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Ultimate: More Women Hucking Discs and Taking Titles
by Fair Game News posted May 1, 2009 at 4:29pm
Bonnie Tsui, author and award-winning writer, tells FairGameNews: “I’ve been wanting to write this story for a long time — I’ve been playing club-level Ultimate for some years now — and the growth and professionalization of the sport in the last...more
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Ultimate Frisbee takes off for women
by Pretty Tough posted April 30, 2009 at 4:55pm
In the last 10 years, Ultimate Frisbee has become one of the world’s fastest-growing sports. It is played in more than 42 countries. Ultimate’s success at the college level, attracting traditional athletes from other sports like soccer and football to...more
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First Base...Person
by Women's Sports Blog posted April 30, 2009 at 11:54am
Pursuit of Harpyness has an interesting discussion about gendered language in baseball.Although the post is semi-confined to the exclusionary nature of that language in male-dominatedfields, if you watch a lot of softball or women's basketball you will no...more
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What is the Purpose of Fantasy Baseball?
by Teach Me Sports posted April 11, 2009 at 12:22pm
Okay, we are having a very stormy night in Georgia. The entire family is watching the weather carefully, considering we have tornado warnings all around us. What is my hubby doing? Watching Braves baseball (since it hasn't been rained out yet) obliviou...more
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Challenges for girls playing HS baseball
by Women's Sports Nation posted April 8, 2009 at 9:42pm
This article in the New York Times on girls participating in high school baseball was my inspiration for April's book, Stolen Bases. What's interesting about the article is the general assumption that baseball is for boys and softball is for girls. The sp...more
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Women's Soccer and Girl Fight
by Women's Sports Nation posted April 5, 2009 at 1:33am
Since I don't have the mental capacity to follow live soccer stats, I found Girl Fight on HBO On Demand while attempting to follow the Saint Louis Athletica/Chicago Red Stars match on WPS's fancy Match Tracker. No matter how elaborate Match Tracker is, wi...more
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Women's Kettlebell Lifting
by Women's Sports Nation posted March 25, 2009 at 8:50pm
The ICKB Girls are a team of five women who appreciate the sport of kettlebell lifting. These five women are from different backgrounds and have full time jobs outside of training. This first all-female Kettlebell lifting team recently competed against 18...more
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Double-Dutch a Varsity Sport?
by Pretty Tough posted March 25, 2009 at 3:47pm
Studies have consistently shown that on average, girls who play sports tend to perform better in school than girls who don’t. But the message that competitive sports also helps produce successful career women, hasn’t always been effectively communica...more
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Help Wanted: Bouncer
by Athletic Women Blog posted March 13, 2009 at 1:10pm
Some years ago, 1994 or thereabouts, I attended a professional conference in San Jose, California. I recall fondly the gorgeous weather, warm sunshine and cloudless blue skies every day, and the wonderful downtown nightlife, located so conveniently within...more
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Gina Carano in Forever Young spot
by Athletic Women Blog posted March 5, 2009 at 9:37pm
Perhaps like me you missed this Pepsi commercial on Super Bowl Sunday. To see a female athlete featured in a national ad campaign is rare and great enough, but to see her paired opposite martial arts legend Bruce Lee is sublime....more
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Kim Bain-Moore: First Lady of Fishing
by Pretty Tough posted February 26, 2009 at 6:05pm
Annika Sorenstam. Michelle Wie. Danica Patrick. Kim Bain-Moore? Like pioneering female athletes before her, Bain-Moore is making history by competing against the guys. And not without controversy....more
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Mixed Martial Arts Attracting More Women and Children
by anngaff posted January 10, 2009 at 1:01pm
From WINK News in Naples, Florida:
Every January, all sorts of people vow to get in shape for the new year. But these days, instead of running to the gym, some women and even children, are now jumping in the ring!
You may know it as UFC or Ultimate Figh...more
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