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Superintendents say the darndest things...
by Title IX Blog
posted October 29, 2010 at 6:58pm

And we wondered why schools needed a reminder of their obligation to protect students against sexual harassment and sex-based bullying? Here's one superintendent, actually complaining about the recent OCR guidance letter: "This is an incredible expansi...more

Hazing Has No Place in Sports
by One Sport Voice
posted October 29, 2010 at 3:03pm

Every week I hear stories from across the country about hazing in sport contexts. The recent attention nationally around bullying, including a stand from the White House, illustrates the seriousness of these issues and that social change is necessary. Her...more

A coach’s guide to creating harmony on a female team
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted October 27, 2010 at 6:09pm

source This is the second of three posts that I’ve put together for a myth busters series about women and athletics. Read Part One here. Mean girls. We’ve all heard that phrase and I worry that we all believe it on some levels. I’ve heard coac...more

Signing day is coming
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 26, 2010 at 3:05pm

Signing day - Nov. 10 - is almost here. ESPN will run the 'top 100 of 2011' rankings of three sources this week, starting with today's installment by All-Star Girls Report.Pac-10 tip:ASU Coach Charli Turner Thorne is blogging now.Stanford has been picked ...more

HS girl sets national record with 43-yard field goal
by Pretty Tough
posted October 22, 2010 at 3:05pm

With the high school gridiron season in full swing, girls are demonstrating time and again that they can play with the boys. This past weekend, senior standout Alana Gaither of Firestone High School (Akron, Ohio) set what is believed to be a national re...more

What Sports Are Really About
by Draft Day Suit
posted October 22, 2010 at 12:49pm

From the “That’s what it’s really all about” files I give you Dylan Galloway: Galloway is the Arkansas teen with cerebral palsy that scored a touchdown for his high school. A life long dream of his, he had been bugging the head football coach, ...more

College Recruiting Updates from Kenny Kallina: October Visits and Notes
by HoopFeed.com
posted October 14, 2010 at 1:57pm

This coming weekend is when all the fireworks kick off for the new season and many schools try to corral the best young talent to see the production known as midnight madness. Midnight madness is somewhat ironic this year with the changing of women’s pr...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

Jackie Kasburg: Football star and homecoming queen
by Pretty Tough
posted October 13, 2010 at 5:12pm

High school senior Jackie Kasburg of Chippewa, Ohio made some history last Friday. Wearing her custom-made pink game day cleats, she made her varsity football debut, converting three point-after-touchdowns kicks. Then, to top off the night, she was nam...more

Kids These Days… They Aren’t All Bad
by Draft Day Suit
posted October 13, 2010 at 12:07pm

Every Sunday morning I start out the day reading the paper. It’s my favorite way to start/end the week. This Sunday I read an article about a local high school football team that had me in tears. Normally I can’t stand the little high-schoolers, but t...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

NSSA Southwest explorer #3 sees four perfect 10s
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted October 8, 2010 at 1:26pm

Jake Marshall, Griffin Colapinto, Kulia Doherty : photo NSSA NSSA Southwest explorer #3 National Scholastic Surfing Assn. Goldenwest Street, Huntington Beach 2 - 3 October 2010 NSSA Southwest explorer #3 goes off in scattered sandbar peaks The Southwe...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

Moments like this one
by Chic Runner
posted September 28, 2010 at 9:39pm

This morning as I was doing my normal online news creep session, I came across this. I know most of our news is horrible news. Many of it contains sad stories and things that make you cringe at humanity today. But this was different. I teared up as I wat...more

Heat illness in high school athletes: Football players most at risk
by Performance Nutrition
posted September 24, 2010 at 4:07pm

“High school football player dies after collapsing….” How many times have you seen this headline? Every year between the months of August and September, there are an alarming number of news stories telling us about lives cut too short. Tragi...more

Softball Tips - Must Do Before Next Season
by Softball Performance Blog
posted September 21, 2010 at 3:37pm

Reflecting on the Season Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog Now that fastpitch softball has pretty much become a 12-month sport, it's amazing to look back on how much work and preparation goes into such a short season. Whethe...more

NSSA SW Conference Open season kicks off at HB Pier
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted September 17, 2010 at 4:35pm

Open Mens finalists l-r: Sam Orozco, Andrew Jacobson, Jake Davis, Skip McCullough After kicking off the 2010-11 season with two consecutive Explorer events, the Southwest Conference switched gears and got off to an amazing start at HB Pier for the first...more

How is the only high school female football coach doing?
by One Sport Voice
posted September 15, 2010 at 1:49pm

Last May there was a lot of media coverage about Natalie Randolph, who was hired as the Head Football Coach for Coolidge High School in Washington DC. This fall she and her team are back in the media as the team’s results are being scrutinized. Currentl...more

When coaches teach bigotry in the name of Christianity
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted September 9, 2010 at 2:23pm

Excuse me, but I thought the primary goal of coaching girls' or women’s basketball teams was, well, coaching basketball . That would not be the case for Jaye Collins, however. He is the coach of the Louisville Legends. The Legends are part of a networ...more

2010 FIFA U-17 World Cup Gets Underway In Trinidad & Tobago
by All White Kit
posted September 6, 2010 at 5:16pm

Who says there isn’t enough women’s soccer in the world? Between the U-20 Women’s World Cup this summer, the climax of the UEFA 2011 Women’s World Cup playoffs this week, the finale of the 2010 WPS season this month and the kick-off of both th...more

The new ESPN Rise is out...and it's girls from cover to cover...freaking fantastic!
by They're Playing Basketball
posted September 5, 2010 at 6:04pm

.....that the new issue of ESPN Rise is out. Just got the current issue at my school this past week, and it's girls from cover to cover. Freakin fantastic.In the online issue, the piece on burnout is good, as is the one on good coaching. It features, of c...more

Softball - the Differences Between Travel Ball and Rec Ball
by Softball Performance Blog
posted September 5, 2010 at 2:03pm

What is the difference between Travel Ball and Rec Ball from a new Travel Ball Manager’s perspective Guest Post by Don McKay Between tryouts and practice, we’re now over a month into our new travel ball endeavor: The San Diego Blaze (www.sdblaz...more

NSCAA Blog: How Social Media Can Affect College Recruiting
by Soccer Science
posted August 30, 2010 at 6:27pm

I wrote this post for the NSCAA blog in an effort to help coaches better navigate the social media world with their players, from youth coaches to college coaches. Click here to view the full post. Our players are on Facebook. And whether we like it...more

Sport Stacking: Do you stack up?
by Pretty Tough
posted August 29, 2010 at 2:27pm

Discussion about sport stacking, an alternative sport emerging in America....more

Look both ways, please
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 27, 2010 at 7:58pm

Dear high school girls cross country team, Kindly look around before you take off in a pack across the park road. I realize you are teenagers and hence invincible, but I assure you, it will hurt when I run you over while going 21 mph on my bike. You won�...more

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