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Winter Olympic Word Search
by Sports Girls Play
posted December 29, 2009 at 1:11pm
I have multiple web sites, and one of my other sites is dedicated solely to kids printable activities. In celebration of the upcoming Winter Olympics I just created a Winter Olympic Sports Word Search and of course, I had to share it with my Sports Girls ...more
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Settlement forthcoming in Canton case
by Title IX Blog
posted December 27, 2009 at 12:53pm
After turning down a settlement deal earlier this year, it seems the Canton School District in Illinois has reached an agreement with the plaintiffs. But no one is saying what that deal is--at least not until January 20, 2010 when it will be announced at ...more
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True Inspirational Story
by Softball Performance Blog
posted December 25, 2009 at 11:46am
One of the most inspirational stories I've ever seen. This is why we coach…to make an impact on young lives!
Let's talk more about this... can you do me a quick 30-second favor and leave a comment below?
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Wisconsin school district will offer girls hockey
by Title IX Blog
posted December 24, 2009 at 12:44pm
Earlier this year, high school freshman Morgan Hollowell and her father sued the Elmbrook School District in Wisconsin, challenging the district's decision to exclude girls from the hockey cooperative it is joining with another school district. Elmbrook ...more
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UNC soccer player takes top national honors
by Pretty Tough
posted December 23, 2009 at 10:07pm
Whitney Engen, a senior at North Carolina, has won the 2010 Honda Sports Award in soccer, designating her as the nation’s top collegiate female athlete in that sport. The honor was based on the results of national balloting among 1,000 NCAA member schoo...more
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Mental Toughness: Beyond the L's and W's
by PrincessPunish
posted December 23, 2009 at 7:27pm
“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, his greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.” -Vince Lombardi...more
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Who is the greatest all-time Gatorade Player of the Year?
by Pretty Tough
posted December 23, 2009 at 2:36pm
For 25 years, Gatorade has recognized America’s elite high school students for their athletic achievement, academic excellence and exemplary character with the Gatorade Player of the Year award. Throughout the year, Gatorade will host 10 polls to determ...more
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Slippery Rock settles--again
by Title IX Blog
posted December 23, 2009 at 2:35pm
The gender equity case against Slippery Rock University that started in 2006 and was reopened last spring when some felt SRU was not meeting the settlement's requirements has settled again. The university has promised to improve the softball stadium, comm...more
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My son wants to play football…
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 21, 2009 at 6:44pm
His father and I have spent the past few years making him listen to us cheer and hoot at the television during football games. We’ve shouted and jeered and made sure he understood what was going on whenever was possible.
We pause the DVR, replay, walk ...more
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What a sport girl wants for Christmas…
by Fair Game News
posted December 21, 2009 at 6:26pm
By Katie Culver
1. A legitimately equal opportunity to develop athletic skills and play sports — from the start.
This means: girls should be handed a ball (instead of a doll or toy purse) as soon as they can hold something. They should be dressed appr...more
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Spirit as Sport
by Title IX Blog
posted December 21, 2009 at 12:18pm
Last week the New Mexico Activities Association member-institutions voted to make spirit (cheerleading and dance) a sport. Officials quoted in the news reports about the vote were pretty clear that the primary purpose of this change was to help schools a...more
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National Champs return home
by Athletic Women Blog
posted December 21, 2009 at 12:17pm
Kudos to the Nittany Lions for one of the great runs in sports history. (And who knows? It may not be over yet.)
Champions when they left, they return home status unchanged:
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Laura Dekker Sails On
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 20, 2009 at 9:08pm
Laura Dekker, 14, was born on a boat and apparently still just wants to sail. Go ahead and tell her she can’t. She’ll do it anyway.
Authorities in Dekker’s hometown of Utrecht, Netherlands, told her in October that she couldn’t attempt the saili...more
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Success in life through athletics
by PrincessPunish
posted December 20, 2009 at 5:10pm
“A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life, it can be done.” -Vince Lombardi...more
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Academic fraud at FSU?
by After Atalanta
posted December 16, 2009 at 11:47am
Seems to be all about the Seminoles this week. Except this time it's not the actual Seminoles, its the student-athletes at Florida State who call themselves Seminoles.The academic cheating issues at FSU have been covered. The school was investigated for a...more
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Penn State: 100-0, possible three-peat next
by Athletic Women Blog
posted December 16, 2009 at 11:41am
The Penn State volleyball team are off for Tampa in pursuit of their third consecutive national championship. Saturday they earned a spot in the semifinals by winning their 100th consecutive match, the longest winning streak in women's Division I sports h...more
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The numbers look kind of weird, Rhodes Committees
by Women's Sports Blog
posted December 9, 2009 at 4:14pm
A first research sally finds that the the United States' version of the Rhodes Scholarship started showing pictures of the winners on its website in 2005. Since that time, based on my highly scientific method of looking at the photos and the names, the ...more
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Much to admire about Tar Heels' program
by Women's Sports Blog
posted December 9, 2009 at 12:42pm
No one should post about something so close to her heart so close upon the event, lest she be unfair. Clearly North Carolina has changed women's sports in this country, and for the better. Its soccer program was one of the early centers of excellence ...more
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Taking aim at the alma mater
by After Atalanta
posted December 8, 2009 at 6:58pm
See, I knew I would be back to critiquing someone this week. And how appropriate that is the anonymous columnist from my alma mater's student newspaper. (In my day, when I wrote for The New Hampshire, they didn't allow anonymous columnists.)Anyway, anonym...more
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