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The Minnesota Lynx: A Case About Media Coverage for Female Athletes
by One Sport Voice
posted August 19, 2011 at 3:13pm

I live in Minneapolis and am a fan, advocate and scholar about gender issues in sport, particularly girls and women in sport. In the last two months, while I haven’t blogged much I have been keeping in eye on happenings around women in sport. Media cove...more

Bleacher Report’s ‘Top 50 Female Athletes’ - Annotated
by The First Line
posted August 13, 2011 at 1:49pm

Bleacher Report has released a list of its all-time top 50 female athletes. This is a transparent ploy for click-throughs since it’s in slideshow format. But at least it celebrates women in sport, and three hockey players made the cut. I annotate....more

Why do guys watch sports?
by Swish Appeal
posted August 8, 2011 at 9:52pm

There's a perennial question that surrounds the WNBA: How can the league get more male viewers? Men make up the bulk of sports enthusiasts, of course, and the WNBA is a sports league. It follows naturally that the W would want to win over some of thos...more

Refuting “Sex Sells” Women’s Sport
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted August 8, 2011 at 3:44pm

The Nation magazine just published a special issue on the role and impact of sport on U.S. culture. Mary Jo Kane, sport media scholar and the Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota, was aske...more

Penguins Ice Crew: Brrr...it's cold in here...
by After Atalanta
posted August 8, 2011 at 2:20pm

...there must be some sexism in the atmosphere.I think I perhaps knew something about scantily clad young women (note that they are always referred to as girls) on ice skates who come out during NHL games for various reasons. But I don't watch much profes...more

Title IX: Why can’t we all just get along?
by Fair Game News
posted August 8, 2011 at 12:47am

By Laura Pappano Back in April, a NYTimes/CBS News poll found that – surprise! – men and women place nearly identical value on sports opportunities for girls in high school. Asked how important sports were for girls, 68% of men and 74% of women answ...more

A truly warped way of seeing women athletes
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted August 6, 2011 at 1:12pm

Tweet In my recent series on women’s sports, I introduced readers to the work of a self-identified “sport media scholar” who is anything but. Mary Jo Kane of the University of Minnesota is one of the more relentless and joyless critics of portray...more

Sex And Selling Women’s Sports
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted August 5, 2011 at 4:49pm

The Nation magazine has a special issue on the role and impact of sport on U.S. culture edited by Dave Zirin. One of the articles in this issue is “Sex Sells Sex, Not Women’s Sports” by University of Minnesota sport scholar Mary Jo Kane. Kane has co...more

Lingerie--not just for football players anymore
by After Atalanta
posted August 3, 2011 at 4:34pm

While I certainly do not support the concept and execution of the Lingerie Football League, I see why it exists. It plays on a variety of sexual fetishes and, of course, makes these female athletes far less threatening because of the sexualization and bec...more

WPS making a concerted effort
by After Atalanta
posted July 28, 2011 at 4:23pm

There have been many, many article about the potential effects of the Women's World Cup on the WPS. I haven't even bothered to blog about them or to even read all of them. They basically boil down to: 1) the WPS will benefit from the very exciting WWC, 2)...more

Commentary: League television partners drop the ball at the All-Star game
by HoopFeed.com
posted July 27, 2011 at 1:53pm

Let me begin by saying hello to everyone from my new home here at Hoopfeed.com. I want to thank Cheryl for helping me take the next step, and for bringing Dishin & Swishin to a new, all-inclusive, one-stop shop. You will be able to listen to the radio sho...more

Sport and the Environment: A tangled web
by The Rabbit Hole
posted July 25, 2011 at 1:04am

Grassboarding in Italy. Photo from "Where has all the snow gone?"The United Nations declared 2005 the International Year of Sport and Physical Education and with this declaration the world of sport promised to contribute to the achievement of the eight ...more

The Joys Of Coaching Female Athletes
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted July 22, 2011 at 6:56pm

source Usually, when I tell someone that I love coaching female athletes, the person I’m talking to starts giggling. Granted, I’m a pretty funny lady, but that’s one topic I don’t joke about. During “I Love Coaching” month, I’ve been ta...more

Free at last: letting women’s sports grow up
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted July 20, 2011 at 7:27pm

Just as the Japanese team began celebrating its victory in the Women’s World Cup on Sunday, soothing Tweets sprang forth to summarize the impact of the gallant U.S. runners-up. One declared that “little girls everywhere win today,” while another pro...more

Opposite sides of the same coin: The divided world of sports studies
by The Rabbit Hole
posted July 19, 2011 at 10:17am

"To know, more exactly, why it is that a woman can only muster 90 per cent of a man's strength cannot help us comprehend, explain, or change the massive feeling in our society that a woman has no business flexing her muscles anyways." (Willis, 1993) Why ...more

Ain’t misbehavin’: Women athletes as entertainers
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted July 13, 2011 at 11:42am

A question often raised about women’s athletics — and it’s usually posed as a rhetorical one — resurfaced recently following a suggestion from a WNBA coach that her players might just be too “nice” when the reality of competitive sports gets a...more

Bioethics, Doping & Technology in Sport: Where do we draw the line?
by The Rabbit Hole
posted July 11, 2011 at 4:11pm

Bioethics is not something that I have done much research on but I find it an extremely intriguing subject. I was first introduced to the topic at a sociological level in a graduate course taught by Dr. Michael Atkinson. Our class was discussing techn...more

The Space Shuttle, Olympics and childhood dreams
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 8, 2011 at 11:06pm

We all gathered in the auditorium and the television was playing. This was weird. Television was never on during school. Educational videos and movies from time to time, sure, but live television? That was like the antithesis of school. But here we were, ...more

Civil Rights and Association Leadership
by Mariah Burton Nelson: BEYOND WORKOUTS - Think of Yourself as an Athlete
posted July 7, 2011 at 9:12am

This is a mini-speech I gave in June at the Detroit reunion of Diversity Executive Leadership Program (DELP*) participants. New York State just legalized gay marriage. Regardless of one’s religious beliefs, surely everyone here appreciates this as a c...more

Injuries and imagery in women’s sports - what's the message?
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted July 6, 2011 at 4:51pm

(This is a topic I wanted to examine in my recent series “Women’s Sports Without Illusions,” especially after a perceptive reader brought it up. I pledged to address it in a new phase of my inquiry that continues on this blog and elsewhere. So here...more

2011 Women's World Cup: File under "More Crap Marketing"
by From A Left Wing
posted July 5, 2011 at 3:04pm

So, this morning I wanted to read "tout sur les Bleues," in preparation for this much anticipated match against Germany. I was so absorbed in the football, it took me a few minutes before I noticed the leg action on the right and left margins. This appe...more

Women Footballers: A Credit to the Game
by Women in Sport International
posted June 30, 2011 at 10:40am

A post by JoJo Rennie. This years Women's World Cup has already shown itself to be an impressive contest; highlighting the tournament's ability to show the flair and skill of women in the footballing world. Having seen all the teams in action we can app...more

Less equal than others
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted June 30, 2011 at 10:27am

By Namita BhandareIn the photograph they are just numbers: 3, 14, 7. But their headscarves, covered necks and full-sleeved shirts do not mask their cheekiness. The one with #3 on her jersey has her chin up and eyebrows raised. The goofball is clearly #14,...more

What to do When the Rules of the Game and Human Rights Laws Clash: Will We See A Test Case in Canada?
by Women in Sport International
posted June 29, 2011 at 9:36pm

FIFA has been running full speed into a legal nightmare since it decided in March of 2007 to ban religious items from team kit. In a decision of the International F.A. Board FIFA decided that "The basic compulsory equipment must not have any political, ...more

Women’s Sports Without Illusions: Final Thoughts
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted June 25, 2011 at 7:32pm

I do promise to make this brief, because I’ve already unpacked a lot over these last two weeks about women’s sports, and more precisely, the movement behind them for the last four decades. All the links in the “Women’s Sports Without Illusions”...more

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