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ESPN's 'Body Issue' does its job
by Sports, Media & Society
posted October 16, 2009 at 6:43pm

According to a report by The Wrap about the Magazine Innovation Summit in New York this week, ESPN boosted subscriptions to its "Insider" (a companion to the magazine) by 400 within two hours of posting its "Body Issue" images online. Newsstand data wasn'...more

Serena Williams Blog: ESPN Mag!
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted October 16, 2009 at 12:36pm

Serena Williams Blog: ESPN Mag! In her latest blog post the world number 1, Serena Williams, talks about her ESPN nude cover…. Check it out… Hey Guys, How are you all? I hope that all is well. I am doing really well. I am totally excited that I wa...more

Rant: Good Beats Great
by Swish Appeal
posted October 15, 2009 at 7:37pm

I've read yet another article from a magazine/publisher/journalist bemoaning the state of the modern media and the rise of the internet, blogging, and amateur journalism. This time, the article is from Jason Plontin's blog and is titled How to Save Medi...more

Can’t attend the Distinguished Lecture on Monday? Watch it LIVE!
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted October 15, 2009 at 5:22pm

The Tucker Center’s Fall 2009 Distinguished Lecture, Facing Off Over Facebook: The Impact of Social Media on Women Sports, will be available via live stream on Monday, Oct. 19, beginning at 7:00pm. The links to watch the lecture remotely are as follo...more

Serena's Nude Mag Cover: Her Body, Her Choice
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted October 15, 2009 at 11:48am

I don't understand all of the negative hoopla surrounding this cover. I think the photos of all the athletes are very artistically done and represent 'the body' beautifully.The cover of Serena shows a very athletically built, yet feminine Black woman who...more

How does Social Media impact perceptions of female athletes?
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted October 14, 2009 at 5:33pm

This question and others will be discussed on Monday, October 19th at our Fall Distinguished Lecture. The lecture will also be available live! The link to the live video and audio stream will be available here and on our website in the next day, so ch...more

One Sport Voice gets a new look!
by One Sport Voice
posted October 14, 2009 at 12:45pm

As my blog and website have grown (along with my meager Web skills), I wanted a little different look and presence on the Web. What do you think of this new “skin”? I’d love your feedback. ...more

The Body Issue
by Athletic Women Blog
posted October 13, 2009 at 1:52pm

Sufficiently hyped, ESPN The Magazine's "Body Issue" hit newsstands Friday. The issue features several male and female athletes in various "nude" poses (PG-13 stuff, perhaps). Predictably, this has sparked some little controversy, much of it unwarranted, ...more

Team USA’s Angela Ruggiero and Social Media’s Impact on Women’s Sports
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted October 13, 2009 at 12:02am

Angela Ruggiero, Tucker Center Distinguished Lecture panelist, in her third video installment talks about social media and the potential impact of women’s sports. Posted in Media ...more

Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and sports advocacy (Part 4)
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted October 12, 2009 at 4:24pm

This blog post is part 4 of a series dicussing my experiences with Facebook, Myspace and Twitter as they relate to advocacy issues that highly affect the women’s sport sphere. This is an assignment for a class I’m enrolled in as part of John’s Ho...more

ESPN The Body Issue: What I have seen and heard
by After Atalanta
posted October 12, 2009 at 12:56pm

OK so I have tried several times this past weekend to buy the Body Issue so I can take a (good, more on that in a sec) look at it myself. But I cannot find it. Has my progressive town refused to carry it? More likely that I just haven't been to a big enou...more

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
by Sport Management Education
posted October 12, 2009 at 11:37am

Final Four Leadership One of the unique aspects of sports is the degree of publicity athletes generate in the mass media. Unfortunately, many star athletes have gained notoriety based upon negative attention in the news. I am happy to report that many ...more

Womens Sports Foundation Annual Salute to Women in Sports… Here I come
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted October 11, 2009 at 7:37pm

This week, I’m going to do something I’ve been waiting to do for a long time. I’ll be attending the Women’s Sports Foundation’s Annual Salute to Women in Sports event in New York City as a member of the media and co-founder of WomenTalkSports.c...more

The Beautiful Naked People
by MsAkiba
posted October 11, 2009 at 2:40pm

ESPN: The Body Issue features naked women in sports!...more

ESPN's Body Issue: Poor Start
by Women's Sports Blog
posted October 10, 2009 at 3:41pm

ESPN has put all six covers on the website, and two out of the three women are presented in a sexualized, passive, swimsuit edition type way (including a deliberately unthreatening photo of Serena), whereas none of the men are. Two out of the three men ...more

What is the significance of Twitter for the WNBA?
by Swish Appeal
posted October 10, 2009 at 11:58am

Among the many reasons that last night's fifth and deciding game of the 2009 WNBA Finals was a momentous occasion for women’s basketball, perhaps the most intriguing is that #WNBA was a trending topic on Twitter in the hours following the game.Not too l...more

WCC #1 Fan?
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 9, 2009 at 9:46pm

C and R got an email from the University of San Francisco Athletics Department. They wanted to let us know about their new ad campaign to attract more fans to their women’s basketball games and wanted our help to get the word out. Then a week later we g...more

First Annual HoopFeed.com Social Media Awards
by HoopFeed.com
posted October 9, 2009 at 6:30pm

Social media created a whirlwind in sports this year. Even though interactive web sites and tools have been around for quite some time, the relative newcomers on the block Twitter, Facebook and Ustream.TV are the ones that have transformed how internet us...more

A pattern has emerged
by One Sport Voice
posted October 8, 2009 at 2:21pm

I’m not a big fan of ESPN The Magazine, as I’ve written about their cover photos and coverage of women’s sport in a previous blog….or should I say LACK of coverage that focuses on athleticism, rather than being feminine and sexy. Their latest...more

Serena Williams poses naked for ESPN Magazine “Body Issue” Cover
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted October 7, 2009 at 3:14pm

Photo: Serena Williams poses naked for ESPN Magazine “Body Issue” Cover Serena Williams posed naked for ESPN The Magazine’s first-ever “Body Issue”. Williams is one of the six athletes picked out to be featured on six different covers of ES...more

Person-to-person-to-person (in sports)
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted October 5, 2009 at 4:10pm

Social networks - photo credit: Gotchance.com/blog This blog post is part of my ongoing weekly series discussing the role of social media and female athletics. My latest reading is Person-to-Person-to-Person: Harnessing hte political power of onli...more

Jenny Finch teams up with Avocados. Serena Williams, Mother Nature face off.
by Athletic Women Blog
posted October 5, 2009 at 2:42pm

Time once more to recognize organizations that have wisely decided to enlist star female athletes to promote their goods and services. Of which there are two today: The Amazing Avocado: Jenny Finch has teamed up with Avocados and kicked off the Avocado...more

Video Blog from Angela Ruggiero: Using Social Media to Connect with my Fans
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted October 5, 2009 at 2:28pm

Distinguished Lecture Panelist and a three-time Olympic medalist Angela Ruggiero posted another YouTube video blog this morning. Ruggiero asks the question, “How do YOU use social media?” To respond, check out her channel on YouTube and post your co...more

Announcers We Love: Terry Gannon
by Women's Sports Blog
posted October 3, 2009 at 3:38pm

Gannon is like the anti-matter version of Beth Mowins. He covers every possible women's sport, maybe because he's one of the few men for whom it's a calling rather than a demotion, and I never get tired of him. Classy and respectful are two ways to de...more

HS sports: 'one of the next great markets'
by Sports, Media & Society
posted October 2, 2009 at 7:34pm

According to rankings, the biggest high school football game in the country tonight will be played in South Florida tonight and will -- courtesy of ESPN -- be aired for the nation to watch. Marketers from Nike and other major brands will be watching becau...more

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