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The ponytail epiphany
by After Atalanta
posted November 19, 2009 at 12:09pm

I hesitated to write this post because I did not want to be part of the continuing media coverage of the BYU/UNM soccer game in which rough play all around and particularly that of defender Elizabeth Lambert has gotten a lot of negative and other suspect ...more

Tragic loss for a young player in San Antonio, South Texas Hoyas spearhead support
by HoopFeed.com
posted November 17, 2009 at 5:35pm

While the nation’s top women’s basketball teams prepare for a showcase at San Antonio’s AT&T Center, a young player in the city is coping with the loss of her biggest fan. Saturday morning, the mother of an 11 year-old player for the South Texa...more

I graduated or I’m injured…and I’m an athlete, now what?
by One Sport Voice
posted November 17, 2009 at 2:29pm

A One Sport Voice reader sent me an email looking for resources helping collegiate athletes transition into “the real world” after they no longer are competitive athletes. Great query! There is a fair amount of literature from the sport psychology w...more

Ogwumike wins first Pac-10 award of year
by Left Coast Hoops
posted November 16, 2009 at 10:58pm

Stanford’s Nneka Ogwumike earned the Pac-10 Conference’s first player of the week award for her efforts in the Cardinal’s two season-opening road wins this weekend. Ogwumike averaged 23 points, 9.5 rebounds and shot 64 percent from the floor in ...more

NCAA Division 1 Women’s Soccer- Round 2 Results, Sweet 16 predictions
by Pretty Tough
posted November 16, 2009 at 10:05pm

The second round of the NCAA tournament was played this weekend, with maybe 3 upsets in between, but 1 HUGE upset. Here are the results: Stanford 2, BYU0 Oklahoma St 1 (5), Santa Clara 1 (6) UCF 0, Wisconsin 1 Connecticut 0, Boston College 2 Portla...more

Softball coach takes on football
by Title IX Blog
posted November 16, 2009 at 12:15pm

Usually when we hear about a complaint filed by or on behalf of softball players, said complaint usually compares the treatment softball receives or the facilities it has access to as compared to baseball. But a recent complaint, initially filed anonymous...more

NCAA Soccer: First Round Results and Predictions
by Pretty Tough
posted November 16, 2009 at 11:47am

The NCAA Division 1 women’s soccer tournament is in full swing as the first round was played, with all of the top seeds getting through to the next round with no problems. And here are the results of the 32 matches played on Friday (Stanford played on T...more

New Boxer Aims for 2016 Olympics
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 14, 2009 at 2:05pm

This is probably one of the most exciting things I have had the honor of doing recently. A few weeks ago a young girl came to the gym and told Bonnie that she wanted to compete. She is nine years old. Her father brought her every time the boxing team m...more

Chiney Ogwumike
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted November 13, 2009 at 7:32pm

That popping sound you just heard was champagne corks flying off in Palo Alto and in the houses of fans of Stanford Women’s Basketball everywhere. Stanford just landed the number one recruit for next year. Not just any recruit, but THE top recruit in th...more

The Lambert wrap-up
by After Atalanta
posted November 13, 2009 at 4:15pm

I have to say that I, despite my deeply entrenched cynicism, am surprised at just how viral this whole Elizabeth Lambert thing went. It's everywhere I turn. I feel--and this is just a feeling not backed up at all by evidence--that this situation has gotte...more

New Mexico/BYU: What happened to the Referee, Joe Pimentel?
by From A Left Wing
posted November 13, 2009 at 2:46pm

Elizabeth Lambert's name is now synonymous with violent play. What happened to Joe Pimentel (pictured here, giving Lambert the one yellow card he issued)? The center referee basically folded his arms and did nothing through that match - was he suspended,...more

Elizabeth Lambert, Part 2
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 13, 2009 at 12:20pm

The Elizabeth Lambert story has captured tremendous mainstream attention and generated some good conversation (and some garbage, of course). After posting my own response, reading widely and talking intently about the video, I believe that there are t...more

DII field hockey team in NC cut
by Title IX Blog
posted November 13, 2009 at 12:12pm

It's never good news when I pull out my calculator and head to the Department of Education's Equity in Athletics Data Analysis Cutting Tool. And this time it's bad news for Catawba College in North Carolina. According to a very brief piece in USA Today, t...more

Illinois high school lawsuit ongoing
by Title IX Blog
posted November 13, 2009 at 1:05am

In Canton, IL a lawsuit brought by two parents alleging inequities between the girls' sports program and the boys' program remains unsettled. Mediation had been ongoing but the school board rejected this week the proposed settlement and thus litigation re...more

Washington signs three prep standouts
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted November 12, 2009 at 11:13pm

Washington coach Tia Jackson officially announced the signing of three prep standouts today. Snohomish F Marjorie Heard, Auburn Riverside PG Mercedes Wetmore and (Calif.) G Ashley Moore have all signed letters of intent, "We couldn't be more excited abo...more

Chiney Ogwumike picks Stanford
by Left Coast Hoops
posted November 12, 2009 at 1:14pm

Chiney Ogwumike, the 6-foot-3 forward from Cy-Fair High in Texas, confirmed Wednesday morning to ESPN Hoop Gurlz that she has chosen Stanford over Connecticut and Notre Dame. Ogwumike, the No. 1 prep recruit in the nation, will join her older sister Nn...more

Where are the moms? Why daughters need them coaching youth sports.
by Fair Game News
posted November 12, 2009 at 12:03pm

By Emilie Liebhoff It bugs me. I drive by the fields in my town – and I only see men coaching the soccer teams. Don’t get me wrong. It’s wonderful when dads share quality time with their daughters and sons. But where are the moms? Even in the ba...more

Soccer's bad girls
by Athletic Women Blog
posted November 12, 2009 at 11:49am

Badly behaved or just bad, or both? You decide. First it was the lately infamous Elizabeth Lambert: Then a brawl in Rhode Island: To cheer or to boo? A question that invites a farrago of answers . But something Mike Lopresti says hits what I think ...more

Ogwumike decision postponed until Thursday
by Left Coast Hoops
posted November 11, 2009 at 6:26pm

Chiney Ogwumike will make her college choice Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at Cy-Fair High. The No. 1 recruit in the country, and the sister of Stanford forward Nneka Ogwumike, has reportedly narrowed her choices to Stanford, Notre Dame and Connecticut. The...more

Being physically active when young has important implications for the prevention of osteoporosis in old age
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted November 11, 2009 at 5:53pm

At a recent Tucker Table, colleagues in the School of Kinesiology outlined some old pervasive myths and new research paradigms pertaining to bone health. Bone health has typically been constructed as a “female issue” when linked with the female athl...more

2009 D-I Field Hockey bracket released
by Pretty Tough
posted November 11, 2009 at 2:53pm

Defending champ Maryland hasn’t lost this year, going 20-0 en route to an ACC title. Tonight, the Terps and 15 others learned their fates in the D-I Selection Show. Five conferences were awarded automatic qualification. In addition, six conferences com...more

College Basketball: Our Crowning Achievement
by Women's Sports Blog
posted November 11, 2009 at 12:28pm

Every time we reach this part of the year, it seems like the news is better. There is more coverage, more interest, another compelling set of stories. I can't think of another sport played by women that is on that kind of trajectory, and it's also col...more

Getting past “I QUIT”
by Sports Girls Play
posted November 10, 2009 at 6:54pm

One of the hardest things for parents and coaches to hear kids say is “I QUIT” especially, when the athlete’s desire to quit is sudden. So, what’s a parent to do? This is a situation I have found myself in a few times, but most recently with my y...more

Violence in Women’s Sports: Part of the Game, Transgressing Gender, or Sexy Catfight?
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted November 10, 2009 at 5:06pm

Video clips of Elizabeth Lambert, a soccer player from the University of New Mexico, putting the hurt on BYU players during a game over the weekend has attracted some serious attention from all corners of the sports and social media. Reactions to the vid...more

Lambert, Part II
by After Atalanta
posted November 10, 2009 at 11:42am

I was going to add a postscript to "10 lesbians walk into a bar" (I have to say I am just dying to see how that phrase affects my hits) based on the recent Graham Hays (of ESPN online) column about Elizabeth Lambert's actions last weekend.But I thought it...more

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