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Research on attitudes toward girls' participation
by Title IX Blog
posted February 24, 2012 at 8:39pm

A recently published (June 2011) research note on  attitudes toward participation opportunities for girls in sports found that high school students are generally supportive of providing sport opportunities for girls. The research, done by Marni Brown...more

Do Girls Have Equal Opportunities in Sports Today?
by Loren Fogelman
posted February 24, 2012 at 6:21pm

Sports programs are continuously reconfigured to finance girl’s sports. Although it is supposed to be equal, many girls programs continue to be inferior to comparable boys programs....more

Mercedes Russell looking like high school hoops player of the year
by They're Playing Basketball
posted February 24, 2012 at 5:34pm

ESPN is watching the stars of high school basketball. But they missed one of the biggest in the hoops constellation: Mercedes Russell of Springfield, Ore. The 6-foot-5 junior this season is averaging 28.25 points, 15.4 rebounds, 6.5 blocks, 4.6 assists, a...more

Why is unequal playing time the norm in youth sport?
by One Sport Voice
posted February 21, 2012 at 2:49am

I have written previously about my thoughts on playing time, click here to read them. When I tell coaches and parents that I believe all youth sports should have equal playing up until age 12, regardless of competitive level, it is not a popular idea. Es...more

2012 Kazmaier Talk, Pre-Conference Tournament Edition
by The First Line
posted February 18, 2012 at 10:47pm

Things one should not try to do at the same time: A. finish a dissertation, B. look for a job, and C. write a blog about an in-season sport.  We’re already at the last weekend of the regular season!  This means normally Kazmaier selection ...more

Kayla Miracle to be First Indiana Female to Reach High School Wrestling Finals
by Wombat Sports
posted February 17, 2012 at 1:49am

Image: Mike Fender/Indy Star By:  Kyle Neddenriep – Indy Star CULVER, Ind. — When Kayla Miracle emerges from the tunnel Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse to take a lap around the floor with 223 other competitors at the high...more

3 Pieces Of Advice for Female Athletes Once Their Playing Days Are Over
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted February 15, 2012 at 6:07pm

source Our female student-athletes hear lots of doom and gloom stories about what their professional careers will look like after graduation.  Whether it’s the glass ceiling or balancing career and family, they are understandably nervous as th...more

High School Athletes Win Title IX Trial - judge rules school provides inferior facilities and resources to girls
by Title IX Blog
posted February 11, 2012 at 7:15pm

A group of female athletes in Chula Vista, California, won their class action lawsuit against Sweetwater Union School District, having convinced a federal judge at trial that the school violated Title IX by providing inferior facilities and resources to g...more

Softball Coaching: Avoid Becoming A Nattering Nabob of Negativity
by Softball Performance Blog
posted February 11, 2012 at 12:27am

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog Hard to believe that it wasn’t so long ago that fastpitch softball was a game played by kids for the – wait for it – fun of it. Sure, there were a few adults around regular...more

A Look At The McDonald's All-American Rosters
by Swish Appeal
posted February 10, 2012 at 1:15pm

McDonald's announced their list of 24 high school All-Americans on Thursday and here's a brief glimpse of the squad breakdowns. One of the first things that jumped out to me as the fact that the West has a quite obvious height advantage, with two Califor...more

Elena Delle Donne Lives On
by After Atalanta
posted February 8, 2012 at 9:50pm

Well obviously. In case you stopped caring about the former #1 high school recruit was doing after she abruptly and amid great controversy left UConn several years ago without ever playing a game for the Huskies--here's an update. She's doing fine. Perha...more

Muslim high school basketball player wears her faith with pride on court
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 5, 2012 at 1:37am

Tabb's Yasmeen Amer (Kaitlin McKeown, Daily Press / February 2, 2012)By Marty O'Brien, [email protected] | 757-247-4963YORK —— There were times after Yasmeen Amer began wearing a hijab that she felt conf...more

Basketball Star Rebecca Lobo Back On The Court Coaching Second-Graders
by Pretty Tough
posted February 4, 2012 at 4:22pm

Seventeen years after helping lead UConn to a national championship, and nine years after retiring from the WNBA, Rebecca Lobo is back on the basketball court. Only this time, Lobo is not a UConn Husky or a Connecticut Sun, but a Blue Knight at St. Mary&...more

The Weekend Ahead in Track & Field : Colleges
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted February 3, 2012 at 9:46pm

The collegiate action will be hot & heavy this weekend. New Balance Collegiate Invitational The New Balance Collegiate Invitational will be on Friday and Saturday at Manhattan’s Armory Track & Field Center. 200 teams, 26 states, five coun...more

A day to remember women in sports
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:50am

Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day! Today serves as a reminder of the accomplishments, contributions, and struggles of girls and women in their journey through sports and will be celebrated nationwide throughout the week. This year, the Nationa...more

Goals: Hard Work, Faith, And Patience Required
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted January 30, 2012 at 7:32pm

source As I was putting my different review posts together, I realized that I haven’t written about goal setting all that much.  I think part of the reason is because goals are in that weird zone between tangible and intangible.  They&rsq...;more

National Girls and Women in Sports Day- February 1, 2012 - Go out and support women's sport!
by Women in Sport International
posted January 28, 2012 at 6:36pm

Tweet Don't you think it is time to celebrate women in sport? The National Association for Girls and Women in Sport ("NAGWS") is working hard to promote the 26th annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day in the United States schedule...more

Tips for Keeping Your Athlete Healthy This Winter
by Sports Girls Play
posted January 26, 2012 at 12:10am

Once the winter months hit and cold and flu season are at their peak, how to you keep your athletes healthy and ready to play? The truth is no level of vigilance and preparation will guarantee your child will not get sick two days before the championship ...more

Gatorade National Cross Country AOY Molly Seidel surprised by Shalane Flanagan with honor
by anngaff
posted January 24, 2012 at 10:48pm

via release Hartland, Wis. (Jan 24, 2012) – In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS today announced Molly Seidel of University Lake School (Hartland, Wis.) a...more

Commentary on Gender Equity in Sports
by One Sport Voice
posted January 19, 2012 at 7:05pm

Based on my previous blog about hockey injuries, checking, and unequal media coverage of two Minnesota hockey players who were recently severely injured, I was asked to write a commentary for Minnesota Public Radio (@MPR) You can read the commentary on t...more

University of Montana Football Players Linked to Wave of Sexual Assaults
by Title IX Blog
posted January 19, 2012 at 6:55pm

An article in Huffington Post describes an alarming series of sexual assaults involving football players at the University of Montana. Most recently, an incident in which multiple football players are accused of drugging and raping two female students ha...more

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