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Why is childbirth the athlete’s Bogeywoman?
by Fair Game News
posted September 15, 2009 at 11:38am

By Laura Pappano By the time Kim Clijsters charged toward the net to hit a final, overhead smash against Caroline Wozniacki and claim the 2009 US Open championship (7-5, 6-3), I was wondering if I really should be thinking so much about her uterus. Sure...more

Social Media & Sport Apologies
by One Sport Voice
posted September 14, 2009 at 9:32pm

Discussion in the Tucker Center this morning was very lively around the topic of Serena Williams’ U.S. Open semifinal outburst, fine, and subsequent apology via her blog and Twitter account (also see picture here). I have a few other thoughts on Wi...more

Professor Semenya
by Athletic Women Blog
posted September 14, 2009 at 9:03pm

We have been getting an education of late; a new understanding, for some at least, of gender's equivocalness. Unfortunately, this has all come at the expense of Caster Semenya: a woman who is guilty of nothing (unless you consider running too fast a crime...more

"Are You Serious?" - notes on Williams's outrage
by From A Left Wing
posted September 14, 2009 at 5:46pm

When confronted with the accusation that she'd threatened to kill the line judge, echoing John McEnroe's mantra of complaint, Serena Williams looked at the officials and asked "Are you serious?"Williams had lost her cool, that much is indisputable. This h...more

Erin Andrews tells peep hole victimization story on Oprah
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted September 12, 2009 at 12:50am

Photo Credit: http://www.earthlingchic.com I Tivo’d Oprah today and got to see a story that I’d been waiting for awhile. ESPN reporter Erin Andrews told the queen of talk television the story of a complete invasion of privacy as a female sports rep...more

Bud Fan Cans make students drink beer, schools say
by Draft Day Suit
posted September 10, 2009 at 2:08pm

“Show your colors!” says Bud Light. “Put your hand around a Fan Can.” The Indiana Daily Student reports that Anheuser Busch has agreed to stop selling the red and white version of their snazzy Fan Cans in the vicinity of Indiana University’s B...more

First We Are Born. The Rest Is All Drag.
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted September 10, 2009 at 12:40pm

I shoulda seen this coming. Caster Semenya, the South African gold medal runner whose gender is being challenged, has had a “make-over” and her new safely feminine look is on display on the cover of a South African magazine. The accompanying text gush...more

The ‘New’ Look of Caster Semenya
by One Sport Voice
posted September 9, 2009 at 4:55pm

Much has been written about the controversy regarding the sex verification testing of Caster Semenya following the IAAF Championships in August 2009 (to read more go here, here, here, & here). Given all Semenya has endured, I can’t say I was surprise...more

In Soviet Russia, Opponent Upsets *You*
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 9, 2009 at 11:46am

After watching yesterday's Oudin/Petrova match, part of me wanted to remind people to take a pause in the Oudinthusiasm and remember that outlasting a bunch of crazy people doesn't necessarily mean you have game. But then Kuznetzova blew what should hav...more

Contradictions and Connections: The perils of being a strong woman athlete
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted September 8, 2009 at 11:07pm

Here is an interesting article that puts the “gender verification” challenge of South African runner, Caster Semenya, into a broader social context and discusses the outcry of support for her in South Africa in the context of nationalism, racism and a...more

Women's football makes the sports page!
by Sports, Media & Society
posted September 8, 2009 at 9:12pm

Both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune found room on their sports pages recently for coverage of women's football: the Chicago Bliss, part of the newly launched Lingerie Football League. (I only wish I were making this up.) Both papers ran art...more

Bud Collins wants you kids to get off his lawn
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 8, 2009 at 2:33pm

Usually the Times roundtable discussions get at least a few worthwhile points of view in, but yesterday's piece on how to improve tennis was a total dud, beginning with the absence of women (the Deadspin blogger was considered more valuable). But the he...more

Did the NFL just tell me I couldn’t tweet from a football game?
by Draft Day Suit
posted September 7, 2009 at 11:07pm

This was originally posted on BlogHer.com. ______________________________ A couple of weeks ago The National Football League started fining players for tweeting negative things about training camp. Then they made it clear that players were not allowed t...more

One Sport Voice concluding summer thoughts about sport
by One Sport Voice
posted September 7, 2009 at 4:37pm

Where did summer go? As a new school year begins tomorrow, I’d like to share a few things I’ve been thinking about over the summer. 1. After giving parent and coach workshops this summer, I’m more convinced that ALL coaches and ALL parents should...more

Women Not Big Fans of Pro Sports, and Editors Still Use Sex to Sell Reporting to Men
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 5, 2009 at 9:30pm

This infuriates me. Not the report on this study, which I found interesting, if not surprising, but the stupid decision to slap a cheesecake photo of a cheerleader at the top. It’s so damn hard to get any respect, I swear it is. Go ahead. I’ll wait...more

Clarification, Part 432
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 5, 2009 at 1:09pm

Viz. the 'saddest tweet of the weekend' post. We were talking about how South Korea would be a good opponent in the Solheim Cup. Yani Tseng wouldn't get to play in that case, though, because SHE'S FROM TAIWAN. Technically the piece didn't say she wa...more

Sports reporters & gambling: The big picture
by Sports, Media & Society
posted September 2, 2009 at 11:09pm

Our Center for Sports Journalism survey of sports reporters, published in the International Journal of Sport Communication, has gotten attention recently because of our finding that 4 in 10 reporters told us they gambled on sports -- and one in 20 told us...more

Stop picking on women's tennis!
by After Atalanta
posted September 1, 2009 at 10:36pm

Seriously, what is this about?When Steffi Graf ruled the court people didn't like it. When the Williams sisters were squashing everyone on their way to finals, people didn't like it. And now that things are up for grabs? People don't like it.Most admit th...more

What women’s hockey does NOT need more of…
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted September 1, 2009 at 12:44am

It’s official - I feel a rant coming on. Training camps have been underway for many girls hockey teams here in Ontario for the last few weeks. Coaches, parents and players are looking for ways that they can get an “edge” on their competition for n...more

Basketball games as religious events: A really bad marketing plan?
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted August 31, 2009 at 4:05pm

While reading the Women’s Hoop Blog recently, I found my way to this thoughtful article in Full Court Press, the women’s basketball journal. The article, written by Lee Michaelson, publisher of Full Court Press, raises some really interesting question...more

WPS all-stars and a new attention-getter?
by After Atalanta
posted August 29, 2009 at 12:00pm

The WPS all-star game is being played tomorrow evening in Missouri. WPS all-stars will take on a team from Sweden. Apparently the roster has changed a bit since the original voting took place because some players (the English and French) have national tea...more

Candice Works Out
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted August 27, 2009 at 9:35pm

Former Stanford star and current WNBA star Candice Wiggins has a new training video. Yay. I guess you could say it is more of a commercial. (If you can't view it at Nike.com, view it here on Facebook). Nike has renewed its partnership with the WNBA. Yay. ...more

Notes from an alienated fan: Why I want a feminist, anti-homophobic WPS & a more progressive, anti-nationalist/pro-migrant MLS
by From A Left Wing
posted August 27, 2009 at 8:44pm

OK. I know a lot of you read that headline and either rolled your eyes, or muttered "dream on, sister."I've been involved in a discussion on Big Soccer about Dan Loney's article, "Endless Summer". He opens with a reference to my post about the Galaxy/Bar...more

Right On, Dave Zirin
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 27, 2009 at 1:26pm

Despite sharing political views, Zirin and I rarely see eye-to-eye on sports issues. This piece, in which he compares reactions to the Semenya outrage in the U.S. and South Africa, where a leading sports minister actually resigned in protest of her gend...more

Solheim Cup: Why I rooted against the Americans
by After Atalanta
posted August 25, 2009 at 12:23pm

I actually don't have strong American leanings when it comes to international sport (or anything else actually) so rooting for the Europeans last weekend in the Solheim Cup is not necessarily shocking for anyone who knows me.But frankly I was ticked off a...more

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