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How Not to Coach Soccer: A Lesson From Minnesota
by One Sport Voice
posted May 25, 2009 at 12:08pm

When I’m not writing about gender, the other part of my research, teaching and outreach pertains to youth sport—mainly studying and trying to improve sport parent sideline behavior, and helping coaches be more effective. When a story broke last week...more

2009 NCAA Spring Championships
by TimNATC
posted May 24, 2009 at 9:54pm

There is something about the spring NCAA Championships that make them truly special.It is Memorial Day weekend which also means time for the Final Four in men’s & women’s lacrosse. This year the men play in Foxboro, Massachusetts and the women in Tows...more

NCAA Softball: Super Regional Board
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 24, 2009 at 5:07pm

The NCAA Women's College World Series field now has two more teams heading to Oklahoma City, namely Florida and Washington, as a result of play this morning and early afternoon. The Gators swept a pair of tight, low-scoring contests from Cal, whereas the...more

Low priority setting for gymnastics?
by Title IX Blog
posted May 24, 2009 at 3:42pm

A federal complaint has been filed alleging that the Rapid City School District in Iowa is violating Title IX by treating the gymnastics team as a low priority. The complaint cites the lower salaries received by gymnastics coaches as well as the lack of a...more

What's going on with MacArthur Park?: from la cancha to "synthetic meadow"
by From A Left Wing
posted May 23, 2009 at 3:32pm

In fall 2008, the city broke ground on the "MacArthur Park Improvement Project." More specifically, the city fenced off and dug into the dry ground pictured here - the two fields marked out on the packed dirt served a range of leagues, including a large...more

NCAA Softall: Super Regional Update
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 23, 2009 at 3:32pm

Here's the Super-Regional Board as of early afternoon Saturday...Alabama has eliminated Jacksonville State to advance to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City. Meanwhile, Washington has taken the opener from Georgia Tech. Game 2 of the Michig...more

Judge Grants Injunction to Save Qunnipiac Volleyball
by Title IX Blog
posted May 23, 2009 at 12:11pm

Quinnipiac University women's volleyball will remain a varsity sport, for another season anyway, after federal district court judge Stephan Underhill granted the preliminary injunction the team was seeking to stave off the university's effort to terminate...more

NCAA Softball: Friday Action (May 22, 2009)
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 23, 2009 at 1:22am

Friday's action is done, except for the decisive Game 3 between Arizona and Stanford that's coming up. Here is how my Super-Regional Board now looks. Georgia has "punched its ticket" to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City with a win over Oh...more

Northwestern Women’s LAX: Let us count the ways in which they dominate
by Fair Game News
posted May 22, 2009 at 10:08pm

By Lauren Taylor Let’s get it out up front: No other team has put out a strong enough showing during this tournament (or season) to make me doubt that the “purple haze” we’ve fallen into won’t continue. I’d like to see another team besides...more

Texas School District Under Investigation
by Title IX Blog
posted May 22, 2009 at 12:58pm

The Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District in Texas is currently being investigated by the Office for Civil Rights, which received allegations that that district has discriminated against female athletes by offering fewer opportunities and by p...more

WCWS: Stanford/Georgia both take game 1
by Women's Sports Nation
posted May 22, 2009 at 11:23am

The Women’s College World Series Super Regionals started Thursday producing two action packed games as Ohio State took on Georgia and Stanford hosted Arizona. There is actually some parody this year. It’s nice to see teams outside of the Pac-10 advanc...more

#1 thing women’s college hockey coaches want
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted May 22, 2009 at 10:14am

There is one thing that all women’s college hockey coaches are looking for from aspiring female hockey players more than anything else. It’s got nothing to do with how hard your shot is, how fast your glove hand is or the speed of your crossovers. T...more

NCAA Softball: Super-regional weekend starts tonight
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 21, 2009 at 8:47pm

Super-regional weekend starts tonight, as shown in the chart below. There are eight "super" series, each two-out-of-three games. In any given super-regional, the teams will play a single game on the first day, then one or two on the second day (dependin...more

Oh yeah, and college softball
by Women's Sports Nation
posted May 21, 2009 at 2:51am

A lot went on this past weekend in women's sports. Women's Professional Soccer broadcast all three of its matches, the WNBA preseason kicked off, and the Women's College World Series began its double-elimination play. You think college basketball is tough...more

Mailbag: Checking in on the Washington Huskies
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted May 20, 2009 at 6:31pm

Despite the WNBA season finally picking up, a few of you want to know how the Washington Huskies are doing in preparation for turning around one of its worst seasons in program history. Well, Coach Tia Jackson has a Twitter account (@Coach_Jackson), where...more

Indiana State suspends tennis
by Title IX Blog
posted May 20, 2009 at 2:05pm

Cut has become the latest dirty word in intercollegiate athletics. Perhaps that is why Indiana State University has "indefinitely suspended" men's and women's tennis. Budgetary issues was the reason behind the suspension of the two teams which were chosen...more

Show me the money!
by After Atalanta
posted May 20, 2009 at 11:56am

Athletic departments, with their non-traditional accounting practices, may have a little more 'splainin to do about where their monies are going. Congress is looking at the tax-exempt status athletic departments, because they are part of educational insti...more

Mackenzie Brown tells why girls who love baseball should ignore critics — and what she was thinking when she threw out the first pitch at a Mets game
by Fair Game News
posted May 19, 2009 at 7:12pm

On April 21, Bayone, N.J. Little Leaguer Mackenzie Brown pitched a perfect game, retiring all 18 boys who got up to bat; she was invited to throw out the first pitch a Met’s game a few days later. By Mackenzie Brown I started playing baseball for ...more

Indiana girls may try out for baseball
by Title IX Blog
posted May 19, 2009 at 1:27pm

Earlier this month, the Indiana High School Athletic Association voted unanimously to make permanent its executive board's emergency ruling (see also here) issued in February that would allow girls to try out for baseball, even if they attend schools that...more

Jaclyn Murphy’s “big sisters”: Northwestern women’s lacrosse team
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted May 19, 2009 at 12:36pm

Jaclyn Murphy is no ordinary 14-year-old junior varsity lacrosse player. She’s got a great story, one which I’m thrilled to say the New York Times told the world this past weekend. In short, Jaclyn, four years ago, was a frail 10 year old being treat...more

Kids Bowl Free This Summer
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 18, 2009 at 2:48pm

Summer vacation is right around the corner and participating bowling centers across the US are offering a special Kids Bowl Free promotion beginning this month. Through the KidsBowlFree program, kids can bowl 2 games free each every day this summer. They ...more

Nicholls State cuts women's golf
by Title IX Blog
posted May 18, 2009 at 10:33am

Down in Louisiana where state budget issues are forcing cuts in state institutions (familiar story by now) Nicholls State has dropped its women's golf team. The school is now down to 14 teams, the minimum number it can field and still be eligible for DI s...more

LAX Playoffs: What to look for in this weekend’s matchups
by Fair Game News
posted May 15, 2009 at 11:10am

By Lauren Taylor Round one of the women’s NCAA Division 1 lacrosse tournament offered zero upsets, but expect excitement this weekend when top teams meet in the quarterfinals (championships next weekend at Towson University in Maryland). This is co...more

Let the tournament begin!
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted May 14, 2009 at 3:44pm

Let the tournament begin! Two of the NCAA regional sites -- Chapel Hill, NC and Columbus, OH -- get underway today. Above is a montage of programs and ticket stubs from regionals I've attended in recent years. By visiting family in Los Angeles or atten...more

Roster doctoring confirmed at QU
by Title IX Blog
posted May 14, 2009 at 12:08pm

Yesterday in a court in Connecticut where the coach and members of the Quinnipiac women's volleyball team are trying to get an injunction against the school that would prevent administration from cutting the team until all legal issues are resolved, the Q...more

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