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Florida compliance: Never mind
by Title IX Blog
posted June 14, 2009 at 11:48am

The negotiations between the Florida High School Athletic Association and Florida Parents for Athletic Equity, which is being represented by Nancy Hogshead-Makar, have apparently broken down because the announcement that was expected Friday never happened...more

Iraqi girls live the dream at Lady Vols’ basketball camp
by Pretty Tough
posted June 14, 2009 at 12:06am

An Iraqi girls’ basketball team took part in a Tennessee Lady Vols basketball camp last week as part of a program promoting peace and cultural understanding through sports. Under Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi National Women’s Basketball Team was dismantl...more

Mediation in QU case
by Title IX Blog
posted June 12, 2009 at 1:16pm

Judge Stefan Underhill, who ordered the injunction on the Quinnipiac Title IX/volleyball case recently, has sent the case to a magistrate judge for mediation talks. No word here on what next week's talks will address, but both sides made the request to th...more

Is cheerleading the most dangerous high school sport?
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 12, 2009 at 12:53pm

Did you know that 65% of all the catastrophic injuries in girls high school sports in the past 25 years are Cheerleading injuries? Did you know that when it comes to high school sports as a whole that Cheerleading is 2nd only to football for the most numb...more

College Track & Field: the NCAA Championships are here!
by anngaff
posted June 11, 2009 at 3:03pm

The NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships began yesterday in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  Thanks to CBS Sports, you can watch it LIVE online throughout the week/end! For a great guide to the top 10 athletes in each event, check out Track &...more

Lawsuit filed against Canton school district
by Title IX Blog
posted June 11, 2009 at 1:32pm

Students and parents in Canton, Illinois, have sued School District No. 66 over alleged Title IX violations. Their complaint maintains that the district discriminates against girls' athletics in the scheduling practice times and times, and by providing e...more

Honda Award Winners - Best Female Collegiate Athletes
by Pretty Tough
posted June 11, 2009 at 12:10pm

For the 24th consecutive year, Honda has honored the most outstanding female collegiate athletes in the nation with the Collegiate Women Sports Awards. Winners are selected in each of the 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports by a panel of more than 1,000 NCAA a...more

Potential resolution in Florida interscholastic athletics
by Title IX Blog
posted June 11, 2009 at 12:07pm

After being given a 10-day window to come up with an equitable solution to cutting sports contests, the Florida High School Athletic Association will announce two options for schools. In April FHSAA said it would cut all varsity contests by 20 percent--ex...more

Softball for Weatherford?
by Title IX Blog
posted June 11, 2009 at 11:11am

New trustees are in place at Weatherford College in Texas and all are going forth with the agreement with OCR that states that the college will survey students and add a women's team if results deem it necessary. This article, though not stating if and wh...more

Danielle Lawrie pitches to Seattle media
by Athletic Women Blog
posted June 10, 2009 at 3:32pm

Monday afternoon, softball star Danielle Lawrie pitched to members of the Seattle-area media, in an exhibition match of sorts. The media hacks did their best, but their efforts begot little other than embarrassment (theirs) and funny scenes in the followi...more

National Center for Sports Safety
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 10, 2009 at 12:33pm

I recently found out about the National Center for Sports Safety (NCSS), which was founded to promote the importance of injury prevention and safety on all levels of youth sports through education and research. The NCSS focuses on decreasing the number an...more

No Teammates, No Problem
by Pretty Tough
posted June 10, 2009 at 11:40am

This story has been reported quite a bit the last couple days - and for good reason. It demonstrates the power of one. Bonnie Richardson, from Rochelle, Texas (population 600), has accomplished what no other Texas high school track and field athlete has ...more

Cutting costs without cutting sports
by Title IX Blog
posted June 9, 2009 at 1:50pm

In the wake of the Quinnipiac case, in which it seemed that the university somewhat spitefully cut men's track and field when it was told it had to retain women's volleyball, at least temporarily, in order to work out some Title IX issues, it is a good ti...more

Jennifer Gillom on having the Ole Miss Sports Center named after her and her sister
by HoopFeed.com
posted June 9, 2009 at 1:29pm

The Gillom Sports Center at Ole Miss is named after basketball legends and sisters Jennifer and Peggie Gillom. "It's hard to comprehend; it's so amazing. Race always becomes an issue, especially at Ole Miss because of the past. To have two black women ...more

Random Tuesday Tidbits: Tweeting, cutting costs, and pics of the week
by After Atalanta
posted June 9, 2009 at 11:58am

It's all about Twitter these days. I was listening to one of my favorite college radio station Saturday and was told I could tweet my request in. (Of course I am not on Twitter yet so I would have to be a little more traditional and email it or even--gasp...more

3 females prevail in male sport domain
by One Sport Voice
posted June 8, 2009 at 7:37pm

I have a trifecta of GOOD and exciting news pertaining to girls and women in sports. 1. Justine Siegal became the first female coach in pro baseball 2. Hannah Berner has won nearly every high school tennis match she has played…all against boys. 3....more

College Softball: Annual list of graduating seniors and key returnees
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted June 7, 2009 at 1:09pm

Here is my annual list of graduating seniors and key returnees for the teams in the recently concluded Women's College World Series, as well as other top players not in the WCWS. To construct the lists, I looked at the NFCA and Easton All-America teams, ...more

Florida cutting high school contests
by Title IX Blog
posted June 7, 2009 at 12:44pm

In a cost-reducing effort, the Florida High School Athletic Association came up with and initially approved a plan to cut back the number of games teams play during a season; 20 percent across the board. Except for football.You would be right if you too t...more

California high schools embrace skateboarding as a competitive sport
by Pretty Tough
posted June 5, 2009 at 7:31pm

Skateboarding is as diverse a sport as the athletes it attracts. From doing tricks, riding in a skate-park, sliding, racing, or freestyle, there are lots of ways to ride and more and more girls are taking up the challenge. While most schools don’t al...more

Summer sports and storms
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 5, 2009 at 12:10pm

Summer swim season, baseball and softball leagues, golf and outdoor summer sports camps are in full swing around the country. But, so are summer storms. We had a tragic event happen in our community this week. One boy was killed and another was gravely i...more

Win a scholarship to Windells Action Sports Camp!
by Pretty Tough
posted June 5, 2009 at 11:47am

A lot of students are assigned a “personal essay” as the final English assignment of the year. For some kids, the paper morphs into the essay they submit as part of their college application. Others embark on a period of journaling as a road to pers...more

Darien schools have some Title IX issues
by Title IX Blog
posted June 5, 2009 at 10:46am

Findings from the second (out of three) investigation in three years at the high school in Darien, Connecticut have found inequities that affect four girl's sports. Also revealed was that the three complaints have been filed by the same party whose identi...more

Lesbian coach’s team in deep doo doo
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted June 4, 2009 at 7:55pm

I ran across this interesting news item from the Bangor Daily News (That’s in Maine, for you non-New Englanders). It seems that high school softball coach, Kelly Jo Cookson, was fired in 2006 by the school system. The school claims she was fired becau...more

Congrats to new grad Michelle Kwan
by Pretty Tough
posted June 4, 2009 at 5:21pm

Michelle Kwan is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history having won nine U.S. championships, five World Championships, and two Olympic medals. With her focus and dedication, it’s no surprise she’s a good student as well. Kwan attended Solead...more

Coach K's Little Blue Book
by Hoop Thoughts
posted June 4, 2009 at 5:02pm

The following comes from Coach K's Little Blue Book: Lessons from College Basketball’s Best Coach by Barry Jacobs. Its a short book with insight into Coach Mike Krzyzewski and his Duke Philosophy. Below are just a few of my notes from the book:He’s co...more

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