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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

Lapchick weighs in on new NCAA president
by Title IX Blog
posted November 10, 2009 at 11:39am

In a recent issue of Sport Business Journal (which, unfortunately, is only available to subscribers), Dr. Richard Lapchick, who is notable for his many reports on gender and racial diversity in sport and the experiences of collegiate student athletes, has...more

Elizabeth Lambert Spurs Facebook Interest
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted November 10, 2009 at 1:48am

On Friday, we all saw the below video of New Mexico professional soccer player Elizabeth Lambert, who astonishingly displayed unsportsmanlike conduct in a game against Brigham Young University. (She’s since been suspended indefinitely from the league). ...more

10 lesbians walk into a bar...
by After Atalanta
posted November 9, 2009 at 8:55pm

...and naturally frivolity ensues. (You thought I was going to make a joke, right? Nope; just getting your attention.)And then when we see the sports network covering women's soccer on the plasma televisions scattered around the bar, our heads snap up eag...more

Elizabeth Lambert: Soccer Player, Hair Yanker, Apologizer
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 9, 2009 at 4:11pm

I can sit and wonder why Elizabeth Lambert behaved the way she did in a Mountain West Conference semifinal game against Brigham Young University last week, or I can wonder why this is the only news coverage I can recall seeing about women’s soccer, eve...more

Women's Soccer: Happier News
by Women's Sports Blog
posted November 9, 2009 at 1:47pm

Many congratulations to the Stanford Cardinal for completing the first perfect season in school history. The seniors (via Stanford Photos): ...more

Does ponytail pull sully the wholesome vibe of women’s sports? Is that OK?
by Fair Game News
posted November 9, 2009 at 1:26pm

By Laura Pappano NM soccer player Elizabeth Lambert’s hair yanking, punching, and nasty behavior have gone viral. She’s being labeled the “dirtiest player” in women’s soccer and – depending on who’s writing or talking – all of women’s s...more

Baylor Freshman Brittney Griner Dunks [Video]
by anngaff
posted November 9, 2009 at 1:22pm

Baylor Freshman Brittney Griner dunk for the first time in her collegiate career against Incarnate Word on November 7th. See how easy she makes it look in the highlight video below, about 52 seconds in. From Griner's Wikipedia entry (which seems to have ...more

Fresno State settles with former assistant track coach
by Title IX Blog
posted November 9, 2009 at 1:19pm

We blogged earlier this year about Ramona Pagel's case against Fresno State, in which she claimed that the athletic department failed to renew her contract and passed her over for promotion to head coach because she advocated for equal treatment for femal...more

Mailbag: Support Sand Volleyball
by Pretty Tough
posted November 9, 2009 at 12:51pm

Hello Friends and Beach Volleyball Enthusiasts, Many of you have contacted USA Volleyball with questions as to the status of sand volleyball in the NCAA. On January 15, 2010 there will be an override vote led by universities who are trying to block the...more

ESPN does an ACTUAL story about the New Mexico/BYU match
by From A Left Wing
posted November 8, 2009 at 12:49pm

Watch this interview with a local reporter (Jared Lloyd/Desert News) who covered this match. He points out that the "refs allowed" for a "physical game" - and offers a well informed perspective on the tone of the game (explaining New Mexico's use of a ph...more

Elizabeth Lambert: Where is the Outrage?
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 7, 2009 at 7:30pm

I’ve watched this video over and over again now, and I still can’t understand why, in any of these egregiously unsporting incidents, none of the women mistreated by Elizabeth Lambert turned around to treat this woman to an elbow in her jaw. The u...more

2009-10 Women's College Basketball Television Schedule
by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog
posted November 7, 2009 at 5:50pm

Imagine that you're sitting at home and you're stuck watching School of Rock for the ninth time because you were channel-surfing and happened to wipe out on the Jack Black Channel. Half-asleep, you are unaware that your favorite school is playing a great...more

OCR to investigate whether University of Kansas Athletics discriminates against men
by Title IX Blog
posted November 7, 2009 at 2:18pm

According to CollegeSwimming.com, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will investigate a complaint filed against the University of Kansas last month, alleging that the University's failure to offer a men's swimming and diving team violat...more

New Mexico/BYU's Bitchslap
by From A Left Wing
posted November 7, 2009 at 12:37pm

ESPN ran a story about a recent match between BYU and New Mexico's women's teams which has become infamous for the elbows-to-the-ribs and ponytail-yank antics of New Mexico player Elizabeth Lambert. Fans of the sport are groaning, because this is what it...more

Collegiate Soccer – Too Tough?
by Pretty Tough
posted November 6, 2009 at 5:31pm

’ Soccer can be a tough game and it appears that's especially true in the Mountain West Conference. Footage of the conference semifinal game in Provo, Utah – where BYU beat New Mexico 1-0 – has been making the rounds and not for all the right...more

B-ball season is starting! But how to make a (formerly) losing team into a fan favorite and on-court winner?
by Fair Game News
posted November 6, 2009 at 12:12pm

The PLAYBOOKThe Playbook is an occasional series on University of Rhode Island Women’s Basketball team and head coach Cathy Inglese as she works to turn around a losing program. Check out previous installments here and here. By Laura Pappano It’s s...more

Lady Tigers choose book for the season
by Hoop Thoughts
posted November 6, 2009 at 11:40am

Each year we give our team two books to read. We give them one in the summer and another one when basketball season begins. The summer book taps into something away from sport, usually academics or a self-development area. For example, this summer our boo...more

Images that "sell" to young female athletes
by Sports, Media & Society
posted November 6, 2009 at 11:40am

Researchers at Bowling Green State University, the University of Memphis and the University of Iowa presented results of a study during the annual NASSS conference today suggesting that adolescent girls involved in sports are generally attracted to image...more

More universities add competitive cheer... I mean, "Team Stunt and Gymnastics"
by Title IX Blog
posted November 6, 2009 at 11:35am

A <a href="http://title-ix.blogspot.com/Team and individual stats will be compiled during four compulsory stunting rounds, followed by each team's uniquely choreographed final routine judged for its degree of difficulty and the ability of its performer...more

Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) settles Title IX case
by Womenstake
posted November 5, 2009 at 7:16pm

by Kolbe Franklin, Program Associate, National Women’s Law Center A group of parents recently entered into a settlement agreement with the Florida High School Athletic Association. The parents filed a lawsuit last spring after FHSAA approved a sta...more

Subverting Title IX by remedying discrimination against women?
by After Atalanta
posted November 5, 2009 at 5:24pm

I so appreciate the growing number of voices in the blogosphere talking about sport and gender. It means that when I just cannot muster enough snark to address the latest issue, there are others who will.So I have indeed read about the latest investigatio...more

Don’t just focus on why girls drop out of sports — see why they stay and play
by Fair Game News
posted November 3, 2009 at 6:38pm

By Molly Hellerman It doesn’t matter to me where you play soccer — grass, dirt, turf, parking lot, or gym floor. I have trained girls on each surface who have found their passion for the game. And yet, there is a serious opportunity gap that bother...more

Connecticut boy calls state field hockey policy into question
by Title IX Blog
posted November 3, 2009 at 6:10pm

The Hartford Courant recently profiled a middle school field hockey player in Avon, Connecticut, named Blake Armistead. Though he has been allowed to play on the girls' team in middle school, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference does not a...more

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