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Girl rows across ocean for charity
by Cool Adventure Girls!
posted January 18, 2010 at 6:33pm
Three months. Two oars. One ocean. That’s the goal of 22-year-old Katie Spotz as she aspires to become the youngest person ever to row across the Atlantic Ocean solo. In addition — and more importantly if you ask her – the 2,473 mile trek is not ju...more
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Showtime airing Jump! documentary
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 15, 2010 at 12:15pm
If you have the Showtime channel, I strongly urge you to check out the documentary Jump! that they are airing throughout January. The documentary follows five competitive jump rope teams in their quest to the World Championship.
I’m particularly dra...more
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Natalie Overholt goes to the IFR!
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted January 12, 2010 at 2:15pm
The Barrel Racing Blog’s good friend Natalie Overholt will be heading to the International Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City this weekend, and she will be taking time out of her schedule to answer some questions for readers in the coming days! Stay tuned ...more
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A retreat for your feet
by A Glam Slam
posted January 8, 2010 at 1:06pm
Yoga is supposed to be a relaxing and calming experience. Yet when we think about toting around a large yoga mat for each class or worse yet, borrowing a used one, it can be anything but peaceful. Thankfully you can now trade in the yoga mat for yoga so...more
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Zimbabwean field hockey player gets a Rhodes
by Women's Sports Blog
posted January 6, 2010 at 2:32pm
The American winners were announced on November 22, but it took a
little longer for the international results to come in. IU is bursting
at the seams with the news that its own Mutsa Mutembwa was awarded one of the prizes and will study at Oxford.
Sin...more
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Wrestling really is taking off
by After Atalanta
posted January 6, 2010 at 12:27pm
Usually I post about another college or university adding women's wrestling to their roster of varsity sports. Sometimes it is to increase the number of opportunities for women to participate in sport; sometimes it is an attempt to "save" men's wrestling....more
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Settlement forthcoming in Canton case
by Title IX Blog
posted December 27, 2009 at 12:53pm
After turning down a settlement deal earlier this year, it seems the Canton School District in Illinois has reached an agreement with the plaintiffs. But no one is saying what that deal is--at least not until January 20, 2010 when it will be announced at ...more
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Mental Toughness: Beyond the L's and W's
by PrincessPunish
posted December 23, 2009 at 7:27pm
“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, his greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.” -Vince Lombardi...more
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Spirit as Sport
by Title IX Blog
posted December 21, 2009 at 12:18pm
Last week the New Mexico Activities Association member-institutions voted to make spirit (cheerleading and dance) a sport. Officials quoted in the news reports about the vote were pretty clear that the primary purpose of this change was to help schools a...more
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Laura Dekker Sails On
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 20, 2009 at 9:08pm
Laura Dekker, 14, was born on a boat and apparently still just wants to sail. Go ahead and tell her she can’t. She’ll do it anyway.
Authorities in Dekker’s hometown of Utrecht, Netherlands, told her in October that she couldn’t attempt the saili...more
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A revolution in ping pong
by A Glam Slam
posted December 16, 2009 at 2:57pm
Could a new paddle elevate the sport of ping pong from geek to chic?
The Brodmann Blades paddle has recently been featured in
both Entertainment Weekly and GQ Magazine not only as a great holiday gift,
but as one of the greatest innovations in the game...more
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TheTrickedOutHorse.com's Lisa Barone - Part 2!
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted December 15, 2009 at 11:36am
The woman behind The Tricked Out Horse brings real rodeo barrel racing experience to her outlaw brand of tack and belts. Lisa Barone has had success in the International Professional Rodeo Association, American Professional Rodeo Association, Professiona...more
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TheTrickedOutHorse.com's Lisa Barone - Part 1!
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted December 14, 2009 at 2:36pm
Barrel racer, soon-to-be mother and bride-to-be Lisa Barone has had a lot on her plate this past year, but none of that has stopped her from producing some of the most eye-catching tack and western accessories east of the Mississippi. Her company, The Tri...more
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Summit on the Summit
by Pretty Tough
posted December 10, 2009 at 4:37pm
File this under Pretty Good!
Did you know that over 1 billion people don’t have access to clean water? In fact, every 15 seconds a child dies from a preventable water-related disease – that is the equivalent of crashing a 747 jet filled with childr...more
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A true testament to the Barrel Racing Community
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted December 10, 2009 at 12:01pm
Bobby "Booger" Barter's death is devastating to the barrel racing and team roping industries. With that said, his death has underscored the fact that these so-called industries are much more than just that - these are communities of people who love and ca...more
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Sad news in this week's Barrel Racing Report
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted December 9, 2009 at 12:45pm
This week's issue of The Barrel Racing Report delivers some terrible news for the barrel racing industry as a whole. As reported last night on World Barrel Racing Production's and World Team Roping Production's websites, Bobby "Booger" Barter has died an...more
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Deford addresses cheerleading
by Title IX Blog
posted December 2, 2009 at 5:05pm
When someone I rarely see says, when I sit down for a catching-up chat, "I heard something about Title IX recently," and ponders where he heard it, it means that I probably should have posted about Frank Deford's commentary last week on Morning Edition. D...more
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A Barrel Racer's Letter to Santa
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted November 29, 2009 at 12:45pm
Dear Santa,This year, I've been very, very good. I have taken my horses to the vet when I thought they were the very least bit sore, and I've rested them when they've needed it. I have cleaned my stalls each and every day, and I've always picked my horses...more
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Poll! What's your favorite PA/OH winter series?
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted November 25, 2009 at 11:13am
With many of us struggling through the snow and the wind in Pennsylvania and Ohio throughout the winter, it's great to have an indoor arena to escape to regularly. While many local arenas offer shows of some sort during the colder months, few actually hav...more
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