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Current Title IX themed articles
by Title IX Blog
posted March 6, 2011 at 10:56pm

The current issue of the Brooklyn Law Review contains two Title IX-themed articles written by students.In Policing the Policing of Intersex Bodies, author Laura Zaccone lays out a regulatory approach to "preventing the gender inquisition that befell Caste...more

In the Game: Documentary on impact of Title IX needs our support!
by From A Left Wing
posted March 6, 2011 at 5:55pm

I'm really excited by In the Game. This film by the producers of Hoop Dreams looks at the realities of the highest levels of professional women's sports and the daily grind of girls fighting for access to training and facilities at especially urban high s...more

It's March: Let the ghettoization begin!
by After Atalanta
posted March 3, 2011 at 6:06pm

I've probably mentioned one of my favorite quotations before. But I find this morning an appropriate time to say it again. So from one of my favorite radical feminist groups, the Guerrilla Girls, this question:Why the cynical attitude on this only the thi...more

Booster Club can't pay football athletes' user fees
by Title IX Blog
posted March 3, 2011 at 12:36pm

School and city officials in Haverhill, Massachusetts understand Title IX. That is why they denied the request of the Touchdown Club, the booster club for the Haverhill High School football team, to use its fundraising proceeds to defray the cost of part...more

Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes at Belmont University
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted March 2, 2011 at 10:55am

Lots has changed at Belmont University since the December departure of lesbian women’s soccer coach, Lisa Howe. Howe and Belmont parted company by mutual agreement according to official accounts, but this tortured non-explanation of why the popular and...more

The girl who struck out Babe Ruth
by Pretty Tough
posted March 1, 2011 at 1:30pm

My hometown paper, the Los Angeles Times, doesn’t do a particularly good job covering women’s sports, but today there was an interesting post in an on-going series about sports legends. Author Brian Cronin takes a look at Jackie Mitchell, a female pit...more

Impact of heterosexism on millennial assistant female coaches?
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted February 23, 2011 at 3:32pm

Alyssa Norris Blog written by MA Kinesiology graduate student Alyssa Norris. Since the passage of Title IX, the proportion of women holding head coaching positions in intercollegiate women’s athletics has dropped from 90% to 42.6%, while the numb...more

Default was not "consequence" of Title IX
by Title IX Blog
posted February 23, 2011 at 3:22pm

There were a lot of issues/controversies raised by last week's story about a male high school wrestler who defaulted his match rather than wrestle a girl. Religion, violence, gender roles. Title IX was not one of them. Why? Because of the contact sport ex...more

Women Talk Sports Radio Show - Boy vs Girl in High School Wrestling
by anngaff
posted February 20, 2011 at 6:49pm

This week, Iowa high school sophomore Joel Northrup came to the decision to forfeit his state tournament opening-round match against freshman Cassy Herkelman, despite the fact that he was one of the favorites for the title in a state known for its wrestli...more

Ski jumpers Lindsey Van and Jessica Jerome ready to pick the World Championships up and drop it on its head
by anngaff
posted February 20, 2011 at 12:23pm

2009 World Champ Lindsey Van, by Getty Images The FIS Nordic Ski World Championships start Wednesday in Oslo. For only the second time, women’s ski jumping will be included in the program - as an individual event only. This is currently the largest s...more

Is high school ready for girls’ wrestling?
by Pretty Tough
posted February 18, 2011 at 1:53pm

For high-school wrestlers across the country, February is the stuff of dreams. Sectional meets leading up to state tournaments begin this month, and thousands of hopes will be realized while thousands more wind up dashed. Megan Black, a sophomore wrestle...more

NYT Editorial on Cal Berkeley
by Title IX Blog
posted February 18, 2011 at 1:01pm

There's a good editorial in yesterday's New York Times about Cal-Berkeley's decision to reinstate three of the five athletic teams that had earlier been slated for termination. Addressing the argument that it was unfair of Cal not to also throw a lifeli...more

Multiple voices: improving participation of Muslim girls in physical education and school sport
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 18, 2011 at 1:02am

Authors: Symeon Dagkasa; Tansin Benna; Haifaa JawadbAbstractThis study reports on data from a larger-scale research project in one city in the West Midlands, England. The study was commissioned by the local education authority because of the rising inc...more

Girls Competing Against Boys: Part II
by One Sport Voice
posted February 17, 2011 at 5:41pm

I’ve been thinking more about 12 year-old MN female Ingrid Neel who will play on the High School boy’s tennis team this spring. I can see both sides of this issue. I’ve gotten some interesting emails offline and my students this morning had some tho...more

Ex-coaches allege retaliation by Diablo Valley College
by Title IX Blog
posted February 17, 2011 at 5:06pm

Two former coaches at Diablo Valley College in California, part of the Contra Costa Community College district, are reportedly suing in federal court to contest their allegation that they were retaliated against for challenging the college's decision to ...more

Title IX: Montana goes with prong three
by Title IX Blog
posted February 16, 2011 at 1:58pm

A piece out of a local news outlet in Missoula, Montana focuses on how the University of Montana is choosing to comply with prong three of Title IX. Montana's Senior Associate Athletic Director Jean Gee said Montana has vowed not to cut sports, but must a...more

Mel Davidson knows it’s not just about hockey
by The First Line
posted February 13, 2011 at 7:09pm

You’ve seen her as a constant sideline presence for Canada’s national team. Now she’s working as Canada’s top scout and will be inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame. And she’s like ‘I will give one word answers in this interview...more

Cal-Berkely saving three sports thanks to fundraising
by Title IX Blog
posted February 11, 2011 at 11:45pm

The University of California Berkeley announced yesterday that, due largely to fundraising efforts, it will reinstate three of the varsity sports it had been planning to cut. Men's rugby, women's lacrosse and women's gymnastics are back on the school's in...more

Cal Berkeley could restore women's teams
by Title IX Blog
posted February 11, 2011 at 12:12am

Perhaps some folks at University of California--Berkeley read our questions about the Title IX compliance problems posed by the university's decision to cut two women's teams (gymnastics and lacrosse) four months ago. As we explained in that earlier post...more

CSC and Pacific Legal fight complaints
by Title IX Blog
posted February 9, 2011 at 12:33pm

The College Sports Council, a group advocating for Title IX reform, and the Pacific Legal Foundation, a conservative legal group, are challenging the Title IX complaints filed by the National Women's Law Center last fall in 12 of the nation's schools dist...more

A call for heterosexual women and men in women’s sport to stand up to anti-gay discrimination
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 7, 2011 at 4:31pm

Sean Avery, a member of the NHL New York Rangers, told the Toronto Sun that he will support any young hockey player who wants to come out. He says that if any player anywhere (I am not sure he is including girl hockey players, but I hope he is) wants to c...more

El Moutawakel: Middle East female athletes will come to the fore
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 7, 2011 at 4:26pm

Olympic 400m hurdle champion Nawal El Moutawakel believes female athletes in the Middle East have a bright future. Moroccan El Moutawakel became a household name in 1984 when she won gold at the Los Angeles games, the first African-born Muslim woman to do...more

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