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ASU refuses to release athlete from National Letter of Intent; she will sit out a year
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 21, 2011 at 3:13pm

Karina Alofaituli asked out of her National Letter of intent with Arizona State after Coach Charli Turner-Thorne said she would sit out a year. But ASU denied the Newbury Park, CA forward, so she will have to sit out a year beginning this fall, as she att...more

Second half of college basketball recruiting season about to kick off
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 20, 2011 at 4:25pm

Here comes the Michael T White Showtime Championships this weekend in the Los Angeles area. Bracket, featuring some of my favorite regular suspects from this tournament in years past. Other MTW events around the country.One more tip sheet from the Nike Su...more

Let's Hear it for the Girls: 2011 Gatorade High School Female Athletes of the Year
by anngaff
posted July 15, 2011 at 3:52pm

LOS ANGELES (July 12, 2011) - Some of the biggest names in high school and professional sports convened in Los Angeles Tuesday night as Gatorade honored the top prep male and female athletes with the ninth annual Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year a...more

Columnist Criticizes Sex Discrimination in State Championship Site
by Title IX Blog
posted July 3, 2011 at 12:24pm

I'm glad to see sports columnist Steve Hanlon calling the Indiana High School Athletic Association on the apparent sex discrimination in its chosen locations for the girls' and boys' state basketball championships. Criticizing a recent IHSAA memo siting ...more

Coaching carousel flips order of top signing classes
by They're Playing Basketball
posted June 28, 2011 at 12:48am

With all the coaching changes, some players left, which means a change in the order of strength of the list. Tennessee and Connecticut still take the top two spots, but there were plenty of other changes. UCLA dropped off the map, for one. New top 60 list...more

AWSMNow: The Rainbow Ceiling, a conversation about homosexuality in sports
by mhueter
posted June 22, 2011 at 11:10am

Thanks for the Association for Women in Sports Media for sending this along. In commemoration of Pride month, the Association for Women in Sports Media is proud to present “The Rainbow Ceiling, a conversation about homosexuality in sports” as...more

Golden, baby - U16s beat Brazil for the gold medal in basketball
by They're Playing Basketball
posted June 19, 2011 at 12:46pm

A decisive 73-40 victory meant gold medal for the USA U16 team last night:Eleven of 12 players scored for the USA, including four in double figures. Linnae Harper (Whitney M. Young H.S./Chicago, Ill.) led the way with 12 points, five steals and four assis...more

From high school to grown - are you certified?
by They're Playing Basketball
posted June 18, 2011 at 10:17am

Recruiting:Arizona State has lost another recruit, as Simone Westbrook of the class of 2012 decommitted and re-opened her recruitment. This follows the de-committment of Kiki Alofaituli, class of 2011, and Cassie Harberts of the class of 2010. What's goin...more

[Video] Female baseball pitcher signs National Letter of Intent
by Pretty Tough
posted June 14, 2011 at 3:23am

High school varsity baseball pitching sensation Marti Sementelli is no stranger to media attention. Since her days playing Little League at age five with the boys, she has regularly garnered attention from local and national news media. At age 10 she made...more

Fifteen-year-old midfielder making history at FC Indiana
by All White Kit
posted June 12, 2011 at 5:17pm

At 13, like every other thirteen year old, she was playing against other thirteen year olds. Now 15 year old Ryley Bugay, diligent and confident, starts in midfield for FC Indiana women’s team. Early this year, like many top athletes her age, Bugay f...more

What college coaches want
by They're Playing Basketball
posted June 11, 2011 at 11:08am

ESPN has taken to surveying college coaches about what they're looking for in recruits, on the verge of the July viewing period. There's a lot of interesting statements in what they say is their first installment of this series. Such as:....This generatio...more

How did your HS Coach Create an Environment of so Many Healthy Girls?
by Ask Lauren Fleshman
posted June 9, 2011 at 12:12am

The following question is in reference to a radio show I did recently about eating disorders among female runners. You don’t have to listen to understand this Q and A, but here it is if you want to: WTS Radio Show Q: L-Flo, After our radio show I w...more

Playing Coach: How to approach eating disorders with a team?
by Ask Lauren Fleshman
posted June 6, 2011 at 9:30am

Q: If you were the coach of a collegiate women’s cross country team, how would you approach the issue of body image and weight? A: I don’t know how I would approach it with a high school team, but for a college team, I think this is an issue tha...more

The other side of the story: Colonel By high school girls team removed from OFSAA
by Women in Sport International
posted June 4, 2011 at 8:42pm

Yesterday, I wrote a post discussing the court decision to grant an injunction to allow Louis Reil High School Girls' soccer team to participate in OFSAA, the Ontario high school championships. In that post I discussed how great it was that the team from ...more

Indiana sports scheduling case in court
by Title IX Blog
posted June 1, 2011 at 1:23am

This week the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the Indiana high school scheduling case. The original lawsuit, filed in 2009 by a former girls' basketball coach charged that boys' basketball in the district got favorable treatment in the scheduling o...more

Title IX complaint targets Boiling Springs HS
by Title IX Blog
posted May 26, 2011 at 6:49pm

I'm not blogging about the recently filed OCR complaint targetting Boiling Springs High School in South Carolina because I think the story is especially unusual or raises any new issues.It's just an example of both good coverage of the issue (for the most...more

Gonzaga and Washington in battle for top recruit
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted May 24, 2011 at 1:23am

Washington's new completed staff began its first day on the job Monday, former Storm champion Adia Barnes joining Kevin Morrison and Mike Neighbors on coach Kevin McGuff's staff. And apparently the group is already in a dog fight for one of the area's to...more

UCLA adds point guard Alexis Perry
by They're Playing Basketball
posted May 18, 2011 at 3:03am

Ah, the rumors I heard last week were true: Brea Olinda's Alexis Perry has signed with UCLA. Allegedly, the talented senior is a late signer because some colleges were scared away by her previous injuries, to both knee and shoulder. Patience appears to ha...more

Parade All-American team
by They're Playing Basketball
posted May 16, 2011 at 4:52pm

Congrats to the Parade Magazine All-American team:Name, Position, Ht. High School College* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Promise Amukamara, G, 5'8" Apollo (Ariz.) Arizona State Kaneisha Atwater, G, 5'7" W...more

UCLA releases Justine Hartman from letter of intent
by They're Playing Basketball
posted May 16, 2011 at 4:48pm

The top prospect from Brea Olinda High School is on the recruiting trail again after being released from her committment to UCLA. She had previously verbaled to Boston College, and was released from that too.Also today: Aly Beebe has been admitted to Stan...more

Required to cheer for your assailant? Whose rights count?
by Fair Game News
posted May 10, 2011 at 12:29pm

By Susan McGee Bailey The U.S. Supreme Court last week remained silent in the case of a Texas cheerleader, but the message was alarmingly loud: It may be 2011, but high school girls don’t have the same rights as high school guys. The Court declined to...more

1899 - Volleyball - The New Game for Girls
by LostCentury
posted May 7, 2011 at 3:39pm

April 23, 1899, Sunday - The San Francisco Call “Volley ball is the game par excellence for girls and young women. It is a new game and meets all the requirements for exercise and physical culture.” So said Miss Walker, instructor in physical tr...more

OCR Trades School District Complaints for Statewide Review
by Title IX Blog
posted May 5, 2011 at 11:09am

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has received more than a hundred complaints against school districts in Washington state since fall, all alleging violations of Title IX in the schools' athletics departments. Recently, however, the f...more

Confronting Sexual Abuse and Harassment by Sport Coaches: A Need for a National Effort
by mhueter
posted May 3, 2011 at 1:19pm

This NEW white paper was passed along to us by Donna Lopiano, Ph.D., President of Sports Management Resources. It was developed by members of the "Project to Address Coach-Athlete Sexual Harassment and Abuse", a group of former athletes and sport adm...more

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