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Size Matters: Big Girls on the Court
by One Sport Voice
posted April 7, 2009 at 12:27am

The Women’s NCAA Final Four basketball games aired Sunday night, April 5. I enjoyed the games, but was distracted by the constant focus on the weight and weight loss of the athletes. Based on water cooler talk and Twitters, many others noticed this tr...more

David vs. Goliath: NCAA one step closer to its champion
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted April 6, 2009 at 11:25am

As of last night, there are now two teams left in the greatest basketball tournament of the year: University of Connecticut Huskies and the Louisville Cardinals. Yesterday, UConn seemed to easily handle Stanford, winning 83-64, and Louisville squeaked by...more

NC county trying to comply
by Title IX Blog
posted April 6, 2009 at 11:24am

Not sure how reliable all the facts provided in this article are given that the writer(s?) thought that OCR stands for Office of Civil Review.It's probably true, though, that the county schools of New Hanover have a list of Title IX violations most of whi...more

Congratulations future leaders!
by Title IX Blog
posted April 5, 2009 at 11:12am

We at the Title IX Blog offer our enthusiastic congratulations to our friend and fellow Title IX advocate Amy Wilson, a PhD candidate at University of Iowa. Amy was recently named, by NACWAA (National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics), one of fiv...more

UMass Cuts Skiing
by Title IX Blog
posted April 3, 2009 at 11:45pm

In an attempt to deal with budget woes, University of Massachusetts has cut its men's and women's ski teams. The teams, which did not offer scholarships, will become club teams. Rumors swirled at the Amherst campus that it was baseball in jeopardy. But y...more

Getting to know your new WNBA
by Pretty Tough
posted April 3, 2009 at 2:47pm

With the Final Four upon us and the WNBA draft taking place next week, it’s time to take a look at the new class of professional ballers. Last year was considered the deepest class in WNBA history. This year there isn’t as much depth but with roste...more

WHOW
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted April 3, 2009 at 10:22am

WHOW … Women Helping Other Women. These were the opening words spoken by Judy Sweet at the NCAA Women’s Leadership Symposium in Boston, MA on March 20th and 21st. (I apologize for the delay in this blog!) Let me just start by saying there is no w...more

Dear Texas Politicians - Gymnastics, Karate and Dance are NOT Daycare
by Sports Girls Play
posted March 31, 2009 at 1:19pm

The politicians in Texas are trying to regulate kids’ skill based sports programs under the same auspices as childcare. Here is an excerpt from an email I received: Senate Bill 68 overview: If you have children who train 10 hours or more a week in...more

The Confidence Season
by Sports Girls Play
posted March 28, 2009 at 1:07am

Sometimes the road to success is not the fast lane. Sometimes the best decisions you make regarding your child’s path in sports are not the easiest ones to make. We often forget that kids mature emotionally and physically at different rates, too. As ma...more

Double-Dutch a Varsity Sport?
by Pretty Tough
posted March 25, 2009 at 3:47pm

Studies have consistently shown that on average, girls who play sports tend to perform better in school than girls who don’t. But the message that competitive sports also helps produce successful career women, hasn’t always been effectively communica...more

Duke is Out!
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 25, 2009 at 12:10pm

So now Duke lost! Ahg…there goes our brackets all to pieces! I am starting to hate that I got involved in this bracket-picking contest at all. It is keeping me form concentrating on the more important issues, such as the selection committee back East, w...more

Practice makes Perfect
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted March 25, 2009 at 11:23am

Uncharted waters for the Lady Vols. Tennessee suffered a first-ever, first round loss to Ball State 71-55 on Sunday. Tuesday afternoon, the women were back at Tennessee, and back on the court. Pat Summit discusses her reason for holding practice, h...more

Women’s Tourney Update
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted March 25, 2009 at 11:15am

Down to the wire basketball games, defensive battles to the end, physical battles, gotta love march madness! just a recap of some impressive victories over the last two days: UConn remains undefeated beating Florida 87-59 California scored a crazy 99 p...more

Introducing the cover of… CHANGE UP!
by Pretty Tough
posted March 24, 2009 at 1:25pm

Looking for the perfect beach book to dive into this summer? CHANGE UP drops this April! As sophomore summer heats up at Sunray Beach, so does Jake Cole and Ashley Clarke’s long distance relationship. But, Ashley’s overprotective cop father forbids As...more

Women Talk Sports Blogderby: Round 3
by Sports Girls Play
posted March 23, 2009 at 12:50am

Welcome to the Women Talk Sports (WTS) Blogderby, Round 3. Every few weeks, we’ll “pass the torch” to a different blogger in our community who will be responsible for rounding up the best blog posts about women’s sports. If you’re interested i...more

Well, I Can Honestly Say It Was Better Than the Championship Game - the 2009 Hockey East Annual Mascot Game
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 22, 2009 at 11:02pm

It’s the post you’ve all been waiting for - my pictures from the cheap seats of the Annual Hockey East Mascot Broomball Game, held during the first intermission of the Boston University - Boston College semifinal game. And they are off! Sam the Mi...more

There’s a lot to like about Lowell, but hopefully more to like about BU - 2009 Hockey East Championship Live Blog
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 21, 2009 at 6:48pm

Your Crackberry addicted reporter reporting from the Garden last night with AWESOME HAIR. We are back for Night #2 of the Hockey East Championship, where Boston University will be taking on the Riverhawks of UMass Lowell, the most improbable of opponen...more

A High School Championship
by Pretty Tough
posted March 20, 2009 at 7:37pm

If you haven’t been to a girl’s high school soccer game lately you might be surprised at the quality of play. Last weekend was the Southern California DII Championship game which pitted the #1 seed Harvard-Westlake against #2 La Jolla. I’ve been fol...more

Tween snowboarder scorches the slopes
by Pretty Tough
posted March 17, 2009 at 2:17pm

Nine-year-old snowboarding phenom Alexis “Lexis” Roland from Bloomington, Minnesota was first discovered in a YouTube video showcasing her talent when she was just six years old. She’s had small parts in several snowboard videos, including the bonus...more

Tennessee Women Take Team Title, Individuals Impress at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Champs
by Pretty Tough
posted March 15, 2009 at 5:33pm

The #2-ranked Lady Vols of Tennessee stormed into College Station and fearlessly took the title away from hosts and #1-ranked Texas A&M; at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend. The Vols scored 42 points and had clinched their title...more

A cinderella story… The College of New Jersey advances to the elite eight!
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted March 14, 2009 at 1:14pm

I can’t help but think that this might just be the year that we actually do it. As a former player for The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), for as long as I can remember, my teammates and I dreamed of winning the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) and ...more

PAC-10 Tourney
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 14, 2009 at 1:00pm

Okay, C and R will spare you our rant about the women’s PAC-10 tournament NOT being on TV, because if you are reading about women’s basketball, then you probably feel the same way about women’s basketball, it needs to be seen more to get more people...more

Tennessee Women run World Record Distance Medley Relay at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Champs
by Pretty Tough
posted March 13, 2009 at 11:02pm

Here are the notes I took as I watched the race live at http://espn360.com (you can still watch the replay): First leg: 1200m: BYU and Univ of Washington leading, wish Christine Babcock (UW) would get out of lane 2! She could have tucked in behind B...more

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