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WPS surpasses 200,000 followers on Twitter
by Soccer Science
posted January 8, 2010 at 9:56pm

I’m pretty sure this is the first WPS Press Release I’ve posted on my website, but, well…. this one’s at least worth a quickee cuz I’m stinkin’ proud! WPS Surpasses 200,000 Followers on Twitter League to Provide Behind the Scenes 2010 WPS ...more

Was media criticism of Brittney Griner’s duo of dunks unfair?
by HoopFeed.com
posted January 8, 2010 at 9:53pm

With not even half of her first college season under her belt, Baylor freshman Brittney Griner is in the record books for multiple feats. One of the most recent includes last Saturday night’s duo of dunks in a blowout game against Texas State. It...more

Sports Journalism, Athletes in for a Big Challenge
by Sports, Media & Society
posted January 8, 2010 at 11:58am

TMZ.com, a leading gossip and celebrity news web site, has entered the sports media market, launching TMZ Sports at the start of the year. And if its recent coverage of the Gilbert Arenas story is any indication, established sports media outlets are facin...more

Genuine Puzzlement
by Women's Sports Blog
posted January 2, 2010 at 4:12pm

I'm still perplexed by the pushback thoughtful people are giving to the idea that horses are athletes. Since they're thoughtful people I may be wrong in my own conclusions, but I will continue to try and be persuasive anyway. Is the problem the ration...more

Is pink the new black?
by After Atalanta
posted December 30, 2009 at 12:39pm

Or maybe it's the new red--depends on what the usual color of boxing gloves is.I feel as if I have devoted a lot of blog space to the pinkification of women's sports and so I am not seeking out the pink stories, but when things come my way--in 3s--it's ha...more

The Best of 2009: The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted December 30, 2009 at 12:29pm

For The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, it has been another productive and busy year. We’ll recap some of our many highlights below. 2009 was the “year of social media” for The Tucker Center. We launched this blog, a Faceboo...more

The 2009 State of Girls & Women in Sports
by One Sport Voice
posted December 28, 2009 at 6:03pm

As 2009 comes to an end, there are some trends for those who care about sports–particularly sports for females–that you should keep an eye on in the months to come. Many groups and organizations that have been cornerstones of advocacy, programming, ...more

Best of ‘09: Forming a community, WomenTalkSports.com
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted December 28, 2009 at 12:13pm

This post is the start of a series this week in the WomenTalkSports.com network titled “Best of ‘09.” Throughout this week, our community will be posting about their favorite moments in women’s sports in 2009. There’s no doubt, 2009 was an exci...more

A Horse Is a Horse – Not a Female Athlete.
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 23, 2009 at 1:35am

The second-most-notable female athlete of 2009 according to the Associated Press was the first female to win one of the most celebrated contests in her sport and has a perfect record, winning all 14 of her major competitions. She is also the youngest wo...more

People who use walkers need not apply
by Sports, Media & Society
posted December 22, 2009 at 7:22pm

In Denver, taking shots at the Oakland Raiders is as much a pastime as hitting the slopes during the winter. So it came as no surprise that prior to Sunday’s Oakland-Denver game, the Denver Post ran a piece detailing the recent declining success of the ...more

Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos Might Pose for Playboy
by The Glowing Edge
posted December 17, 2009 at 9:11pm

Cris Cyborg Santos is an incredible MMA fighter who replaced Gina Carano as the top woman in the cage in ‘09. Now she will defend her title against the very skilled Marloes Coenen in a Strikeforce fight scheduled for January 30th. This fight is expec...more

Boosting Media Coverage for Women's Sports
by MarieS
posted December 15, 2009 at 11:30am

How do we boost coverage for women's sports? I played sports in college and love it when women's softball is on TV in May yet the rest of the year I watch and follow men's sports (don't boo me just yet). Why you ask? Well for one, that's what's on TV and ...more

Regarding the brouhaha about Mechelle Voepel's content moving to ESPN Insider
by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog
posted December 14, 2009 at 9:36pm

It would be a lot easier for me to take a side if a) I could get a free trial to look around and see if the entirety of the women's basketball content was worth subscribing to, rather than just taking ESPN's word for it, andb) if there were an easy way to...more

There’s a girl being born in America
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted December 12, 2009 at 12:10pm

Nike campaign. Photo credit: Adweek.com There’s a girl being born in America And somebody will tell her she is beautiful And somebody will tell her she is strong Somebody will tell her she is precious And somebody will tell her she is tough. There�...more

SI Selects Doris Burke "Best Sideline Reporter" of the Decade
by Swish Appeal
posted December 11, 2009 at 7:02pm

SI Selects Doris Burke "Best Sideline Reporter" of the Decade One of the first times I sat down to watch League Pass with Bethlehem Shoals -- obviously, the only reason I befriended him -- he wondered aloud why Doris Burke didn't do color commentary for...more

Ireland misses the point about FSU's "dress code"
by After Atalanta
posted December 10, 2009 at 4:35pm

Hard to believe that once upon a time, the National Organization for Women was considered radical. That a lot of the popular sentiment that said the American women's movement of the late 60s and 70s as man-hating and radical came from the very visible act...more

Former NOW president defends FSU, takes on critics
by HoopFeed.com
posted December 10, 2009 at 1:10pm

The following is a statement by Patricia Ireland in response to a December 10 column by FanHouse.com columnist Michelle Smith on Florida State women’s basketball web site promoting the team: More and more women student athletes have emerged this new ...more

A whole lot of head-shaking sport news
by One Sport Voice
posted December 9, 2009 at 1:15pm

I’ve purposely stayed out of commenting about Tiger Woods. It’s just low hanging fruit. What is left to say? But I will say the most interesting thing to me is that everyone is shocked that a golfer could behave so badly–especially Tiger Woods. ...more

Good for you!: Readers speak back
by After Atalanta
posted December 7, 2009 at 12:09pm

Since I am usually such a Complainin' Jane when it comes to problematic things lay people say about women's sports, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to actually laud someone. (Don't worry; I'm not going soft. I am sure I will be back with somet...more

Princeton Sports Symposium
by Sport Management Education
posted December 7, 2009 at 11:58am

This week’s post is a wrap up of the Princeton Sports Symposium and was written by guest blogger Georgie Crandell a senior sport management student at York College of Pennsylvania. The 2009 Princeton Sports Symposium took place last Friday. The pla...more

Is it worse when a golfer cheats?
by Fair Game News
posted December 4, 2009 at 1:18pm

By Laura Pappano More than other sports, golf is a game of honor. The story of amateur Bobby Jones in the 1925 U.S. Open assessing himself what essentially became the tournament-losing stroke when a ball in the rough moved ever so slightly as he addresse...more

Magazine Article + 3 miles
by Chic Runner
posted December 1, 2009 at 12:41pm

December is upon us and that means 5 more days until CIM. 5 more days till I can SLEEP! I am so shocked that it’s already December though. Where did this year go? I can’t wait to do a year recap post, or goals for next year. My mind is already spinnin...more

Blogs to Tiger: We will decide how to cover you, not the other way around
by Sports, Media & Society
posted December 1, 2009 at 11:48am

The recent Tiger Woods car crash created a media firestorm—and not just in traditional sports journalism outlets. Celebrity and sports blogs were on the story, as well, and the differences in coverage illustrated the changing sports media landscape.Whil...more

WNBA uses crowdsourcing to pick new name for Tulsa
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted November 30, 2009 at 7:19pm

I was impressed when I visited the WNBA Facebook Fan page today. They’re using crowdsourcing techniques to have the audience pick the next name for the new team in Tulsa, Arizona. This is what I saw: WNBA uses crowdsourcing to pick next team name for...more

Psychology and socioculture of sport injury: Does gender matter?
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted November 30, 2009 at 1:08pm

At the third Tucker Table of the fall, we had the opportunity to hear from five sport psychology colleagues and their perceptions on the relationship between gender and sport injury. Each of the scholars provided an excerpt from their presentation – a...more

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