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How Bowling Green upset #23 Vanderbilt: Poise, pressure, and Lauren Prochaska
by Swish Appeal
posted December 4, 2010 at 6:20pm

There are a few things synonymous with Bowling Green basketball: hard work, intensity, toughness and Lauren Prochaska. As the old adage says, "big players always step up in big games" and after Prochaska’s 31 point performance in Bowling Green’s...more

Coach's Corner: 4 sure-fire reasons loyalty is vital to your team’s success
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 4, 2010 at 6:18pm

source < p> John Wooden is a coaching rock star and legend. So I thought, what better gift to give my readers during this holiday season than a series on Wooden’s Pyramid of Success? Join me for a series of posts that will delve into both t...more

NCAA women’s soccer semifinals
by Pretty Tough
posted December 4, 2010 at 1:17pm

Ohio State fell to Notre Dame by one goal, while Stanford defeated Boston College 2-0 on Friday in the NCAA semifinals. The Notre Dame-Ohio State game got off to a pretty even start. Both teams kept one another to only a couple shots on goal in the fir...more

Too tall for Texas
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted December 4, 2010 at 12:33pm

Ice, Ice, Baby!That’s Kayla Pedersen, BTW, during the Texas game, hitting those two technical free throws to put Stanford up 2-0 BEFORE THE GAME STARTED! BECAUSE TEXAS FORGOT TO SUBMIT A LINE UP BEFORE THE GAME! Oops, sorry for yelling, and yes… we kn...more

NCAA College Cup Semi-Final Preview – Stanford vs Boston College – Round Two
by All White Kit
posted December 3, 2010 at 4:41pm

BC's Jillian Mastroianni (30) and Stanford's Christen Press (23) Are Destined To Lock Horns Again on Friday We want more. Three simple words, one simple concept, spoken by just about every casual and die-hard fan of the college game after one hundre...more

NCAA College Cup Semi-Final Preview – Notre Dame vs Ohio State – 90 minutes can change a season or a program
by All White Kit
posted December 3, 2010 at 2:13pm

Ohio State's Cassie Dickerson Will Aim To Shut Down The Irish Assault on Friday Think ninety minutes can’t change the face of a season or a program? Talk to Notre Dame coach Randy Waldrum or Ohio State boss Lori Walker. The course of the Irish’...more

MAC Hermann Trophy Shortlist Announced
by All White Kit
posted December 3, 2010 at 12:52pm

The fifteen player shortlist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, college soccer’s version of the Ballon d’Or, has been released with the list of three finalists being announced next Friday. Christen Press The winner of the award will be announced on Janua...more

Mini vs. Mature Pros: Physical Activity Across the Lifespan
by One Sport Voice
posted December 2, 2010 at 11:03am

Ironically two New York Times articles showed up in my inbox today from different colleagues (thanks ED & ALN) about physical activity on different ends of the age spectrum. I find this ying-yang juxtaposition interesting. pic by Ann Johansson for The ...more

Brandi Chastain talks about the College Cup
by Pretty Tough
posted December 2, 2010 at 11:01am

Brandi Chastain does not even require an introduction. She took the time to answer a few questions about the NCAA Women’s Soccer College Cup, and the Capital One Cup, which she is a part of as a member of the Board of Advisors. AH: First, were there an...more

BFF’s: Why friendship is important to your team
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 1, 2010 at 10:53pm

source < p> John Wooden is a coaching rock star and legend. So I thought, what better gift to give my readers during this holiday season than a series on Wooden’s Pyramid of Success? Join me for a series of posts that will delve into both th...more

The Ivies really do try harder
by After Atalanta
posted December 1, 2010 at 10:42pm

Thought this column at the Huffington Post last week was quite interesting. Apparently Jonathan Cole's piece on recruited student-athletes in the Ivy League is the third in a series, but I missed the first two. Nevertheless, this one was enlightening.Whil...more

Urban girls: Have we overdone the pregnancy and drug warnings? Should we talk sports instead?
by Fair Game News
posted December 1, 2010 at 9:36pm

By Laura Pappano On Monday, two girls from Teen Voices, a magazine (and website!) aimed at helping urban girls counteract negative media images, interviewed me for an article they are writing about Title IX (and, their passion, women’s basketball). Ho...more

Know thyself: A lesson from women’s basketball
by Byline to Finish Line
posted November 30, 2010 at 8:47pm

After back-to-back 20-win seasons and WNIT appearances, there are expectations around the St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team. A program which few outside of friends and family members of the players cared about turned itself into an entity which c...more

A funny video about youth soccer parents
by One Sport Voice
posted November 29, 2010 at 8:40pm

A colleague sent me this Xtranormal video today about a youth soccer mom’s advice to the coach. I had to share it. ...more

Get Fired Up! 3 Reasons Why Enthusiasm Will Make You A Better Coach
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted November 29, 2010 at 7:30pm

source < p> John Wooden is a coaching rock star and legend. So I thought, what better gift to give my readers during this holiday season than a series on Wooden’s Pyramid of Success? Join me for a series of posts that will delve into both the...more

NCAA Women’s Soccer Final Four Determined
by Pretty Tough
posted November 28, 2010 at 8:54pm

The NCAA women’s soccer playoffs are coming to an end with just the last four teams standing after a somewhat predictable quarter final round. Stanford defeated Florida 5-0, Notre Dame and Ohio State both shut out their opponents, Oklahoma State and Geo...more

Sports Girls Play Go-Getter Award – Blind Gymnast Lola Walters
by Sports Girls Play
posted November 28, 2010 at 4:45pm

(Click on the video above to watch it with a 30 second commercial or click through to watch the 4 minute segment without the commercial on this amazing young athlete!) Gymnasts are a rare breed. They are tough. They fall and get back up, they fly thr...more

Sunday Evening Decathlete: Special Tuesday Edition
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 23, 2010 at 7:48pm

What did we learn at the NCAA Cross Country Championships?No surprise winners. All four of my picks for team and individual champions, as posted at Spiked Up Psyched Up, came through for the wins. I thought I was making very safe picks and going with the ...more

Coach as puzzle solver: The joys and challenges of figuring out your team
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted November 23, 2010 at 12:50am

source < p> I sometimes think folks think this coaching gig is a walk in the park. Learn about your sport, tell the team what to do, and sit down and let the magic happen. But as we all know, our teams are like one giant if/then clause: you know...more

The 3As of Girls Hockey Scholarships
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted November 22, 2010 at 11:25am

It’s college hockey week here at Total Female Hockey. This week I am touring Vermont and New Hampshire with the PEAC Girls Hockey team to visit NCAA Division 1 schools and play a few games against some top-flight teams. We will be watching team practi...more

NCAA Women’s Soccer Elite 8
by Pretty Tough
posted November 22, 2010 at 1:14am

Eight matches were played over Friday and Saturday to determine who would move on in the NCAA Women’s Soccer playoffs. And now Eight teams are closer to reaching the College Cup, which will take place in Cary, North Carolina on December 5. Oklahoma Sta...more

Saturday Morning Scoreboard: Revenge Edition
by The First Line
posted November 20, 2010 at 10:44pm

There are really only two scores of particular note from last night, but they’re doozies, to use a quaint cliche. Harvard decided that it didn’t like all the talk about Dartmouth winning the ECAC this year, and roared back with a 5-3 victory in fron...more

NCAA President Mark Emmert on student athletes and commercialization
by Sports, Media & Society
posted November 20, 2010 at 10:19am

New NCAA President Mark Emmert reasserted the top priorities of his predecessor, Myles Brand, in an interview Friday where he emphasized the need to focus on the welfare of student athletes while addressing thorny issues involving commercialization of col...more

Girls Sports – A Call For Strategic Participation And Action
by Game On! Sports Camp 4 Girls
posted November 20, 2010 at 10:14am

There seems to have been a recent slew of Title IX cases filed recently charging that school districts are not living up to their legal obligations to assure equality in sports opportunities for boys and girls. If these charges are found to have merit, it...more

Recruiting trail and pre-season high school rankings
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 18, 2010 at 4:37pm

ESPN is at it again, thank goodness.Number six Briyona Canty waited until the last day to choose Rutgers. What this means for the Scarlet Knights.Ninth-ranked Morgan Jones will go with Northwestern.They say all the talent we have in California will be cha...more

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