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Reader XC ski question answered: Why change skis in the 50k race?
posted on March 5, 2010 at 5:43pm

An FGN reader asked a terrific question about why racers changed skis in the 50k race. Rosie Brennan, a member of the Dartmouth College XC ski team who spoke with FGN contributor Sarah Odell, offered this explanation: You do not have to change skis. In ...more

Memorable moments from female athletes at the Winter Olympics
posted on March 3, 2010 at 3:32pm

All in all, the Vancouver Olympics were a roller coaster of emotion; so anticipated and anxiety-driven, filled with milestones and achievements as well as heartbreak. In the span of two weeks, there were personal, poignant moments to cherish, along wi...more

Olympic Ads: The Good, The Bad, And Versus
posted on March 3, 2010 at 1:17pm

It was heartening to see three separate ads that showed little girls playing hockey as a normal, everyday activity. Its role as as a publicizer of the game and eventual goal for aspiring children is one of the strongest arguments for maintaining women's...more

After Vancouver, the baton is handed to Russia
posted on March 2, 2010 at 7:43pm

Do Svidanya (Goodbye) Vancouver. Do Vstretchi (See You) in Sochi. As the Vancouver Olympics come to a close, the focus turns to the other side of the globe and Russia’s first Winter Games which will take the Olympic movement to a new territory and a ...more

Looking forward to 2014 in Sochi
posted on March 2, 2010 at 1:55pm

by Nicole Marschean, Intern,National Women's Law Center As I watched the U.S.A. Men’s Hockey team step off the podium after receiving their silver medals, I couldn’t distinguish if I was more upset by the team’s thrilling overtime loss or by the ab...more

Winter Olympics Gay Postscript
posted on March 2, 2010 at 1:53pm

The Vancouver Winter Olympics are over and I know I will be getting a lot more sleep now. I stayed up way past my bedtime several nights to watch the action during the past two weeks. Of the 4-5 publicly out lesbian athletes (there were no openly gay, bi...more

Bullying, gender expression, sexuality and Johnny Weir
posted on March 2, 2010 at 7:10am

I've been thinking a lot about bullying lately. I live in an area under intense scrutiny for a recent bullying event that lead to a suicide in a local school. It is the second such incident in about a year in my area. The film Straightlaced about teens wh...more

NBC: The Last Straw
posted on March 1, 2010 at 5:49pm

I recently wrote about my dissatisfaction with NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I really and truly thought that I had gotten it out of my system. Oh, how wrong I was. So here I sit on the last morning of the games wondering...more

Post mort for IOC: Why are the Olympics so sexist?!?
posted on March 1, 2010 at 5:47pm

By Laura Pappano The closing ceremonies in Vancouver are finished, so let’s reflect: Why does a tremendous sport festival whose aim is to foster political goodwill remain so darned sexist? Events for women are typically lesser or shorter (or in the ca...more

Canada's Women's Hockey Team: Some Guy with a Website Hits the Nail on the Head
posted on March 1, 2010 at 12:37pm

Thanks to @switzerblog for sending me a link to this comic by August J Pollack of someguywithawebsite.com. I got a good chuckle out of it, and hope you do too: ...more

Women’s Ice Hockey flashbacks of Olympic softball
posted on March 1, 2010 at 7:15am

As the Winter Olympic Games come to a close, I reflect on a story that stood out to me more than many others. Although I will be recapping later about all the other fun and crazy stories of our family’s trip to Vancouver and Whistler, I want to separate...more

On loving hockey and Canada Gold
posted on March 1, 2010 at 7:15am

While my home team lost the goal medal in the men’s ice hockey final at the Vancouver Olympics, the game did serve one purpose. It reminded me – along with millions of other people watching – why I love hockey. You know how people say they love th...more

Do you believe in unlikely (Hockey) outcomes?!
posted on February 28, 2010 at 10:34am

Tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. EST, the United States Olympic hockey team will take on the Canadian Olympic hockey team in the Gold Medal game. In case you didn’t know hockey in Canada is a BIG deal. It is the national sport. It is America’s baseball, baske...more

Olympic Parenting: Please stick the landing
posted on February 28, 2010 at 10:29am

A guest post from Alison at Chatty Cricket. I love the Olympics. So much. I really was hell bent on writing about the drama that becomes the stuff of Legends at the Winter Olympics (Italian Ice Dancing Death stares in Torino! Jonny Moseley and his ama...more

Olympics End, but Vancouver remains in spotlight for Paralympic Games
posted on February 27, 2010 at 3:33pm

While the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics officially close tomorrow, it's just the beginning for the Paralympics Games, March 12-21, held in the same venues. Surely, Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada, will remain in the world's spotlight long after bo...more

Tuğba Karademir, first Turkish figure skater, competes in Olympics
posted on February 27, 2010 at 12:12pm

Tugba Karademir, who finished 12th at the European World Championships in January, skated to Bazaar Istanbul to a 21st place finish on February 24, good enough to qualify for a spot in the Free Program. This was Karademir’s second Olympics; she was th...more

Pass The Champagne
posted on February 27, 2010 at 12:12pm

Brace yourself, we're about to get nuanced up in here. Normally, my reaction when women are castigated for doing something problematic that is normally reserved for men is 'the hell with the double standard, nobody should be doing this.' It turns out ...more

On Champagne, Cigars, Celebrating, and Chicks (i.e., female athletes)
posted on February 27, 2010 at 12:10pm

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Canadian women’s hockey team post gold medal controversial celebrations in the last 24 hrs. My initial reaction was “What?, this is not good for women’s sports“. I have some new thoughts after taking a step ba...more

Olympics, Almost Closing Remarks (plus, a giveaway!)
posted on February 27, 2010 at 11:20am

This coming weekend marks the last few events of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, as Sunday’s closing ceremonies will officially end the games. The last two events in snowboarding will happen tonight and tomorrow at Cypress, the men’s and wom...more

GameOn Podcast: Erin Hamlin from Vancouver, plus lots more!
posted on February 27, 2010 at 11:19am

On a special Fun Friday episode of the show, the ladies of GameOn talk to Luger Erin Hamlin from Vancouver and hear about the challenges faced by all Lugers during the Vancouver Games. We also discuss major Olympic drama: Plushenko's Platinum Medal, Sco...more

It's never anything good when they're talking women's hockey
posted on February 27, 2010 at 11:10am

I complained yesterday about the crap I had to "deal" with in the form of the criticism levied against women's hockey by the powers-that-be, namely Monsier Rogge who wants the women to improve the depth of their game or else face elimination from the Olym...more

It sucks to win silver
posted on February 26, 2010 at 8:30pm

Photo by John Biehler Yep, that’s what U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team captain Natalie Darwitz said when interviewed after her team lost to Canada in the gold medal game. I can sympathize with the sentiment. In Olympic hockey, you don’t win the ...more

An egregious set of double standards: Canadian Women's Hockey under IOC investigation for unruly celebration
posted on February 26, 2010 at 8:28pm

Oh double standards. Just when I was enjoying the Olympics and reveling in my country's nationalism, celebration and pride you had to come along and ruin it! Damn you! Damn you to hell! So here is the run down , Canadian Women's Hockey wins the gold. Th...more

A not so good day for women’s hockey: What were the Canadian women thinking?
posted on February 26, 2010 at 3:15pm

Canada's Meghan Agosta (2) and Jayna Hefford (16) celebrate with cigars after Canada beat USA 2-0 to win the gold medal. So I woke up this morning still thinking about the gold medal women’s hockey game between USA and Canada. What a great game! Befo...more

Lindsey Vonn, Olympic Champ
posted on February 25, 2010 at 6:59pm

Lindsey is one of the few females to appear on a SI cover Throughout the past couple of weeks, we’ve covered the Olympic snowboard games in depth; however, I’d be remiss if I didn’t also take a step back and comment on the Olympic ski games as ...more
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