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Inclusion, opportunity and other fun things
by Byline to Finish Line
posted October 14, 2010 at 11:59am

It seems like a curious time to be a female athlete. In the world of basketball, we have a proposal to lower the rim. In the world of winter outdoor sports, we have women ski jumpers fighting for inclusion in the Olympic Games while the Nissan Freeride W...more

The problem with HS football (it’s not just concussions)
by Fair Game News
posted October 13, 2010 at 6:04pm

By Laura Pappano I had to wince at a Birmingham News pre-season high school football analysis: Quick! Go pay $6 to see Hueytown high school quarterback Jameis Winston because “come 2012 at a major BCS school [it]will be around $50 and that’s not even...more

Indiana scheduling case decided on summary judgment
by Title IX Blog
posted October 8, 2010 at 1:29pm

Yesterday, federal district court judge William T. Lawrence of the Southern District of Indiana dismissed claims against the Indiana High School Athletic Association and area high schools that the scheduling girls' basketball fewer Friday and Saturday nig...more

Strike IX profiles the 1999 Providence College Baseball Team
by Title IX Blog
posted October 6, 2010 at 2:35pm

When author Paul Lonardo contacted me about his new book Strike IX, I worried I might be in for another misplaced Title-IX-is-the-enemy screed from an advocate for men's sports. But after reading a copy of the book, which Paul kindly sent me, I learned t...more

What and who counts: Another defense of Title IX
by After Atalanta
posted October 5, 2010 at 12:23pm

I have not been surprised by the renewed calls to abolish/reform Title IX in the wake of University of California Berkeley's announcement that it is cutting five intercollegiate sports.Yes, it's lousy that this happened. But California is not in good fina...more

The “Women’s” Moniker in Sports – The Terms We Use
by MarQFPR
posted September 30, 2010 at 1:43pm

Billie Jean King & Bobby Riggs Women in the sports’ world are nothing new, as they have been doing some sort of exercise as long as men have. With that being said, there has always been a gender bias in sports because there is a perception th...more

UC Berkeley Cuts Five Teams
by Title IX Blog
posted September 28, 2010 at 10:29pm

As Kris noted recently, the University of California, Berkeley athletic department has been considering eliminating sports as a cost-reduction measure. So it is sadly no surprise that the Chancellor has announced that baseball, men's and women's gymnasti...more

Telling sport cartoon
by One Sport Voice
posted September 28, 2010 at 10:15pm

Cartoon in MN Daily student newspaper 9/27/2010 < p> ...more

School lunch subsidies render Catholic schools subject to Title IX
by Title IX Blog
posted September 28, 2010 at 10:13pm

Congress, whose powers are limited to those enumerated in the Constitution, passed Title IX under its power to spend for the general welfare. Consequently, the statute's ban on sex discrimination only applies to those schools that receive federal funding...more

Ball State agrees to changes
by Title IX Blog
posted September 24, 2010 at 1:38pm

Issues of gender inequity in Ball State University's Athletic Department have been actively discussed for almost five years now but the university, in an effort to end OCR's ongoing investigation of the department, has come out and said it will bring the ...more

Fuzzy math: Bias + $ from student fees = cut-rate tickets for women’s play. Even at UConn. And even THIS basketball season.
by Fair Game News
posted September 24, 2010 at 12:20am

By Laura Pappano Here we go — yet again! After a spectacular season (78 straight wins and counting…) and off-season that saw the UConn Women’s Basketball team walking the red carpet at the ESPY Awards and visiting Walter Reed Medical Center and The...more

NCAA eliminates the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in restructuring move
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted September 23, 2010 at 2:12pm

USA Today reports that the NCAA has eliminated the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the VP position directing that office held by Charlotte Westerhaus. This is one of 17 positions eliminated in the restructuring.The Office of Diversity and Inclusion...more

Jennifer Azzi On Title IX: "Why wouldn't you want equality?"
by Swish Appeal
posted September 22, 2010 at 9:54pm

University of San Francisco women's basketball head coach Jennifer Azzi (left) has been a WNBA ambassador and advocate for women's fitness since retiring from playing professionally. View full size photo » First, for some personal perspe...more

Update on former SMU basketball player’s lawsuit against women’s basketball coach
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted September 22, 2010 at 9:21pm

I first blogged about this situation in September, 2008 and then again in October, 2009. Well, finally after two years a judge has ruled that the lawsuit can go to trial. A quick summary: Jennifer Colli, a player on the SMU women’s basketball team, al...more

“Join the Journey NYC” for equality in sport on Oct. 21
by anngaff
posted September 22, 2010 at 1:20pm

American Lindsey Van has launched off ski jumps more than 20,000 times — often going the length of two football fields. In 2009, she became the first women’s world champion of ski jumping. But she didn’t compete in the Olympic Winter Gam...more

Jennifer Azzi on Title IX
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted September 22, 2010 at 12:24pm

-Jennifer Azzi-Title IX explained that it is not cutting men’s sports but colleges living up to their promise to equal access (to sports, to classes, to a degree) for all college members.-WNBA-Cal cutting sports programs-Jennifer AzziWhat more could you...more

Can Colleges Improve Gender Balance in Engineering?
by Title IX Blog
posted September 22, 2010 at 12:34am

I work at a college where male undergraduates are in the majority because they are in the majority of one of the college's biggest majors, engineering. I have participated in discussions about how to improve the gender balance, and it bothers me that th...more

Penn State elevates hockey
by Title IX Blog
posted September 17, 2010 at 5:23pm

Both the men's and women's club ice hockey teams at Penn State will be elevated to varsity status. The announcement, which will likely contain the time table for the move, will come later this morning.The teams are the beneficiaries of very generous Penn ...more

Is Cal cutting?
by Title IX Blog
posted September 15, 2010 at 2:00pm

Maybe, according to a San Francisco Chronicle article based largely on a report produced by the Chancellor's Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics at Berkeley. Cal athletics has been incurring a $10 million deficit (i.e. they spend $10 million more than ...more

Female athletes who paved the way for women in sports
by Pretty Tough
posted September 15, 2010 at 1:59pm

Male athletes usually take the sports spotlight, for both their looks and their athletic abilities. But they’re not the only ones competing. Even before Title IX became law in 1972 and helped women gain access to equal opportunities in sports, women w...more

The cheerleaders are fighting!
by After Atalanta
posted September 9, 2010 at 9:40pm

Yes, I went for the cheap titillation with the not-so-accurate headline. But I am so very amused at the way this whole cheerleading; sport or not? thing has gone down since the ruling earlier in the summer in the Quinnipiac case. Every week since the ruli...more

Reflection on being a (female) athlete
by Loree: A Skirt, A Hammer, A Life, and A Dream
posted September 8, 2010 at 12:33pm

After reading a few articles lately and having different personal experiences over the years, I’ve been thinking more and more about what it means to be a female athlete. As always this started off as a small idea and then grew.  Another novel...more

Professor George on "Opportunity, Choice, and Discrimination Theory Under Title IX"
by Title IX Blog
posted September 2, 2010 at 10:21pm

In the current issue of the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, Professor B. Glenn George from the University of North Carolina School of Law proposes that/how Title IX proponents should reshift their focus from proportionality compliance to more holistic r...more

Reflections on Caster Semenya’s Return to Competition
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted August 31, 2010 at 6:44pm

The IAAF has declared that South African runner Caster Semenya can resume competing in international women’s events. After an 11 month wait for this clearance Semenya has competed in three track meets in the past several days. She won two of her 800m r...more

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