fan for the past six years, I was worried when I heard the Monarchs were coming. Granted, anything's better than Sac-town (thanks, Maloof ...more
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The Lambert wrap-up
by After Atalanta
posted November 13, 2009 at 4:15pm
I have to say that I, despite my deeply entrenched cynicism, am surprised at just how viral this whole Elizabeth Lambert thing went. It's everywhere I turn. I feel--and this is just a feeling not backed up at all by evidence--that this situation has gotte...more
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LeBron James pink puffy hearts Michael Jordan
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 13, 2009 at 2:13pm
I’m not even sure how to approach this.
You know how LeBron James decided that he is going to give up his #23 jersey and he thinks everyone else should too?
All of the sudden.
Here is my take on it.
LeBron looks up into the stands.
LeBron is star...more
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