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Sunday Evening Decathlete 12/26/10
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted December 27, 2010 at 1:29am

What did we learn this week?Track's greatest spokesman has died. The Olympic Games, and track and field by proxy, lost Bud Greenspan yesterday. The filmmaker was possibly more important to the Olympics than Juan Antonio Samaranch (also deceased this y...more

From the Inside: Witnessing UConn Women Make Basketball History
by mhueter
posted December 20, 2010 at 9:26am

UConn accomplished their 88th straight win, tying the ULCA men’s team for the longest winning streak in basketball history....more

Power Up, Women
by The Glowing Edge
posted December 18, 2010 at 3:35pm

I need to travel over to Athletic Women Blog more regularly, because every time I go I get dosed up with a massive hit of all-out inspiration. Look people, I know this video is a advert for UnderArmor (which I do in fact wear), but the fact is that any ...more

The sports beat: How much has it really changed?
by Sports, Media & Society
posted December 18, 2010 at 3:29pm

The latest issue of Nieman Reports looks at the beat structure in news reporting and includes a special focus on sports departments. In a piece about the influence of new media on sports reporting, Curley Center Director Malcolm Moran writes that "competi...more

UConn women’s basketball’s streak buzz: from the media’s standpoint
by Same Size Balls
posted December 18, 2010 at 10:02am

Here are some more thoughts on UConn women’s basketball’s winning streak as the tying game against Ohio State gets closer: —–Christine Brennan wrote a post about how if a men’s team was in UConn’s position, the media coverage would be complet...more

Bill Simmons and blatantly sexist media
by Same Size Balls
posted December 18, 2010 at 9:58am

Emma Span, a baseball author, wrote this post about “staggering casual sexism” in Bill Simmon’s, The Book of Basketball. It does an excellent job of summing up his completely sexist comparisons and statements in his basketball book. Yes, a basketbal...more

What espnW is really all about
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted December 15, 2010 at 8:55pm

Sports business ace Kristi Dosh talks to espnW vice president Laura Gentile on the Forbes SportsMoney blog in response to some of the rather heated reaction to last week’s site launch, and says we’re missing the point entirely. It was never meant to...more

ESPN's new website imcludes Kara Lawson
by They're Playing Basketball
posted December 8, 2010 at 1:06pm

ESPNW today features a blog by pro player/commentator Kara Lawson, who provides five reasons (athletes and teams) to watch college ball.Alyssia Brewer is back in practice at Tennessee after Achilles surgery in the fall.Boston College posts this fantastic ...more

Now that espnW is up and running, what is it, exactly?
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted December 7, 2010 at 9:53am

I began hearing not long ago that espnW was coming online in December, and on the first Monday of the month the site indeed did go live. I haven’t looked thoroughly at all of the launch material, but a few thoughts did cross my mind as I perused: •�...more

What is the ‘female sports fan’? espnW attempts to define.
by Same Size Balls
posted December 6, 2010 at 10:49pm

espnW is a destination for women who are passionate sports fans and athletes. We hope you find it surprising, informative and inspiring, because we created it just for you. We welcome your thoughts. espnW has materialized. Even before its official inc...more

espnW site launch
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted December 6, 2010 at 8:14pm

espnW logo After much anticipation, the espnW team has launched the first phase of the web site. To see it go to espnW.com A few pieces of information for you on espnW: 1. espnW’s mission is to serve, inform and inspire female athletes and fans...more

MariaJosé goes Criminal
by SkaterGirl
posted December 4, 2010 at 6:28pm

The latest fun promotional poster from Criminal Skateboards features MariaJosé Urmeneta… Related posts:Ladies Monthly 8.0: Corby HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARZ! British Invasion with Charlotte Thatcher ...more

Inspiring women in sports advertising
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted December 3, 2010 at 3:07pm

Adverts for women's sportswear used to be painfully girly. But manufacturers have caught up with us and some of the latest ads actually reflect real women. Comment on this is divided. I've read blog posts saying many sports women in the ads are unnecessar...more

Lessons from a hall of fame hockey reporter
by Byline to Finish Line
posted December 1, 2010 at 11:10pm

It had been a long day and the only thing on my mind was curling up in my hotel bed, watching a Law & Order SVU marathon and trying to sleep as best as I could before my 4 a.m. wake-up call. My position as president of the Association for Women in Sports...more

Enter to Win a Social Media Makeover
by Run Girl Run
posted December 1, 2010 at 10:59pm

A few months ago I announced I'm speaking at this year's Fitbloggin' conference and now I some fun details for you about my presentation and how you can get involved. Katy and I will be talking about social media and how you can use it to be a more effic...more

The First Rule of Women’s Soccer…
by All White Kit
posted December 1, 2010 at 10:03pm

“If you’re at all smart about the media – any press is good press, especially when it comes to women’s sports. The irony of the whole thing is when the US Men win they get all the coverage and when the US Women lose they get the coverage. Th...more

Bringing excitement to the CWHL’s online presence
by The First Line
posted November 29, 2010 at 8:33pm

You’ve got to hand it to the CWHL. It’s pretty hard to run a sports league with almost no operating budget. Some of the teams have begun to develop their online presence using social media. A number of the teams have Twitter feeds of varying act...more

Another example of constructing gender
by One Sport Voice
posted November 23, 2010 at 8:06pm

As a scholar who examines gender in the context of sport I’m always interested in the ways the media arbitrarily construct gender–meaning the images we see in the media tell “us” what it means to be a girl or boy, and what is appropriately femini...more

University of San Francisco Releases 2010-11 Women's Basketball Virtual Media Guide
by Swish Appeal
posted November 23, 2010 at 10:30am

University of San Francisco Releases 2010-11 Women's Basketball Virtual Media Guide One of the things that came up when I spoke with USF coach Jennifer Azzi about adjusting to coaching this new generation of women's basketball players was the increasing...more

Finally! An acceptable pose for women athletes
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted November 22, 2010 at 10:20pm

Another women’s pro soccer team has bitten the dust — a team that just won a league championship, in fact — as that same league maneuvers yet again to stay in business. But in the land of the Sisters of Perpetual Indignance, where small-bore cultur...more

Oh ESPN The Magazine…You Never Cease to Amaze Me.
by One Sport Voice
posted November 20, 2010 at 1:11am

I’ve written previously about portrayals of female athletes in sport media (here & here) and particularly on the pattern of female athletes on the covers of ESPN The Magazine. and Sports Illustrated. Yesterday a colleague forwarded me the new cover o...more

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