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Flag football popularity rockets because of girls
by The IWFFA Blog
posted March 16, 2010 at 8:23pm

Flag football is rapidly becoming one of the fastest growing girls’ high school sports across the country. In Broward County, Florida the sport has evolved from recreational leagues to middle and high school programs. And the teams feature talented play...more

What it really means to Believe and Run On!
by Stephanie Perleberg: Believe and Run On!
posted March 15, 2010 at 9:31pm

Last week I decided to sit down with my coach and tell him my plans for this upcoming season. Unfortunately, it didn't go the way I had hoped. He is such an encouraging and positive person and has been great in the five years I've been here, but I heard t...more

Capitol Hill supporting Physical Education
by Jennie Finch
posted March 15, 2010 at 9:27pm

Last week I joined an incredible list of athletes and the Sporting Goods Manufacturing Assoc. for National Health through Fitness day. Our goal was to try to gain support for the Physical Education Bill. Thank you Mizuno for being so actively involved an...more

Sports information divided along gender lines
by Sports, Media & Society
posted March 15, 2010 at 9:16pm

As the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments start this week, CBS and ESPN, respectively, will air a steady stream of segments on various coaches and teams. A sports information director (SID) for each team will help the media coordinate inte...more

Cuts forthcoming at Davis
by Title IX Blog
posted March 15, 2010 at 10:08am

Due to a major budget shortfall this year, the UC Davis athletic department has been asked to cut $1.79 million from the department budget next year. The school has given the department control over how to cut its budget, but it's a nearly foregone conclu...more

Soccer young'uns
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 13, 2010 at 3:36pm

Getting ready to cue up the U-17 national team on my TiVo, but I find the whole idea of watching people that age compete a little skeevy. Then again, I sometimes feel weird watching junior hockey and they're a. male and b. the same age as college basket...more

Former National Women's Football Association player named high school football head coach
by Women Undefined
posted March 13, 2010 at 1:57pm

My dad's girl friend emailed this link to me today stating "you probably already saw this, but here you go" . Well, as a matter of fact I have NOT heard about the first female coach to head up a high school football team, but thanks for inquiring! Ameri...more

Success is not always measured in medals
by Sports Girls Play
posted March 13, 2010 at 1:52pm

Success is not always measured in medals. Let me rephrase that. The majority of life’s successes will never be recognized with a medal, award or honor. In the past week I have been reminded of this statement many times. From the banner that hangs on th...more

A female head high school football coach!
by One Sport Voice
posted March 12, 2010 at 6:27pm

Yeah! Natalie Randolph was named the head high school football coach for the Coolidge High School in Northwest Washington DC. Randolph comes to the position as an accomplished athlete with a great deal of “athletic capital”. She was a sprinter at the ...more

How and What to Follow at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
by anngaff
posted March 12, 2010 at 4:37pm

The NCAA Indoor Track & Field Indoor Championships take place this weekend (March 12-13) in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Highlights include Oregon distance stars Jordan Hasay and Nicole Blood tripling up to see if they can bring home a national title for the D...more

Second lawsuit filed against Delaware State
by Title IX Blog
posted March 12, 2010 at 10:09am

Fifteen members of the recently-terminated Delaware State equestrian team have filed suit in federal court, challenging the school's decision to cut their team as a violation of Title IX. The Women's Law Project and Flaster Greenburg, a Philadelphia-base...more

Ohio school district decides location for softball field
by Title IX Blog
posted March 11, 2010 at 6:38pm

Here is a brief update from Chillicothe, Ohio, where the school district has been struggling for months to resolve disparities in its facilities for softball and baseball. Last fall, the ACLU notified the school district via letter that the lack of a per...more

NCAA drops future plans to use FOTF ads
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted March 11, 2010 at 4:38pm

Just to wrap up this thread, I understand that the NCAA has quietly dropped all plans to use the FOTF ads in the future, specifically during the fast approaching men’s NCAA basketball tournament. Thanks to the NCAA for doing the right thing. Kudos to a...more

Wallace Renfro: "Profitability no indicator of importance of college athletics programs"
by Swish Appeal
posted March 10, 2010 at 8:48pm

Wallace Renfro: "Profitability no indicator of importance of college athletics programs" The link above is worth a read as information with which to respond to people who say women's sports and/or Title IX hurt universities because they don't generate r...more

Stanford-bound Chiney Ogwumike wins Morgan Wootten award
by HoopFeed.com
posted March 10, 2010 at 8:31pm

Stanford-bound prep star Chiney Ogwumike is the winner of the 2010 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Award for her accomplishments on and off the court. McDonald’s along with Morgan Wootten, legendary coach and McDonald’s All American Games selectio...more

Girls and sports – Advice from a mentor
by Game On! Sports Camp 4 Girls
posted March 10, 2010 at 8:28pm

So I asked the captain if she had advice for young girls just starting out in sports and here is what she had to say: Sports provide young girls the opportunity to work hard, have fun and win in a way other activities cannot. I believe young girls who ar...more

A hodge podge of sport-related stuff
by One Sport Voice
posted March 9, 2010 at 9:22pm

This will be a random blog post and as I can’t find a common link except to apply a critical lens to each issue. Here are five interesting pieces to check out: 1. A parody Got No Game with Paul Mecurio: Race in Sports (HBO) brings to life race and ge...more

Griner’s punch not about women’s sports, but sportsmanship in all college play
by Fair Game News
posted March 9, 2010 at 9:10pm

By Laura Pappano Here we go again. Baylor’s Brittney Griner’s outrageous act last Wednesday – the now-viral YouTube image of her socking Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle after the two jostled beneath the basket – has some wondering: What’s goin...more

Point Loma Nazarene University cuts four teams
by Title IX Blog
posted March 9, 2010 at 9:58am

Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego announced last week that this year would be the last for four of its sports teams: men's golf, men's track, men's cross country, and women's softball. PLNU reportedly explained the cuts as necessary to achieve ...more

Student fees funding athletic departments
by Title IX Blog
posted March 5, 2010 at 8:30pm

A while ago we mentioned that San Diego State University raised its student athletic fee by a fairly large percent in order to, among other things, add two women's sports.This article notes that the raising of student fees, sometimes with student support,...more

Brittney Griner suspended for two games, will miss season finale and Big 12 tourney opener
by HoopFeed.com
posted March 5, 2010 at 10:16am

Thursday evening Baylor released the following press release about Brittney Griner’s ejection from last night’s game against Texas Tech: In addition to a one-game suspension mandated by NCAA basketball playing rules, Baylor University freshman post B...more

Does your child have softball DNA?
by Softball Performance Blog
posted March 5, 2010 at 10:15am

If you want to know whether or not your child has "softball" DNA, there is a company that now provides a service to parents of young children to help them determine which sport they'd be best suited for genetically. That's right, this company, Atlas S...more

Baylor freshman Brittney Griner suspended for punch
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 5, 2010 at 10:14am

An oddity happened this afternoon on sports radio, ESPN Seattle (710 AM) discussed women's hoops. Hosts Brock Huard and Mike Salk had Tacoma News Tribune columnist John McGrath as a guest and decided to ask his opinion of Brittney Griner, the 6-foot-8 Ba...more

Grambling State opens Eddie Robinson Museum
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 5, 2010 at 10:13am

My first recollection of the Grambling State University campus in 1990 was how run down it looked compared to the other state school just a few miles down the road. Louisiana Tech in Ruston represented itself to the world with manicured lawns, freshly...more

Diving coach lawsuit moves to federal court
by Title IX Blog
posted March 4, 2010 at 10:07pm

We blogged about the lawsuit filed by former Texas A&M diving coach Kevin Wright when he filed for wrongful termination in state court under a whistleblower protection statute in Texas. At that time we wondered whether there would also be a Title IX r...more

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