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Pity the poor Christians. They claim the NCAA is discriminating against them
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted March 3, 2010 at 5:07pm

Give me a break. Because the NCAA pulled the Focus on the Family ads on NCAA.com, FOTF and its sister organization, the American Family Association are now claiming that yanking the ads constitutes discrimination against Christians. Give me a freaking bre...more

Good Huffington Post article on the NCAA decision to pull FOTF ads
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted March 3, 2010 at 4:19pm

Here is a great article in the Huffington Post that recognizes the NCAA for pulling the FOTF ads and articulates the reasons why ads from organizations espousing controversial or extreme political views are a big mistake for the NCAA far better than I can...more

Olympic Ads: The Good, The Bad, And Versus
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 3, 2010 at 4:17pm

It was heartening to see three separate ads that showed little girls playing hockey as a normal, everyday activity. Its role as as a publicizer of the game and eventual goal for aspiring children is one of the strongest arguments for maintaining women's...more

NCAA & Focus on the Family: You can and you should...
by After Atalanta
posted March 3, 2010 at 2:03pm

...be keeping pressure on the NCAA to keep itself disentangled from Focus on the Family. As noted last week, the ads on NCAA.org have been removed but there is still the possibility that television ads will run during the men's NCAA tournament on CBS whic...more

Sport viewing and gender trends
by One Sport Voice
posted March 1, 2010 at 9:04pm

A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center outlines some interesting trends pertaining to viewing sports and sport fans (thanks EH!). In a new report titled Olympics Bridge Gender Divide In Sports Interest, based on the data more women than men were ex...more

NBC: The Last Straw
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 1, 2010 at 8:49pm

I recently wrote about my dissatisfaction with NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I really and truly thought that I had gotten it out of my system. Oh, how wrong I was. So here I sit on the last morning of the games wondering...more

Giving out some awards
by Sports Girls Play
posted February 27, 2010 at 3:16pm

I haven’t taken time in quite a while to recognize some of my blogging friends, but since Shaunelle (check out her awesome collection of little girls hairstyles – perfect inspiration for game day/competition day hair) gave me the Beautiful Blogger Awa...more

I didn't know Chuck Liddell was a feminist
by anngaff
posted February 26, 2010 at 6:58pm

Chuck Liddell is all for equal opportunity. Check out the video below of the UFC fighter sexually objectifying himself along with his girlfriend Heidi Northcut working out in the nude (except for their Reebok shoes). The video is part of a (so far very su...more

Ladies: Grab those clickers!!! (And don’t let go)
by Fair Game News
posted February 25, 2010 at 10:03pm

By Laura Pappano I may never (hopefully) hurl down an icy track on a sled at 90-plus mph, but the Olympic spirit does stir a passion for competition. Yesterday, a 63-year-old woman offered to me that she has been absolutely glued to Olympic TV coverage a...more

Why I am not Tony Kornheiser (?)
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 25, 2010 at 9:36pm

I certainly do use column space here to make fun of the outfits of coaches, broadcasters and athletes. I don't always feel 100% great about it, to be honest. But I like to think I'm not contributing to an already existing power dynamic, the way Tony d...more

The ESPN Fashion Police in effect
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 25, 2010 at 10:14am

Apparently ESPN correspondent Tony Kornheiser is moonlighting as the Fashion Police based on the recent barrage of insults he hurled at ESPN’s Hannah Storm’s attire. I’ll give him points for also trying to embrace his inner literati for including so...more

More information on the menage a trois among the NCAA, CBS and Focus on the Family
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 24, 2010 at 2:24pm

Though we can thank the NCAA for pulling the Focus on the Family ads on NCAA.com yesterday, it looks like we need to stay alert about what might be coming as March Madness approaches. According to this article in Inside Higher Education, the Focus on the...more

"ESPN: Pardon the Interruption co-host Tony Kornheiser suspended two weeks for Hannah Storm comments"
by Swish Appeal
posted February 24, 2010 at 1:50pm

"ESPN: Pardon the Interruption co-host Tony Kornheiser suspended two weeks for Hannah Storm comments" In case you didn't hear about what got Tony Kornheiser suspended, here are his comments about ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm (via Fanhouse): "Hannah St...more

Should ESPN’s Kornheiser be fired?
by One Sport Voice
posted February 24, 2010 at 12:43pm

View This Poll Amidst the Olympic fanfare, last week ESPN’s Tony Kornheiser made comments about the attire of colleague Hannah Storm, ESPN SportsCenter co-anchor, on his Washington radio show. Kornheiser, opined that Storm was wearing a “ho...more

My letter to the NCAA
by After Atalanta
posted February 23, 2010 at 6:58pm

The the letter below is one I just sent to the NCAA who, if you have not heard, recently accepted banner ads from Focus on the Family. Thanks to the amazing work of Pat Griffin and other advocates who got the word of the offense out quickly, the NCAA has ...more

NCAA pulls Focus on the Family ads
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 23, 2010 at 4:39pm

Yippee! Our voices were heard. I just got word that the NCAA is pulling the Focus on the Family ads that have been running on the NCAA.com web site. No decisions have been made about future ads, so maybe we need to make sure the NCAA gets it that ANY ads ...more

Is the GWAA an irrelevant organization?
by Sport Management Education
posted February 23, 2010 at 2:53pm

In the wake Tiger Woods’ press statement on Friday, one thing really stood out for me; the stance that the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA) took. In preparation for the event, Tiger invited the GWAA to send three journalists to cover the s...more

More on the NCAA and Focus on the Family ads
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 23, 2010 at 2:40pm

The blogosphere is beginning to light up on this issue. Check here and here, for more information about the NCAA ads and here to sign a petition to the NCAA asking them to take down the FOF ads they have on NCAA.com.I just received a copy of the NCAA's A...more

2010 Olympic sport media gaffs…So far
by One Sport Voice
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:25pm

During the first week of media coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a few interesting things emerged in terms of sport media coverage and sport commentators. 1. It has been noted elsewhere by colleagues at the John Curley Center for Sport Media tha...more

I am woman (not a girl), Hear me roar, You Idiot!
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:23pm

Kathy and I are looking to buy a truck. Yesterday, when the salesman who swooped out to greet us introduced me to one of his male associates at the dealership, here is what he said, “And this attractive young lady is Pat.”I’ll pause here and take a ...more

NCAA is shilling for Focus on Family and a right wing political agenda
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:13pm

Ok, we endured the Focus on the Family Ted Tebow anti-abortion ad during the Super Bowl (along with a lot of other ads demeaning women). But now, NCAA.com, is also carrying a banner ad for Focus on the Family. I hear that CBS, the network that brought u...more

Got Milk? Shawn Johnson does
by Pretty Tough
posted February 21, 2010 at 3:21pm

Gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson is the latest milk-drinking celeb to don the famous Milk Mustache to inspire teens to ‘Drink Milk for a Change.’ Shawn joins the ranks of more than 290 other athletes, actors, models and musicians who have lent thei...more

Visa Honors Winter Olympian Julia Mancuso
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted February 19, 2010 at 3:26pm

Longtime U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding partner Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), a Worldwide Olympic Partner for more than two decades, Thursday released a special edition television commercial celebrating Team Visa athlete Julia Mancuso’s second silver meda...more

NBC: World's best "girls" give it their all in the women's downhill
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 19, 2010 at 3:23pm

As Julia Mancuso whipped around the gates during the women’s downhill at the Vancouver Olympics, the NBC announcers noted the icy and difficult conditions. “She likes a course that is rough and bumpy,” said analyst Christin Cooper. “She says that ...more

NBC: World's best "girls" give it their all in the women's downhill
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 18, 2010 at 9:18pm

As Julia Mancuso whipped around the gates during the women’s downhill at the Vancouver Olympics, the NBC announcers noted the icy and difficult conditions. “She likes a course that is rough and bumpy,” said analyst Christin Cooper. “She says that ...more

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