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WTS Podcast: Christine Brennan, Part 3: "Women have to be in charge"
by anngaff
posted June 23, 2009 at 1:56pm

  Welcome to the second podcast in a 3-part series of interviews with Christine Brennan, renowned sports journalist, best-selling author and commentator.  Brennan was a pioneer as a female sports journalist and is still today the most widely-re...more

Training Rules screening in Minneapolis
by Title IX Blog
posted June 23, 2009 at 12:42pm

Training Rules, the documentary about Rene Portland's anti-lesbian policies and the case brought against her and Penn State by former Lion Jennifer Harris, is screening tomorrow evening (Wednesday, June 24) at 7pm at the Walker Art Center. The movie, whic...more

Title IX turns 37 today!
by One Sport Voice
posted June 23, 2009 at 12:36pm

Title IX is a federal law passed in 1972 that requires gender equity for boys and girls in every educational program that receives federal funding. Many argue it is one of the most influential laws in recent history. In the realm of sport it has resulte...more

White House Roundtable celebrates Title IX’s 37th anniversary
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted June 23, 2009 at 10:48am

Today, the Women’s Sports Foundation represents the female athletes of the United States in a celebration of the anniversary of Title IX by visiting the White House for a special roundtable discussion. “At 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, the White...more

Happy Birthday, Title IX!
by Title IX Blog
posted June 23, 2009 at 10:39am

37 years and counting. ...more

Girls, Grunts and Ground Strokes OR Ladies, Loud Noises and Lobs (Take Your Pick)
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted June 22, 2009 at 8:52pm

An article in the Boston Globe yesterday discussed the possibility that the ever so proper tennis establishment is contemplating a new rule banning grunting among the women players. Not among the men mind you, just the women. It would be called a “nois...more

More coverage of Florida case
by Title IX Blog
posted June 21, 2009 at 1:06pm

This site has an interview with Nancy Hogshead-Makar, several student-athletes, and a parent about the lawsuit and injunction Florida Parents for Athletic Equity have filed against the Florida High School Athletic Association which has a policy that will ...more

Settlement Reached in UC Davis Case
by Title IX Blog
posted June 19, 2009 at 2:14pm

In 2007, three female students who played club sports at the University of California at Davis sued the university to challenge the lack of varsity athletic opportunities for women. They argued that Davis failed to satisfy any of the three alternative pr...more

Blaming individuals, ignoring cultures
by Sports, Media & Society
posted June 19, 2009 at 12:35pm

I read two interesting Web features today that both illuminated our cultural shortsightedness about social issues and sports: Blaming individuals while turning a blind eye toward institutional beliefs and practices that underpin problems. The first was an...more

Florida case and thoughts on cheerleading
by Title IX Blog
posted June 18, 2009 at 12:03pm

The Florida Parents for Athletic Equity have indeed filed a lawsuit against the Florida High School Athletic Association as they promised they would if FHSAA did not make moves toward ensuring equitable competitive opportunities.This case and the Quinnipi...more

Facebooking a discrimination case
by Title IX Blog
posted June 17, 2009 at 12:10pm

Florida Parents for Athletic Equity will be following through on their decision to file a lawsuit against the Florida High School Athletic Association over the latter's policy to reduce the number of athletic contests for all teams except football.And the...more

Softball makes its most important pitch
by After Atalanta
posted June 17, 2009 at 11:41am

Making a pitch to get back in after an odd series of events got softball kicked off the Olympic roster, representatives of the sport were in Switzerland this week appealing to the powers-that-be. (You can read about some of the happenings at on Twitters--...more

Getting urban girls into the game: Dance first?
by Fair Game News
posted June 16, 2009 at 1:54pm

By Lauren Taylor It is the quiet story behind the high-profile victories of women’s athletics: After thirty years of Title IX, after the superstardom of Mia Hamm, Michelle Wie, and Venus Williams, even after the advocacy of groups like the Women’s ...more

Intersections of gender, race, and youth sport
by After Atalanta
posted June 15, 2009 at 11:00pm

This past weekend the NYT published a very good article on the access urban girls have to sport. The Title IX Blog has given some more of the details of the article itself (and provides a link), but I want to, especially in light of Golf Channel commentat...more

To Grunt or Not To Grunt: A Question of Gender Discrimination?
by One Sport Voice
posted June 15, 2009 at 5:41pm

During the 2009 French Open Tennis Tournament Portuguese teen tennis star Michelle Larcher de Brito made a stir with her elongated “shrieks” when she strikes the ball. Wimbledon officials are now considering making a rule banning loud grunting for f...more

Softball players aim to impress IOC leaders this week in Switzerland
by Pretty Tough
posted June 15, 2009 at 4:27pm

The leaders of seven sports hoping to join the Olympic program are in Lausanne, Switzerland this week making key presentations to the IOC . All seven candidates - baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens, softball and squash - are seeking a p...more

Dear Rich Lerner:
by After Atalanta
posted June 15, 2009 at 12:17pm

How long do you think you will stick around the golf scene, doing commentary? You know, 'cause you're married and all?Of course you've been married for a while now. You even have two kids! And yet you still work! Amazing!And so I wonder why it is you aske...more

The not-so-far-reaching effects of equity in sports
by Title IX Blog
posted June 15, 2009 at 11:54am

Frequently overlooked when we make statements such as "girls have benefited from Title IX" or "the growth of high school girls in sports has been X-fold since the passage of Title IX" is the fact that "girls" is not a nice, neat category. "Girls" is actua...more

WTS Podcast Series: Pioneer Sports Journalist Christine Brennan, Part 2
by anngaff
posted June 14, 2009 at 4:52pm

Welcome to the second podcast in a 3-part series of interviews with Christine Brennan, renowned sports journalist, best-selling author and commentator.  Brennan was a pioneer as a female sports journalist and is still today the most widely-read femal...more

Florida compliance: Never mind
by Title IX Blog
posted June 14, 2009 at 11:48am

The negotiations between the Florida High School Athletic Association and Florida Parents for Athletic Equity, which is being represented by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, have apparently broken down because the announcement that was expected Friday never happened...more

Mediation in QU case
by Title IX Blog
posted June 12, 2009 at 1:16pm

Judge Stefan Underhill, who ordered the injunction on the Quinnipiac Title IX/volleyball case recently, has sent the case to a magistrate judge for mediation talks. No word here on what next week's talks will address, but both sides made the request to th...more

Jessica Mendoza: the College World Series, Reese Witherspoon, Shawn-John and the IOC
by JessMendoza
posted June 11, 2009 at 9:43pm

What a crazy few weeks it has been! The end of May came along with one of my favorite times of year: college softball post season. I commentated the regionals (ASU), super regionals (Stanford) and the grand event - the Women's College World Series for E...more

Lawsuit filed against Canton school district
by Title IX Blog
posted June 11, 2009 at 1:32pm

Students and parents in Canton, Illinois, have sued School District No. 66 over alleged Title IX violations. Their complaint maintains that the district discriminates against girls' athletics in the scheduling practice times and times, and by providing e...more

Potential resolution in Florida interscholastic athletics
by Title IX Blog
posted June 11, 2009 at 12:07pm

After being given a 10-day window to come up with an equitable solution to cutting sports contests, the Florida High School Athletic Association will announce two options for schools. In April FHSAA said it would cut all varsity contests by 20 percent--ex...more

Softball for Weatherford?
by Title IX Blog
posted June 11, 2009 at 11:11am

New trustees are in place at Weatherford College in Texas and all are going forth with the agreement with OCR that states that the college will survey students and add a women's team if results deem it necessary. This article, though not stating if and wh...more

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