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Reyes Wins LLWS Game
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 28, 2009 at 1:03pm
Katie Reyes of Canada became the first girl to drive in the winning runs in a Little League World Series game as she singled to score two runs and give her team a 14-13 victory against Germany. She had three hits in the game overall. We're probably th...more
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Katie Reyes: Breaking down barriers one game at a time
by Womenstake
posted August 27, 2009 at 8:59pm
by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center
Yesterday, a quiet thirteen-year-old girl made history just doing something she loves – playing baseball. Katie Reyes may or may not have known that her actions made history, although s...more
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Female athletes head to college and beyond
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted August 27, 2009 at 8:45pm
Photo credit: ThePioneer.com
What’s it like to head to college as a female athlete? I guess it all depends upon your sport and division.
Right now, millions of young women are packing up their cars and heading to campus (some have actually started c...more
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Farewell to a courageous competitor
by Hoop Thoughts
posted August 27, 2009 at 1:20pm
We have heavy hearts to up learning that former LSU soccer player Robyn DesOrmeaux, who earned four letters as the team’s starting goalkeeper from 2001-04, lost her battle with cancer Thursday morning as she passed away at the age of 27. DesOrmeaux enjo...more
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Former Hawaii AD sues
by Title IX Blog
posted August 26, 2009 at 10:41am
University of Hawaii-Hilo administrators have been named in a recent lawsuit filed by former athletic director Kathleen McNally who is alleging both racial and gender discrimination. We have not seen an intersectional complaint in a while, though how much...more
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Coach's Corner: The Lady Tiger Way #3
by Hoop Thoughts
posted August 25, 2009 at 3:17pm
We are constantly looking for ways to make our team......think...learn...communicateOne of the ways we do that is through a quick email to provoke a response. They don't have a deadline. Just the next time they get to their email with a few extra minutes...more
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Coach's Corner: The Lady Tiger Way (#1)
by Hoop Thoughts
posted August 23, 2009 at 5:17pm
OFFICE (8-23-2009) - Today officially starts the 2009-2010 season for the LSU Lady Tigers Basketball Team. At 2:00 PM today we will have our first official team meeting. And then we're off...What we want to do with our blog this year is give everyone insi...more
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Coaches: Understand why they play
by Fair Game News
posted August 20, 2009 at 12:27pm
By Lauren Taylor
When I take a moment to think critically about sports — and youth sports in particular – it seems bizarre to consider how passionate we all are. In concrete terms, after all, the grass field has no meaning without us on it. The rul...more
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Student athlete spearheads healthy food fundraiser
by Pretty Tough
posted August 19, 2009 at 12:37pm
Yogavive, a leading producer of organic foods, understands the needs faced by girls’ athletic programs across the country. Many are often underfunded and sometimes, completely ignored.
According to one study, lack of funds and support means girls r...more
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Dillard adding sports
by Title IX Blog
posted August 18, 2009 at 2:25pm
Part of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, Dillard University in Louisiana is adding three sports in the coming academic year. No word on why, but the athletic director announced earlier this month that softball and men's and women's track and field and ...more
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Attention Athletes
by Pretty Tough
posted August 18, 2009 at 11:45am
Pretty Tough is searching for you.
If you play a sport, any sport, we want to interview you.
Pretty Tough is excited to announce a new feature called Saturday Spotlight beginning this September. Each Saturday, Pretty Tough will feature a middle school, ...more
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What counts as compliance
by After Atalanta
posted August 17, 2009 at 12:14pm
Last month Florida Gulf Coast University released the findings from its external investigation of its athletic department. The short version of the FGCU saga is this: The very few female coaches in the department got together and complained about the stat...more
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More details on the status of sand volleyball
by Title IX Blog
posted August 10, 2009 at 12:51pm
So not too long ago we got wind that sand volleyball was not a shoo-in for emerging sport status; that there were some concerns. But we didn't get a lot of information about the situation. Then I read a piece by Graham Watson at ESPN.com where it seemed t...more
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Coach Summitt on goals and rules
by Hoop Thoughts
posted August 2, 2009 at 5:01pm
The following comes from my friend Don Yeager who recently wrote about Coach Pat Summitt in regards to goals and rules for her team:Before each of the 34 seasons that Summitt has been a head coach of some of the most accomplished teams of all time, she an...more
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List of Statewide Title IX Coordinators
by Title IX Blog
posted July 31, 2009 at 11:35am
Here is the Feminist Majority Foundation's 2009 list of Title IX Coordinators designated by state education agencies. These individuals advise their agencies about gender equity issues and provide support to Title IX coordinators at the district and scho...more
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Irvine forced to cut sports
by Title IX Blog
posted July 30, 2009 at 3:01pm
The University of California Irvine is looking to cut $1 million from its budget by doing some reshuffling and, unfortunately, by cutting sports. Five programs will be discontinued next year: men's and women's swimming/diving, sailing, and women's and men...more
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Oh, Florida
by Title IX Blog
posted July 28, 2009 at 11:18am
There is no new news to report out of Florida and the situation with the Florida High School Athletic Association. But there has been plenty of media coverage--including editorials that ask the hackneyed question: "Is it time to revise Title IX?" Various ...more
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A Coach Who Gets it Right
by One Sport Voice
posted July 27, 2009 at 6:23pm
In the media we more often hear horror stories than positive stories regarding coaches. Fortunately many coaches do get it right and positively affect the lives of countless others.
A wonderful example of just such a coach is Steve “Wilk” Wilkinso...more
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Reaction to IHSAA lawsuit
by Title IX Blog
posted July 24, 2009 at 10:18am
Seems as if reaction is mixed regarding the current scheduling of boys and girls basketball games in Indiana. This also means there is mixed reaction over what schedule changes might occur if the lawsuit is successful.It certainly does not appear that--at...more
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Coach's Corner: Increasing Your Three Types of Energy
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 21, 2009 at 1:41am
I love my Brian Tracy daily newsletter! From a couple of days ago, he talks about increasing your three types of energy:Most successful people can be characterized as having very high levels of energy. Since energy is the fuel with which everything is ach...more
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