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Women, Get Set, Go! At Madani High School
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted May 7, 2010 at 3:41pm

Muslim girls at an Islamic Faith School in Leicester prove sport and religion can mix with the Women, Get Set, Go! course from Sports Leaders UK. This year, a group of Muslim girls at Madani High School have been given the opportunity to get involved in ...more

Race, gender, class, misogyny and lacrosse and student-athletes behaving badly
by After Atalanta
posted May 7, 2010 at 12:21pm

Alternate title: Why I shouldn't turn on the TODAY show while still in bed.Not just because I hate the TODAY show, but because I hear more about stories I had kind of been avoiding, like the murder of University of Virginia lacrosse player, Yeardley Love ...more

Softball Season is here!
by Jessica Mendoza's Blog
posted May 6, 2010 at 10:20pm

Wow, life gets even crazier when college softball begins. I have been thrown into a world of madness because I have been blessed enough to be a color commentator for ESPN college softball. I love interviewing all the players and coaches .. and of course...more

Iran’s girls’ soccer team back in Youth Olympics
by Pretty Tough
posted May 5, 2010 at 4:31pm

With this summer’s inaugural Youth Olympics fast approaching, there was one group of young women who were facing exclusion. That is until this week when FIFA said they will allow the Iranian girls soccer team to compete at the Games as long as their pl...more

Are colleges businesses or non-profit do-gooders? (Sports suggests a credibility gap)
by Fair Game News
posted May 5, 2010 at 11:56am

By Laura Pappano U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley is making trouble – again — over the sweet financial deal colleges get as a result of their non-profit status. This time he is picking on federal tax rules that he says give colleges an unfair way to (indir...more

[Photos] UCLA – USC Dual Track Meet
by Pretty Tough
posted May 4, 2010 at 2:19pm

The Bruins hosted the Trojans on Saturday, May 1st, 2010 at Drake Stadium in the annual UCLA - USC Dual Meet - a cross-town rivalry where every point counts. Results: It was a historic day on the track for the USC track and field team as bo...more

North Carolina High School cleared of Title IX charges
by Title IX Blog
posted May 3, 2010 at 9:05pm

After school officials at Cedar Ridge High School in Orange County, N.C., decided to terminate the highly successful volleyball coach, Laurie Calder-Green, and replace her with a less experienced male coach, parents there filed a complaint with OCR, claim...more

Basketball Camp in San Antonio
by Chantelle Says
posted May 3, 2010 at 9:01pm

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Question the parentheses
by Title IX Blog
posted May 3, 2010 at 3:56pm

I, too, read the news that Orange County, North Carolina schools had been given a clean Title IX bill of health. This article from the Chapel Hill News goes so far as to say that any statistical disparities favored girls--but not the detriment of boys.Not...more

A change of pace
by Endurance Meg
posted May 1, 2010 at 1:39pm

In high school, I was a runner, and I was seriously committed to becoming a better athlete with each day of training. I ran what my coach told me to run, I rarely complained, I dug deep and breathed heavy and pushed myself as hard as I could, taking comfo...more

NCAA Gender Equity Issues Forum: Part I
by Title IX Blog
posted April 26, 2010 at 11:34am

Greetings from Oak Grove, Illinois, where the NCAA is holding its annual Gender Equity Issues Forum. Tomorrow, I will co-present with Barbara Osborne of UNC about institutional liability for athlete abuse, sexual and nonsexual. But today I had the pleas...more

Texas volleyball player's case closed
by Title IX Blog
posted April 23, 2010 at 9:54am

High school volleyball player Mackenzie McCollum's complaint against her Texas school district has been dismissed. The Office of Civil Rights did not find sufficient evidence to suggest that the Fort Worth school disctrict employees violated Title IX when...more

Girls Sports – Players are made in the offseason
by Game On! Sports Camp 4 Girls
posted April 22, 2010 at 6:51pm

TAKE IT FROM A COLLEGE ATHLETE By Tracy Rainey, Senior, Lake Forest College Captain of the Women’s Varsity Basketball and Softball teams As an athlete, one of the most repeated sayings I have heard throughout my career has been, “players are made i...more

Reporter honored for youth sports coverage
by Sports, Media & Society
posted April 22, 2010 at 5:38pm

Bob Holher, former Red Sox beat reporter at The Boston Globe who now works as an investigative reporter in the paper's sports department, tonight will receive the Curley Center's inaugural award for outstanding coverage of youth sports. Holher's series, w...more

The legacy of Marques Jackson: “He never left a girl behind”
by HoopFeed.com
posted April 20, 2010 at 6:47pm

Marques Jackson attends the signing of Akil Simpson to SMU. (Photo courtesy of LaMonithal Harris-Simpson) DALLAS — On a rainy weekend in Dallas, mourners gathered to celebrate the life of Marques Jackson, 46, the founder of DFW Elite, one of th...more

I Guess I Still Have a Touch of the March Madness
by Draft Day Suit
posted April 19, 2010 at 11:57pm

I thought I had made a full and speedy recovery after contracting March Madness, but I might be having some sort of relapse, because when I saw this headline: I wondered how that many Americans could possibly be stranded at The University of Kentucky. ...more

Girls Sports – Just for the Joy of the Game
by Game On! Sports Camp 4 Girls
posted April 19, 2010 at 11:52pm

Many parents I have spoken with through the years have expressed a hesitation to involve their daughters in sports “for lack of physical coordination.” Without passing judgment on these parents, they steer their daughters clear for fear of facing poss...more

UC Davis announces cuts
by Title IX Blog
posted April 17, 2010 at 1:56pm

As expected, UC Davis will be cutting four sports due to the extreme budget shortfalls being experienced by California schools. Women's rowing, men's wrestling, men's track and field, and men's swimming and diving will not be on the slate of varsity sport...more

8 Quotes of Confidence For Girls’ Hockey Players
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 17, 2010 at 1:41pm

Just as one hockey season ends - the next begins. All week long, girls hockey tryouts have been running all across Ontario. It’s a stressful time for players, parents and coaches alike. So this is a message for all the players who are nervous and ex...more

A Day In The Life Of A New Little Leaguer
by Draft Day Suit
posted April 16, 2010 at 6:11pm

We signed our oldest up for Little League in February and promptly forgot all about it because well, it was February. Our first practice wasn’t until April and life just got in the way. Saturday, April 10, was our first game and my son was excited. H...more

Pittsburgh audit complete
by Title IX Blog
posted April 12, 2010 at 5:24pm

In early December of 2008 we wrote about the forthcoming Title IX audit of nine Pittsburgh area high schools. The findings of that audit, which was spurred by the Women's Law Center's initial research into gender equity in the public schools, were release...more

Marques Jackson, founder of DFW Elite, passes away
by HoopFeed.com
posted April 12, 2010 at 11:13am

A pioneer of AAU girl’s basketball in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Marques Jackson, 46, passed Sunday morning after suffering from a heart attack. Coaches and players began tweeting thoughts of sadness and heartbreak Sunday afternoon as the news...more

DSU changes its mind
by Title IX Blog
posted April 9, 2010 at 2:06pm

Right before a scheduled hearing before a district court judge in Delaware, Delaware State University announced it would keep its equestrian team for another year. This rendered, of course, the hearing, which was an attempt by the plaintiffs to get an inj...more

WomenTalkSports appoints 9th grader to target female role models at WNBA Draft
by mhueter
posted April 7, 2010 at 5:01pm

WomenTalkSports partnered with Girls, Inc. to find a 9th grader named Tanya Tanis who will be given behind-the-scenes access in finding role models...more

The obsession with freshmen
by Softball Performance Blog
posted April 7, 2010 at 12:51pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane Blog It seems like one of the universal goals for softball fanatics is to see their daughters make the high school varsity team as a freshman. Certainly there are those who believe that if you don't...more

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