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Pictures of REAL Female Coaches!
by One Sport Voice
posted November 3, 2009 at 12:33pm
In a previous blog I was lamenting about the scarcity of pictures of real female coaches, especially at the youth level. I’m pleased to report I found some! A photographer for the University of Minnesota’s College Education of Human Development Conn...more
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PAC-10 Cross-Country Championships Recap
by anngaff
posted October 31, 2009 at 4:29pm
Photos courtesy of Laura Landgreen.
Lucky for me, the PAC-10 Cross-Country Championships were in Long Beach yesterday, just 10 miles up the 405 from where I live. I packed Jaelyn and her stroller into the car and drove up to Skylinks Golf Course to watch...more
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Early talk of retaliation in firing of tennis coach
by Title IX Blog
posted October 29, 2009 at 7:30pm
Last week, Ball State University in Indiana fired its women's tennis coach. Kathy Bull was in her 22nd year as head coach of the team. The firing, according to the athletic department, is the result of NCAA violations. Ball State, until earlier this month...more
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FACT: Winning in college sports does not lead to….
by One Sport Voice
posted October 29, 2009 at 1:30pm
Fun fact of the day from College Sports 101. It is commonly assumed that a winning athletic program, particularly in big-time “revenue” sports, leads to institutional benefits—such as increased number and quality of student applications and alumn...more
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Wynn looking to rebuild Long Beach State
by Left Coast Hoops
posted October 25, 2009 at 5:54pm
By Rhiannon Potkey, LCH Correspondent Jody Wynn first fell in love with basketball while attending Long Beach State women’s games as a young girl. Wynn sat in the stands watching players like LaTaunya Pollard, Cindy Brown and Penny Toler lead the ...more
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The Head Cheerleader Paradox
by Women's Sports Blog
posted October 25, 2009 at 3:24pm
Sorry about the lack of posting recently. It has been a weird week, complete with a bizarre sleep schedule, which means I've had no time to keep up with sports. You could tell me that Margaret Court won the WTA championship and I'd believe you. So h...more
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A closer look at LCH Pac-10 poll
by Left Coast Hoops
posted October 25, 2009 at 1:17pm
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p>Here’s a closer look at the Pac-10 preseason rankings and why LCH voted the our poll the way we did.
Stanford. There looks to be a huge gap between the Cardinal and everybody else. Who’s going to compete with the Cardinal inside, who is goin...more
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Washington State finally ready for a revival?
by Left Coast Hoops
posted October 24, 2009 at 8:48pm
When is being picked to finish sixth in your conference a sign of progress? When you are Washington State and a sixth-place finish would constitute a significant move up the Pac-10 ladder. The Cougars haven’t finished higher than seventh in the Pac-1...more
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Pac-10 preseason poll released
by Left Coast Hoops
posted October 22, 2009 at 3:18pm
With near unanimity and little surprise, the Pac-10 coaches selected Stanford to repeat as Pac-10 champs. The Cardinal, picked to win in the coaches poll for 10 straight years, received nine of the 10 votes, the other going to Arizona State. The battle he...more
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Qualities of skillful leadership
by Hoop Thoughts
posted October 22, 2009 at 1:34pm
This comes from Jim Rohn Weekly Ezine. Try to think of coaches who fit these characteristics. If you are fortunate enough, you've had some players who also fit this mold. It's interesting but I've been spending some time this week working with Temeka John...more
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SI for Kids: Basic lessons in gender, sport
by Sports, Media & Society
posted October 22, 2009 at 12:55pm
At the UM Tucker Center lecture Monday night on women's sports and social media, I suggested that the primary function of mediated/spectator sports in U.S. culture is to reinforce gender norms (apologies to Noam Chomsky). It starts early. Just look at SI ...more
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Mountain West preseason poll released
by Left Coast Hoops
posted October 21, 2009 at 9:45pm
San Diego State, which reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history has been picked to win the Mountain West in the annual preseason poll. TCU is the only other team in the conference that garnered first-place votes...more
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DI stats: In case you didn't believe us...
by Title IX Blog
posted October 21, 2009 at 11:52am
...it's true that most athletic departments do not make money and many are not even breaking even these days. The NCAA released the results of a study this week that looked at the numbers from 2004-2008. In DI, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) consist...more
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Poll Position
by Women's Sports Blog
posted October 20, 2009 at 5:33pm
It's really annoying that the NCAA still doesn't have the latest poll information up every week. Isn't intercollegiate athletics basically its only job? I know the site is behind because the individual coaches' associations have new polls up today. ...more
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FSU, UNC to honor Charlotte Moran
by Soccer Science
posted October 20, 2009 at 5:27pm
All proceeds from the match will go to the Charlotte Moran Foundation for Women’s Soccer
Source: Florida State University Press Release
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – When Florida State and North Carolina square-off at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 22 at t...more
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Lax growing in popularity
by Title IX Blog
posted October 20, 2009 at 11:46am
Hilbert College in New York will be adding men's and women's lacrosse next year, reflecting a trend--a couple actually. First lacrosse is at or near the top of the list of fastest-growing sports at both the high school and collegiate level and for both me...more
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The 3G’s (as in Great) of Effective Coaching
by One Sport Voice
posted October 19, 2009 at 2:27pm
My last blog post outlined the “3C’s” (as in Champion) of coaching, this blog is about the 3G’s (as in Great).
The 3G’s are not mine, but a creation of Steve Wilkinson, former men’s tennis coach of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN...more
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Maya Moore, Jantel Lavender, and Boxscores Values
by Swish Appeal
posted October 19, 2009 at 11:04am
I recently finished a spreadsheet listing the 2008-09 season stats for all 73 of the "power conference" teams in women's college basketball- the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big Twelve, Pacific Ten and Southeastern Conferences. I limited the season stats to j...more
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Open Practice at Stanford
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 18, 2009 at 8:08pm
Hi, it is R (solo) again, a second blog in a month! And you thought the world was going to end in 2012! Anyhoo, I told C that I was going to Stanford today to watch Lacrosse and support Coach Jaime. She couldn’t go because she was going to watch her son...more
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