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Olympic Boxing Trials Day 3 – Brawls and Close Calls
by Wombat Sports
posted February 16, 2012 at 3:17pm

Photo Courtesy Sue Fox/WBAN The first stoppages of the initial Olympic Women’s Boxing trials happened Wednesday night, as the Challengers bracket saw six more Olympic hopefuls eliminated. Flyweight Tyrieshia Douglas (Baltimore, MD) started ...more

Olympic Boxing Trials, Day 2: 16 Year Old Clarissa Shields Heads to Winner’s Bracket Finals
by Wombat Sports
posted February 15, 2012 at 5:57pm

16 year old middleweight competitor Clarissa Sheilds (Flint, MI) continues her run to be the youngest boxer on the U.S. team, as she defeats Andrecia Wasson (Centerline, MI) in a rematch of their PAL title bout last year. Sheilds got the points decisions ...more

Olympic Boxing Trials, Day 1 Results: Upsets & Setbacks
by Wombat Sports
posted February 15, 2012 at 2:16am

Middleweight Clarissa Sheilds Monday saw the first round of the first ever U.S. Olympic Women’s Boxing Trials in Spokane, WA.24 of the country’s best pugilists banged it out for the right to become the first to represent the U.S. at the...more

Sue Bird named USA Basketball finalist
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted February 14, 2012 at 2:03am

Storm All-Star Sue Bird was named one of 21 finalists for USA Basketball's Olympic team that will compete in the London Games this summer. A two-time gold medalist, Bird is looking to be part of the final 12 aiming to win America's fifth consecutive gold ...more

USA Women's Basketball Olympic Team Finalists Announced
by Swish Appeal
posted February 14, 2012 at 1:50am

USA Basketball announced the 21 finalists for the 2012 U.S. Olympic team today. Head coach Geno Auriemma retained all 12 players that competed for the 2010 USA World Championship, and nine of the 21 have already earned Olympic gold medals in either 2004...more

Female Boxers Compete at U.S. Olympic Team Trials Feb. 13-18th
by Pretty Tough
posted February 14, 2012 at 1:47am

This year marks the debut of women’s boxing in the Olympic Games and for the next week,  two dozen female fighters will be competing at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino outside of Spokane vying to represent the U.S. at the 2012 Summer Gam...more

Are you ready for some women’s boxing?
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted February 14, 2012 at 1:30am

It’s long been a cultural fascination. Most of the recent headlines have been complaints over the supposedly demeaning and sexist attire female competitors will be wearing inside the rings at the London Games. Women’s boxing takes a huge...more

Joanna Hayes: I was made to move. The 2004 Olympic Champ toes the line tonight after a 3 year hiatus
by JHayes
posted February 11, 2012 at 3:38pm

Lying here this morning in my hotel bed asking myself, "Am I crazy?" I don't respond because I’m not really sure.  All I know is that I'm bona fide nervous because after 3 years and 5 months without a race, I am on the start list for th...more

Brief chat with Olympian and Trailblazer, Misty May-Treanor
by stephaniemp
posted February 8, 2012 at 10:37pm

I love the Olympics. The Games are inspiring and thrilling. Everyone can find a piece of the Olympics that they enjoy. One can follow their favorite athletes on their journey to the gold. One can also watch sports that they equally enjoy but rarely get...more

Irish amateur boxing championships
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted February 7, 2012 at 1:33am

Ceire Smith, 51 kgs champ The remaining two women's title-bouts took place this weekend in Dublin's National Stadium. And of course there was an extra frisson of excitement because three of the winners will move onto the Olympic qualifying tournament in C...more

Olympic Trials: One Month Out
by Pretty Strong
posted February 6, 2012 at 12:02am

Training for the Olympics has been a long, hard, journey. It has had a lot of positives too. Being that there are four weeks left to the Olympic Trials, I thought I'd tell you all a little about what's been going on with with me and tell you how things ar...more

Women's Sports: The Changing Face of Beauty
by mhueter
posted January 31, 2012 at 10:34pm

  Growing up I can't remember feeling strongly about beauty. It was just never my thing. When I was really little, I remember crying hysterically when my mom made me wear a dress. I wasn’t the most popular girl in the class, and I certain...more

Harder, Better, Hungrier: USWNT Flatten Canada in CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Final
by All White Kit
posted January 30, 2012 at 10:14am

Commanding in every respect, the United States lived up to its no. 1 world ranking tonight, and then some.  The 4-0 score line provided an apt bookend to a tournament in which the United States outscored its five opponents by a margin of 38-0. The t...more

Basketball update
by They're Playing Basketball
posted January 24, 2012 at 7:26am

Not only did Notre Dame crush Tennessee, the Vols set a school record for fewest points scored in a game.Yet another ACL tear, and this time it's Miami's Morgan Stroman. Is it just me, or are there more ACL tears this year than usual? It's painful to witn...more

USWNT 13, Guatemala 0: Records Will Fall
by All White Kit
posted January 23, 2012 at 5:31pm

  The USWNT obviously didn’t get all the goals out of its system on Friday against the Dominican Republic. The team put 13 past Guatemala last night in its second CONCACAF Olympic qualifying group stage match. With respect to Kelley O’H...more

Thinking Ahead to the 2012 Olympic Basketball Team
by They're Playing Basketball
posted January 23, 2012 at 2:20am

Image: Steven Slade Who will make the 2012 Olympic basketball team this year?Both myself and my favorite Division I assistant coach and columnist agree that there will be a change of the guard this time. He says there are five locked positions: Sue Bir...more

Memorable Result: USWNT/Dominican Republic Report and Quotes
by All White Kit
posted January 21, 2012 at 3:41pm

By Gavin Day The onslaught started just 38 seconds in and didn’t let up for the rest of the 90 minutes as the United States came out flying and flattened their ill-fated opponents. Abby Wambach got that first goal and one other as the U.S. began it...more

USWNT 14, Dominican Republic 0: Lots of Goals, Lots to Talk About
by All White Kit
posted January 21, 2012 at 3:13pm

  So, the USWNT/Dominican Republic game. Where to begin? Any soccer match that ends with a two-touchdown score line is sure to ignite debate.   The U.S. ran up the score against hopelessly inferior opposition. But the team showed respect by n...more

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