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Study links sport participation and opportunity for girls
by One Sport Voice
posted August 2, 2010 at 4:46pm

A study by Betsey Stevenson, the author of the research and an assistant professor of business and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, reveals data that indicates playing sports leads to greater educational and employment...more

FILA Nationals Championship: Cal Sparks Gold 56, Spiece Indy Gym Rats 46
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 1, 2010 at 4:38pm

Los Angeles/Long Beach-based Cal Sparks Gold ended the July recruiting period on a very high note yesterday, taking the FILA Nationals Championship 56-46 over Spiece Indy Gym Rats of Indianapolis.The two teams battled evenly throughout the first half, as ...more

Joy Selig, Oregon State NCAA championship gymnast, to be inducted into Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
by Women Undefined
posted August 1, 2010 at 4:28pm

From The Gazzette Times: out of the eight total inductees into this year's Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, Oregon State University's championship gymnast Joy Selig will be included. Selig-Peterson was inducted to the Oregon State University Sports Hall of ...more

Help little girls dream big
by MarieS
posted August 1, 2010 at 12:14pm

Someone recently introduced me to Go! Go! Sports Girls - dolls that are symbols for what young girls should be doing - living at their own age (versus a 22 year old Barbie) with normal kids clothing on (not a sexy 2-piece) and getting out there and gettin...more

Nike Nationals
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 30, 2010 at 9:46pm

Nike Nationals is going on in Augusta, Georgia.U17 gold medal winner Jordan Adams came back from France and went straight there.Apparently Essence is the team to beat at this tournament. ESPN may be surprised, but I'm not. ...more

FILA Nationals, Day 3
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 30, 2010 at 9:22pm

Suwanee, GA - Cal Sparks Gold is representing their state well in this tournament. Earlier today they beat a tough Lady Fire team from Chicago, 76-70, to win their bracket and advance to the "final four." They'll play the Lady Rams of Jacksonville, FL, wh...more

Some say Delaware State Equestrian is safer after cheerleading ruling
by Title IX Blog
posted July 30, 2010 at 3:45pm

This article in Delaware Online suggests that the recent Quinnipiac ruling about the Title IX status of competitive cheer will make it harder for Delaware State to prove that its decision to terminate equestrian did not violate the law.Actually, I don't t...more

Allegations of anti-lesbian bias in IUPUI Women’s Basketball Program
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted July 29, 2010 at 4:28pm

Here we go again. An article in the Indianapolis Star reports that allegations of NCAA rule violations and allegations of abuse have been lodged against the head coach and associate head coach of women’s basketball at Indiana University-Purdue Universit...more

Phoenix Mercury guard Temeka Johnson launches children’s book series
by HoopFeed.com
posted July 28, 2010 at 11:40pm

With her non-profit organization Meek’s Hope well on its way to becoming an established presence in Louisiana, Phoenix Mercury guard Temeka Johnson adds to her humanitarian efforts with the launch of a children’s book series. Johnson’s ...more

Lessons from Quinnipiac: Cheer should be an NCAA sport (with a different name), think fresh (don’t whine like the male wrestlers) — and, yes, we still need Title IX
by Fair Game News
posted July 28, 2010 at 5:00pm

By Laura Pappano When District Judge Stefan Underhill ruled against Quinnipiac University – last year they sought to cut women’s volleyball and add competitive cheer to fulfill Title IX requirements – the 95-page ruling ironically did more to boost...more

A question about equal playing time in youth sports
by One Sport Voice
posted July 27, 2010 at 3:52pm

Sidelined I’ve been asked to give an evidence-based presentation to a youth sport association on equal playing time. I’m interested in what you think about this issue. Here are the questions I have: 1. Why should youth sports have/not have equal p...more

Youth softball - Sometimes it just takes more time
by Softball Performance Blog
posted July 26, 2010 at 1:13pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog It's funny the difference a few years can make in youth softball development. Sometimes players who are studs at 10U become average or even below average by the time they're 14U. And other tim...more

Who Is Sydney Leroux?
by All White Kit
posted July 26, 2010 at 12:58pm

Well, who exactly is this young, athletically-gifted, eye-catching forward? Is she the future of the United States Women’s National Team? The next Mia Hamm, perhaps? Is she the future of women’s soccer as a whole? Or is she merely style ov...more

Michael T. White Tournament West, Saturday
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 25, 2010 at 3:16pm

All I have to say is, what happened to Seattle-based Tree of Hope since last summer? They were good last year, but they're beasts now. And tall as the trees they're named after.Last night they beat Team Elite 76-26, and early this morning they put away th...more

Corporations and schools? Now there's an idea
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 24, 2010 at 11:50am

Ben the technician was just at my house, and we were talking about how little high school coaches get paid. He said he's always thought schools should get corporate sponsorship for athletics. That corporations would get their money's worth in having their...more

Time and score
by kaaylac50
posted July 24, 2010 at 11:43am

Youth Camp Training In our camp, we have a lot of different competitions. This particular competition was our 3-on-3. The games are five minutes, running clock and basically whichever team has the most points when the clock runs out wins. The rul...more

The year-round sports backlash has begun?
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 22, 2010 at 4:30pm

Great piece in the Wall Street Journal about how some parents and kids are rebelling against the increasing demands of sports today, i.e. club sports.I'm actually surprised this didn't happen sooner. ...more

espnW, cheerleading, violence, Nike, Title IX…so many things to share!
by One Sport Voice
posted July 22, 2010 at 4:27pm

Sorry if I’ve been blogging less lately, there are to many things going on to take the time to blog! That said, I wanted to share with you some information you might find interesting. 1. A key Title IX ruling was recently passed down that has implicati...more

Venus Williams offers girls advice on tennis and life
by Pretty Tough
posted July 21, 2010 at 11:25pm

&id Tennis legend Venus Williams returned home to Los Angeles Monday to offer an incredible tennis experience to girls from her hometown while helping to launch new POWERADE PLAY™, a sports drink geared for the young athlete with less sugar and m...more

Quinnipiac volleyball players win Title IX decision
by Title IX Blog
posted July 21, 2010 at 9:36pm

Today Judge Stefan Underhill granted Quinnipiac University volleyball players an injunction that will allow the team to exist through the 2010-11 season. In reaching this decision, the judge determined that Quinnipiac's decision to terminate the volleyb...more

UNF adds women's golf
by Title IX Blog
posted July 21, 2010 at 6:22pm

Remember when University of North Florida announced it was cutting its women's swimming and diving team? And then it fairly quickly reinstated the team? Yeah, I had to look it up, too.Well it looks like UNF is going even further and adding women's golf to...more

Post College Sport: Join an athletic board (and here’s why)
by Fair Game News
posted July 21, 2010 at 5:05pm

By Sarah Odell Just a few months ago, it was hard to think of a time when I wouldn’t be going to school — and wouldn’t have a two-hour practice built into my day. But that time has come. I’ve graduated from college, landed my dream job at Harper ...more

Track & Field Clinics in Orange County August 7th and 14th - Learn from the Best!
by anngaff
posted July 21, 2010 at 12:04pm

Olympic gold medalist (2004, 100m hurdles) Joanna Hayes and I are holding two all-day clinics in August at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, CA! Joanna and I have been planning this since the spring with the intention of providing high-quality AND...more

NCAA Academic top 25
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 20, 2010 at 3:47pm

The Women's Basketball Coaches Association has recognized the programs whose players have the top GPAs, and the list is impressive:Division Institution 2009-10 Head Coach Team GPA NCAA I Utah Valley University Cathy Nixon 3.630 NCAA II Michigan Technologi...more

Upcoming Michael T. White tournaments
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 19, 2010 at 1:47pm

Four major tournaments coming up over the next two weeks.Showtime East and West brackets here.Atlanta tournament brackets here.Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, CA will play host for these games, these games and these games this week.Gotta love it. ...more

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