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Dakota Fanning dishes on being a cheerleader
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 29, 2009 at 11:14am

The June 2009 issue of American Cheerleader (on newsstands now) features a full interview with teen celebrity turned girl next door/high school cheerleader, Dakota Fanning. Excerpts of the interview can be found online at American Cheerleader. In the inte...more

From sports, to horse racing, to politics….sexism abounds
by One Sport Voice
posted May 28, 2009 at 7:57pm

I’m going to jump contexts for this blog as I can see a trend unfolding. That trend would be overt and covert sexism against women in positions of power. It was present when Hillary Clinton ran for President (read here, here and here), it was present ...more

First woman to coach men’s professional baseball: Stop switching girls to softball!
by Fair Game News
posted May 28, 2009 at 11:41am

By Laura Pappano Justine Siegal coaches men Justine Siegal is billed by her team, The Brockton Rox, as the first woman to coach men’s professional baseball (they play in the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball or Can-Am League). Sh...more

Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don't Play Baseball
by Title IX Blog
posted May 26, 2009 at 10:12am

The topic of women and baseball is one frequently mentioned on this blog; just recently we posted about the Indiana teenager whose lawsuit integrated high school baseball in her state. There's also been much buzz lately about the International Baseball F...more

NPR on Iraqi handball
by After Atalanta
posted May 24, 2009 at 1:21pm

Weekend Edition Saturday aired a feature about a group of Iraqi women in the Anbar province who have been playing team handball in secret for several years. Despite lousy conditions and restrictions on their access to sport generally, these women are tryi...more

Northwestern Women’s LAX: Let us count the ways in which they dominate
by Fair Game News
posted May 22, 2009 at 10:08pm

By Lauren Taylor Let’s get it out up front: No other team has put out a strong enough showing during this tournament (or season) to make me doubt that the “purple haze” we’ve fallen into won’t continue. I’d like to see another team besides...more

Will women’s boxing be included in the 2012 Olympic Games?
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted May 22, 2009 at 10:17am

Read an interesting article on BBC this morning about a new possibility to include women’s boxing in the 2012 London Olympic Games. The story broke in Europe today after hearing International Olympic Committee president Jacque Rogge publicly back its i...more

Mackenzie Brown tells why girls who love baseball should ignore critics — and what she was thinking when she threw out the first pitch at a Mets game
by Fair Game News
posted May 19, 2009 at 7:12pm

On April 21, Bayone, N.J. Little Leaguer Mackenzie Brown pitched a perfect game, retiring all 18 boys who got up to bat; she was invited to throw out the first pitch a Met’s game a few days later. By Mackenzie Brown I started playing baseball for ...more

Indiana girls may try out for baseball
by Title IX Blog
posted May 19, 2009 at 1:27pm

Earlier this month, the Indiana High School Athletic Association voted unanimously to make permanent its executive board's emergency ruling (see also here) issued in February that would allow girls to try out for baseball, even if they attend schools that...more

Jaclyn Murphy’s “big sisters”: Northwestern women’s lacrosse team
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted May 19, 2009 at 12:36pm

Jaclyn Murphy is no ordinary 14-year-old junior varsity lacrosse player. She’s got a great story, one which I’m thrilled to say the New York Times told the world this past weekend. In short, Jaclyn, four years ago, was a frail 10 year old being treat...more

Kids Bowl Free This Summer
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 18, 2009 at 2:48pm

Summer vacation is right around the corner and participating bowling centers across the US are offering a special Kids Bowl Free promotion beginning this month. Through the KidsBowlFree program, kids can bowl 2 games free each every day this summer. They ...more

Rachel Alexandra! Now With Video!
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 18, 2009 at 11:49am

It doesn't make a lot of sense in the abstract that we map our gender hierarchy onto animals. Horses don't have gender bias, if we understand that to be a deliberate system. That's something that human beings create for them. The athletic world that...more

Obama meets Phillies, What about National Pro Fastpitch?
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted May 18, 2009 at 10:30am

On Friday, President Obama met the Philadelphia Phillies in Washington, DC. As a former resident of the Philadelphia area, I certainly found this intriguing and exciting. However, I couldn’t help myself from asking… when’s the last time a President...more

LAX Playoffs: What to look for in this weekend’s matchups
by Fair Game News
posted May 15, 2009 at 11:10am

By Lauren Taylor Round one of the women’s NCAA Division 1 lacrosse tournament offered zero upsets, but expect excitement this weekend when top teams meet in the quarterfinals (championships next weekend at Towson University in Maryland). This is co...more

NYT is all about international sports this week
by After Atalanta
posted May 14, 2009 at 10:50am

So first there was the profile of Carla Suarez-Navarro, a lesser-known Spanish tennis player and now I see an article about team handball and why it should come to the US.These efforts by the NYT to diversify its sports coverage is quite refreshing, espec...more

Take Me Out to the Ballgame (by Sports Granny Lois Heilig)
by Sports Granny
posted May 12, 2009 at 12:37pm

Basketball is my biggest love but I do love my Yankees too. I went to several games at the old stadium. It's a six hour trip from upstate New York and we would come home right after the game. One game we sat so high in the stands I was actually scared. I...more

Rachel Alexandra to run Preakness
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 12, 2009 at 11:32am

It must have been too much for the champion filly's trainer to watch a horse come from the back of the pack to win the Derby. Already convinced that she is this season's best horse, he knows that slower Derby times mean she has a real shot against the...more

Table tennis (aka Ping Pong) bounces back
by Pretty Tough
posted May 8, 2009 at 8:31pm

Maybe it was the film Balls of Fury (or maybe not) but Ping Pong is definitely back. The last time I played, it was at a holiday resort and it was raining (obviously). Last week, two time Olympic table tennis champion Zhang Yining came back from two s...more

The steroid double standard
by After Atalanta
posted May 8, 2009 at 11:19am

Luckily I am not a member of Red Sox Nation currently overflowing with schadenfraude nor am a disillusioned fan of baseball with hopes for some return to a state of purity in the sport. So the Manny Ramirez revelation (on top of the A-Rod thing and the Mi...more

Jeanne Blasberg, chair of US Squash, on growing the women’s game, courting the post-college crowd, and amping up your game as you age (seriously)
by Fair Game News
posted May 4, 2009 at 2:49pm

By Sarah Odell US Squash board chair Jeanne Blasberg Jeanne Blasberg is Board Chair, of U.S. Squash and plays at state and national levels. Recently, she has been kind enough to teach my friend Ashley and I the game of doubles squash, which is all tog...more

Aneta Florczyk: setting records, inspiring women
by Athletic Women Blog
posted May 4, 2009 at 1:03pm

No other person does more than Aneta Florczyk, the World's Strongest Woman, to universally advance the physical empowerment of women. She travels all over performing feats of strength that undoubtedly inspire little girls and young women to grow strong th...more

Adding lacrosse because they can?
by Title IX Blog
posted May 4, 2009 at 10:56am

Pleased as we are to see schools that have the ability to add sports at this particular moment in our economic climate, the addition of men's lacrosse at Aurora University in Illinois is a little curious. Seems that they have an underused and quite expens...more

Where have I been? Well, writing about lacrosse, Of course.
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted May 4, 2009 at 10:53am

The National Lacrosse League playoffs are in full swing, and the NCAA Championships in Division I men’s and women’s lacrosse are about to start. Thus, I have been busy covering both for Examiner Boston. Alas, the Boston Blazers were defeated in the ...more

Root for a clean horse in the Derby
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 2, 2009 at 4:07pm

According to this lengthy and disturbing Times article, many of the horses racing at the Kentucky Derby will be doing so on a cocktail of drugs. With favorite I Want Revenge scratched, however, odds move toward Friesan Fire, one of the few horses who is...more

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