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Stella McCartney to Design Great Britain Kits for London 2012 Games
by A Glam Slam
posted July 14, 2010 at 5:35pm

We are only 744 days away from the 2012 Summer Olympics. And one of the first orders of business? The Olympic fashions of course. Stella McCartney is a British fashion designer. In addition to her ready-to-wear collections, she has now been tapped as the...more

As Good As Gold: Review
by Byline to Finish Line
posted July 2, 2010 at 2:27pm

I’ve already referenced the book “As Good As Gold” by Kathryn Bertine in previous posts but today you get my full review in video form. This weekend, Bertine is competing at the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic cycling race in Fitchburg, Mass. I caught up...more

No One Remembers Second...
by amber2jewel
posted June 10, 2010 at 8:00pm

Amidst the USC-Reggie Bush/O.J. Mayo scandals and the sanctions announced by the NCAA today, the Memphis-Derrick Rose scandal, Marion Jones and her steroids scandal, and yes, the fossil that is the MLB steroids scandal, I’ve been doing a l...more

Softball should be an Olympic sport
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 25, 2010 at 5:05pm

I didn't use to have a horse in this race, indeed I even played devil's advocate on the issue, but now the world is being deprived of seeing Jen Yee play more softball and it's just wrong. More on this soon. ...more

2012 Olympic Mascots Unveiled – What Were They Thinking?
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 21, 2010 at 9:45pm

First off, I have to say I LOVE THE OLYMPICS and everything Olympic, however, the art department that has been hired for the 2012 London Olympics has got me a bit worried. It isn’t bad enough that the logo for the games looks like something out of the 8...more

Vintage Sports: 1919 Australian Women Swim Team
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 20, 2010 at 6:14pm

Women and girls’ participation in sports has come a LONG way over the years. Check out this photo of the Australian Women’s Swim Team from 1919. While I am not sure of the actual athletes featured in the photo, it is quite possible that both Fanny ...more

Win a Copy of Dara Torres' New Book
by anngaff
posted May 18, 2010 at 12:28pm

We have 5 copies of Dara Torres' new book Gold Medal Fitness to give away! TO WIN: There are THREE ways to enter and you can enter as MANY times as you want: Post a comment on this post (below). Send this tweet. Post on our Facebook Page tellin...more

Mother's Day Interview - Gold Medalist Mary Wineberg
by anngaff
posted May 9, 2010 at 3:54pm

Last week I talked to Mary Wineberg, lead-off leg of the 2008 Olympic gold medal-winning 4x400m relay team. In 2009, she and her husband had their first child, Brooklyn Marie, who is now 9 months old. Mary is already back in shape and setting “pos...more

Interview with Dara Torres
by anngaff
posted May 6, 2010 at 12:26am

(Photo credit: Andrea Mead Cross)Dara Torres is busy promoting her new book Gold Medal Fitness, which was just released this week, but she took the time to answer our interview questions in honor of Mother's Day. Torres has won nine Olympic medals, four ...more

Running towards 2012: Wendy Shulik films the journeys of four Chicago women as they race towards an Olympic Trials Qualifier
by EliteRunning.com
posted April 21, 2010 at 5:39pm

We are excited to announce the making of a new documentary that captures the journeys of four Chicago women as they race towards qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Film producer Wendy Shulik of WendyCity Productions gained recognit...more

Victories and Failures in Women's Sports in 2009, or #FTW and #FAIL (Hot or Not for us old-timers)
by anngaff
posted December 31, 2009 at 4:18pm

I was going to make a Hot or Not in 2009 list for women's sports but then realized that "Hot or Not" is so 1990's when people still read magazines (the Hot or Not list was in Cosmo, no? I mean, I wouldn't know because a good feminist doesn't read Cosmo, I...more

Mix Doubles Tennis at the 2012 London Olympic Games?
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted December 9, 2009 at 8:59pm

Mix Doubles Tennis at the 2012 London Olympic Games? The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is thinking about the inclusion of mixed doubles in tennis for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The International Tennis Federation is proposing mixed double...more

New Boxer Aims for 2016 Olympics
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 14, 2009 at 2:05pm

This is probably one of the most exciting things I have had the honor of doing recently. A few weeks ago a young girl came to the gym and told Bonnie that she wanted to compete. She is nine years old. Her father brought her every time the boxing team m...more

Boxing and Breasts in the News, for Good and Ill
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 14, 2009 at 12:28pm

I know, I just posted on the freaky hybrid sport of chessboxing and now I have to talk about breasts and boxing and the 2012 Olympics. The tags on my blog are getting weirder and weirder. SO. Here’s what’s up. There are several countries still tha...more

Afghan women to train for Olympic boxing
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 5, 2009 at 3:10pm

Twenty-five women from Afghanistan are training to box at the 2012 Olympics; the International Boxing Association has approved the wearing of hijabs beneath their headgear and clothes that cover their bodies in order to meet Islamic religious requireme...more

Rio Was The Right Choice- Updated
by Women's Sports Blog
posted October 2, 2009 at 4:36pm

Still sick, but can't resist commenting. The American Exceptionalist whining has started. Jessica Mendoza, I'm looking at you, because you should know better. Why did the lovely city but concomitantly corrupt sinkhole that is Chicago deserve to host...more

Rio de Janeiro Awarded 2016 Olympic Games
by Sports Girls Play
posted October 2, 2009 at 2:04pm

Congratulations to the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for being awarded the honor of hosting the 2016 Olympic Games. It will be the first time any South American country has hosted an Olympic event. Rio outlasted finalist cities Chicago, Tokyo, and Ma...more

Softball v. Golf: Another Perspective
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 17, 2009 at 12:28pm

One compelling argument for the inclusion of a sport like softball and the exclusion of a sport like golf from the Olympics is that the Olympics is the premier tournament for softball, and its major chance to be broadcast on the world stage, whereas golf ...more

A sad day for softball
by Jennie Finch
posted August 14, 2009 at 12:12pm

International Olympic Committee will not reinstate softball for the 2016 Olympic Games OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Softball will not be included in the programme for the 2016 Olympic Games as the 15 members of the International Olympic Committee’s (I...more

Olympic Comeback: Softball Struck Out!
by Softball Performance Blog
posted August 13, 2009 at 2:21pm

The Olympic dream has been shattered! The International Olympic Comittee's (IOC) Executive Board held a vote today to determine which of the 7 sports would get a shot at making it for the 2016 Olympics. Along with softball and baseball, rubgy sevens (...more

Softball makes its most important pitch
by After Atalanta
posted June 17, 2009 at 11:41am

Making a pitch to get back in after an odd series of events got softball kicked off the Olympic roster, representatives of the sport were in Switzerland this week appealing to the powers-that-be. (You can read about some of the happenings at on Twitters--...more

Women's boxing getting closer to Olympics
by After Atalanta
posted June 16, 2009 at 12:45pm

Women's Olympic boxing is looking more and more like it will have a place in the 2012 Olympics. The IOC is in the midst of considering changes to existing sports and adding women to boxing is high among them. The changes being proposed by the Internationa...more

Softball players aim to impress IOC leaders this week in Switzerland
by Pretty Tough
posted June 15, 2009 at 4:27pm

The leaders of seven sports hoping to join the Olympic program are in Lausanne, Switzerland this week making key presentations to the IOC . All seven candidates - baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens, softball and squash - are seeking a p...more

WTS Podcast Series: Pioneer Sports Journalist Christine Brennan, Part 2
by anngaff
posted June 14, 2009 at 4:52pm

Welcome to the second podcast in a 3-part series of interviews with Christine Brennan, renowned sports journalist, best-selling author and commentator.  Brennan was a pioneer as a female sports journalist and is still today the most widely-read femal...more

Boxing versus ski jumping
by After Atalanta
posted June 10, 2009 at 11:47am

You're thinking: "where can she possibly be going with this? These sports have next to nothing in common."True. But both are seeking inclusion in the Olympic Games--the female athletes of the sports because, of course, the men are already in.Haven't heard...more

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