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The case to credential bloggers
by Sports, Media & Society
posted August 26, 2009 at 8:25pm

While the SEC and other sports-related organizations and consortiums are resisting inevitable changes in the ways sports are covered and consumed, we argue, in an opinion piece this week in Sports Business Journal, that organizations should instead look ...more

US Open Tennis News: Ana Ivanovic featured in US Open campaign
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted August 24, 2009 at 3:33pm

US Open Tennis News: Ana Ivanovic featured in US Open campaign Ana Ivanovic nis part of the United States Tennis Association’s marketing campaign to promote the US Open. The campaign comprises of print adverts, billboards and signage on public buses...more

Uppity women of color flummox commentators again
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 23, 2009 at 4:25pm

The pasty whiteness of the chattering classes was showing yesterday cross-sport. In the morning you could hear an almost obsessive concern with Christina Kim, who was clearly having a blast revving the crowd up at the Solheim Cup, and guilty of being pa...more

Tape delay puts some Sky Blue FC fans in a predicament
by Women's Sports Nation
posted August 21, 2009 at 7:10pm

On its third head coach,New Jersey/New York Sky Blue FC edged by Washington and Saint Louis to advance to the WPS Finals. The match will be played at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California on Saturday at 4 pm Eastern against the league champions Los...more

Part II: Clarifying the Myth About Exercise
by One Sport Voice
posted August 19, 2009 at 2:39pm

If you didn’t read the TIME magazine cover article which stated that exercise is basically a waste of time and doesn’t help people lose weight, my blog critique of the article, or the very insightful comments of blog readers (particularly Jenny Evan...more

The Price of Misinformation in the Media
by Balanced Health and Nutrition
posted August 14, 2009 at 3:50pm

Misinformation in the media can be dangerous. It breeds confusion, frustration, and even fear. Just last week I posted some tips for spotting nutrition misinformation on the internet. Little did I know there would be two national media outlets in pri...more

Even in Canada, eh?
by After Atalanta
posted August 10, 2009 at 1:03pm

I sometimes am accused of "ruining" my students by making them see things (i.e. discrimination) on television and in the media that they can no longer ignore. It seems now that I am doing something similar for some readers. (Haha--my feminist agenda is we...more

Sky Blue Brass Wins Battle Of The D-hounds
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 9, 2009 at 7:23pm

I don't know whether Kelly Lindsey will prove herself to be a successful coach or not, and she clearly had some communication issues with her bosses, but no one wants to get involved with management that will make statements like those in this article. ...more

Welcome To V's World!
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted August 8, 2009 at 9:44am

"Welcome to V's World," the new and improved website launched by Venus Williams on August 5. She has blogs, items from her Eleven Collection, photos, and videos and much more.Check the superstar out at venuswilliams.com and twitter.com/venuseswilliams....more

ESPN's guidelines put boundaries on social media
by Sports, Media & Society
posted August 5, 2009 at 2:23pm

Given the gaffes made by some journalists in recent weeks and the irreverent Tweets by NFL players (leading to some team restrictions on the practice), it's not surprising that ESPN's guidelines, announced yesterday, put some hard limits on the use of soc...more

10 tips for Twitter networking
by Sport Management Education
posted August 4, 2009 at 12:10pm

This week’s post is courtesy of Brendan Wilhide: If you’re a current student and you’re already on Twitter, you already have a leg up on your peers that haven’t joined the site yet. Twitter is a unique networking opportunity, both socially and ...more

A Curious Catwalk for a Cure
by One Sport Voice
posted August 3, 2009 at 2:59pm

A charity promotion from the Minnesota Lynx (found by ASC) is a perfect example of how gender is constantly (re)constructed in women’s sport. There is so much going on is this ad, it makes your head spin! The juxtaposition of femininity and sport, and...more

Using sex to sell sport Part ??
by After Atalanta
posted August 1, 2009 at 1:15pm

Oh screw it. I can't keep track anymore of how many posts I have done about using sex appeal to sell women's sports. I had vowed to take a break from this stuff post-Wimbledon. But it keeps coming up.This time it's women's golf. Not sure why focus has swi...more

Mystics Ban Kiss Cam
by Draft Day Suit
posted July 31, 2009 at 9:41pm

I recently went to my first WNBA game, the Washington Mystics at home against the LA Sparks. I kissed no one, and can’t say that anyone else around me did either, although I wasn’t paying that kind of attention because hey, I was there to watch a bask...more

Tweet My Ride Campaign
by Bike Diva
posted July 31, 2009 at 1:36pm

First Tweetmyride Global Campaign To Raise $1 Million For Charity Via Twitter VANCOUVER, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- tweetmyride is a Twitter-driven global charity campaign, created to raise money for 10 charities around the world in the lead up to Van...more

Women's pro sports 10 years after the World Cup: Is the sky really falling?
by Sports, Media & Society
posted July 28, 2009 at 2:55pm

I read with interest a series of stories published on ESPN.com late last week about the state of women's professional sports in the U.S. The thesis driving the package: Women's spectators sports are teetering on the brink of an uncertain and perhaps calam...more

What the news media can learn from sports media
by After Atalanta
posted July 27, 2009 at 10:19pm

There is a lot of bad stuff happening in the world today. Lest you think I only know about the bad stuff that happens in sport, I will let you know that I do have an awareness of national and international happenings. (And that I am equally jaded about th...more

Monday morning dribble: Obama, KissCam, and Twitter
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted July 27, 2009 at 6:24pm

The Detroit Shock have landed in Washington, D.C. They are heading a basketball clinic now and moments from a ceremony with President Barack Obama, where the Shock will be honored for winning the 2008 WNBA title. That meant former Storm forward Sheri Sam...more

The uncertain, vulnerable, scandal-prone land of [women's] sports??
by One Sport Voice
posted July 24, 2009 at 10:46pm

To cap off a week of weird sport media, I’ll end the week with this piece on ESPN.com that discusses the “state of uncertainty for women’s sports.” The author documents the “state” of women’s sport, which in turn will influence the opinion ...more

Andrews episode: Setback for women in sports media? Not really
by Sports, Media & Society
posted July 24, 2009 at 10:23pm

I received an email from a college student working as a sports writer for the Cape Cod Times this summer directing me to her blog post about the Erin Andrews incident. It was interesting to read the take of a young woman -- new to the profession -- about ...more

FA parody of Nike ad: What would a women's version look like?
by From A Left Wing
posted July 24, 2009 at 2:31pm

Watch the first video - Nike ad - then watch the English FA's parody of it. I'd love a promotional video like this for the women's game. It's funny how you can use the misery of the lowest levels of Sunday leagues to romanticize the sport when it comes t...more

A strange day in the world of sport media
by One Sport Voice
posted July 23, 2009 at 12:10am

You know how people claim “bad things happen in threes” well after the last 24 hours of things I’ve seen and read in the sport media, I believe it! 1. “The Erin Andrews Peep Show” which if you haven’t heard about by now, then you’re not r...more

Anna-Lena Groenefeld Takes Over WTA Twitter World
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted July 22, 2009 at 10:59am

Anna-Lena Groenefeld Takes Over WTA Twitter World Anna-Lena Groenefeld is in charge this week of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s official Twitter feed. Groenefeld is updating from the Nürnberger Gastein Ladies in Bad Gastein and she has been sharing h...more

Serena Williams Blog: I Can do it in 90 Seconds!
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted July 22, 2009 at 10:58am

Serena Williams Blog: I Can do it in 90 Seconds! Serena Williams continues with her MISSION Skincare and she talks about it and explains a bit what is that she can do in 90 seconds…. Check it out…. Hello Everyone, You’ve been hearing all the buz...more

The latest in sport and sexual harassment
by After Atalanta
posted July 22, 2009 at 10:51am

Remember last year when sideline reporter Erin Andrews of ESPN was approached from behind by a collegiate football player who simulated a sexual maneuver as he was leaving the field? Well if you don't check it out here, along with my take on that situatio...more

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