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Verducci visits PSU, discusses MLB, current challenges in sports journalism
by Sports, Media & Society
posted January 26, 2011 at 1:38pm

Tom Verducci fell in love with newspapers while delivering them as a kid. Flipping through the pages, he always stopped at the sports section because he wanted to read about his other love: baseball. Eager to see how someone wrote about games he had watch...more

Sky Sports right to fire sexist presenters?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted January 26, 2011 at 1:14am

A well-known male presenter on Sky Sports UK was fired today for comments he made about a female soccer referee. He questioned her ability to ref the game solely based on her gender ... on air! Well, accidentally "live" but still. Yes, fired, gone, out ...more

Tweeting Sports Journalists: Curley Center Commentary
by Sports, Media & Society
posted January 22, 2011 at 1:55pm

To tweet, retweet or maybe not retweet is a question facing all journalists in today’s media landscape. For sports journalists in particular, learning and understanding how to harness Twitter is an issue that can mean breaking a story or non-story.Lori ...more

Storm's home court to get a new name
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted January 22, 2011 at 1:51pm

Say goodbye to catchy slogans like, "The fans are the Key" when it comes to future Storm games. The Associated Press is reporting that KeyBank isn't renewing its sponsorship with Seattle Center after 15 years of owning the naming rights of the basketball ...more

The NBA Game Time app and smart TV's trajectory
by Sports, Media & Society
posted January 20, 2011 at 7:58pm

I swear this will get to a discussion of sports media shortly, so bear with me...Earlier this month tech aficionados (and journalists) flocked to the Las Vegas Convention Center for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Though companies like Apple increas...more

Social Media for Coaches Presentation
by Soccer Science
posted January 19, 2011 at 4:11pm

It’s been a bit of a whirlwind since presenting, “Social Media for Coaches,” at the 2011 NSCAA Convention in Baltimore with the one and only Ryan Knapp. A huge thank you to the NSCAA Convention Committee for inviting us to give this session, my ...more

The little things: Lindsey Jacobellis wins snowboard cross world championship...not the "women's event"
by anngaff
posted January 19, 2011 at 11:12am

I was publishing news links from around the web for our homepage and came across a short article from ESPN.com about the snowboard cross world championship, which reads: Australian rider Alex Pullin held off a strong American field to win the snowboard ...more

Laura McKellar in Russian Esquire
by SkaterGirl
posted January 19, 2011 at 10:46am

If you remember back in August we wrote a post about Nikki Toole who was taking pictures of skaters whilst travelling the world until 2012. Well we had another email from her back in October saying: Hey Lotta. Hope you are good. Thanks for the link on yo...more

My mom and Miss America
by Byline to Finish Line
posted January 18, 2011 at 12:13pm

Somewhere there is a picture of my mother in curlers. The shot is vivid in my mind. The colors slightly faded, the way old pictures are. She a young woman, dyeing her blonde, with her hair up in big rollers covered in a net. She has the goofy look people...more

One Team, One Dream
by PrincessPunish
posted January 17, 2011 at 5:48pm

Always the Underdogs...more

When you wish upon a star
by Byline to Finish Line
posted January 13, 2011 at 3:16pm

While most of my focus had been on the Marathon Weekend there was another important aspect to last week’s trip — it was my first venture into Disney World. In all honesty, I had no idea what to expect. As I wrote before the trip, never did the idea o...more

Sports Illustrated 3D Swimsuit Issue is only good for one thing
by Draft Day Suit
posted January 10, 2011 at 6:47pm

The other day I was listening to the news on the radio and the reporter began talking about the new 3D video of the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. As a woman I’ve always found the swimsuit issue a little off-putting. I mean, I understand t...more

2011 is off and running: Sexism, Comparisons & Nudity
by One Sport Voice
posted January 10, 2011 at 3:48pm

We’re off and running in 2011 and it doesn’t take long for some interesting items to pop up related to sports and gender. 1. A great example that sexism is alive and well lies in the firing of ESPN announcer Ron Franklin after he made a derogatory re...more

Female celebs will dominate Super Bowl ads
by A Glam Slam
posted January 10, 2011 at 3:44pm

Last year, funny lady Betty White dominated the Super Bowl commercial chatter with this humorous Snickers ad. This year's Big Game spots will feature yet another crop of high-profile female celebs and a series of "powerful" ads to match. Race car drive...more

The horse debates rears its...
by After Atalanta
posted January 4, 2011 at 10:12pm

I was just going to let it go...But once again we have a top ten list and it includes a horse. A top ten list of the best moments in women's sports from 2010, specifically. Number 4 is the amazing career of Zenyatta, who retired this year with a record of...more

“As the Sport Sociologist”
by One Sport Voice
posted January 3, 2011 at 4:25pm

Recently I did an “Ask the Sport Sociologist” segment with Dave Zirin on his Edge of Sports radio show. Dave and I talked about espnW and Brett Favre. To listen to the segment, click here. ...more

Rio 2016 launches Olympic logo
by HoopFeed.com
posted January 2, 2011 at 2:45pm

In a ceremony on Copacabana beach, the Rio 2016 committee launched the logo for the Summer Olympics that will be hosted in Brazil in six years. ...more

Should Zenyatta be on a list of Top Women`s Sports Stories of 2010?
by From A Left Wing
posted January 1, 2011 at 3:03pm

Zenyatta: "Am I not a woman and a horse?"ESPN recently launched a website for women sports fans, espnW. Today the site listed its top ten stories in women's sports. In cooking up this list, ESPN adopted a flexible definition of the category "woman" by inc...more

Why the media needs to back off Taurasi
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted December 28, 2010 at 6:20pm

Over the past couple of years, I’ve been searching tirelessly for real media coverage of women’s professional basketball in Europe. With the exception of the athletes on Twitter, and a few sites like Eurobasket, FIBA and Basket Plus Internatio...more

Equinox Gyms recruit fashion photog for new ad campaign
by A Glam Slam
posted December 28, 2010 at 1:53pm

Equinox's 51 gyms are gearing up for 2011 with a racy new ad campaign. The luxury fitness center has tapped into fashion photographer, Terry Richardson, for their outdoor digital and print ads. Richardson is well known in the fashion world for his risque,...more

A Thought-Out Opinion of Women’s Sports… on Deadspin?
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted December 28, 2010 at 12:28pm

I’m just as shocked as you are. If you read this blog, you’ll know I’m typically a critic of Deadspin and their perspective on women in general, and female athletes in particular. They’re always game for a good joke at someone else’s expense....more

Tiger loses Gillette; Influence Drops; Hordes Cheer
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 27, 2010 at 3:25pm

… or maybe not HORDES, but at least me. I don’t know I care, as it has zero bearing on his ability as an athlete, but, as I’ve discussed many times before, Tiger made a living selling his image as a clean-cut family man, not just as an athlete, so ...more

Bud Greenspan, equal opportunity Olympic documentarian
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted December 27, 2010 at 1:30am

The Christmas Day death of Bud Greenspan, the official documentarian of the Olympics since 1984, is generating the typical fond remembrance pieces from the likes of Alan Abrahamson and Richard Sandomir, among others. What I found most striking about some...more

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