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Post mort for IOC: Why are the Olympics so sexist?!?
by Fair Game News
posted March 1, 2010 at 8:47pm

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
by anngaff
posted March 1, 2010 at 3:37pm

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
by Jessica Mendoza's Blog
posted March 1, 2010 at 10:15am

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
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 1, 2010 at 10:15am

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?!
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 28, 2010 at 1:34pm

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
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 28, 2010 at 1:29pm

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
by Karen Kefauver: Travel Journal
posted February 27, 2010 at 6:33pm

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
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 27, 2010 at 3:12pm

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
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 27, 2010 at 3:12pm

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)
by One Sport Voice
posted February 27, 2010 at 3:10pm

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!)
by Westbound Boarder
posted February 27, 2010 at 2:20pm

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!
by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl
posted February 27, 2010 at 2:19pm

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
by After Atalanta
posted February 27, 2010 at 2:10pm

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
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 26, 2010 at 11:30pm

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
by Women Undefined
posted February 26, 2010 at 11:28pm

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?
by One Sport Voice
posted February 26, 2010 at 6:15pm

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
by Westbound Boarder
posted February 25, 2010 at 9:59pm

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

Jennifer Rodriguez: the Web's "most dangerous" Olympic athlete
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 25, 2010 at 9:00pm

Olympic speed skater Jennifer Rodriguez finds herself atop a strange list. A reminder, just in case she (or we) needed one, that the Internet is like a shadowy lodestone attracting seemingly in greater measure the unreasonable and the unscrupulous. But d...more

Iranian skier’s story is one of triumph
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 25, 2010 at 8:55pm

WHISTLER, B.C. — Marjan Kalhor’s green, knit toque is pulled down low on her forehead. Her hair is neatly tucked beneath the toque that’s embroidered with a single word: IRAN. She’s wearing a white ski jacket with a high collar and green ski pant...more

Ashley Caldwell – The youngest member of the US Olympic Team
by Sports Girls Play
posted February 25, 2010 at 10:13am

One of my favorite parts of the Olympics has to be the stories behind the athletes. Tonight I will be cheering extra hard for Aerial Skiier Ashley Caldwell – the youngest member of this year’s US Olympic team at 16 years old. She has only been trainin...more

Canadians are sore losers
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 24, 2010 at 9:52pm

This photograph was taken in Vancouver after the United States beat Canada 5 – 3 in men’s hockey on Sunday. Is this a sore loser or is she just trying to look on the bright side of things? I can’t tell. I’m too busy gloating. I hope the Swiss ...more

Women’s hockey gold medal prediction
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted February 24, 2010 at 12:04pm

Who will win the gold medal tomorrow night in women’s hockey? Canada or the United States? The games leading up to this gold-medal match-up may not have been nail-biters, but this showdown between the best two women’s teams in the world will defini...more

One of the six photographers of 2010 Olympics: Mine Kasapoğlu
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 23, 2010 at 8:06pm

By Bija Gutoff Turkish photographer Mine Kasapoglu delights in the revelatory moment. In her coverage of the Salt Lake City, Athens and Turin Olympic Games, she consistently snagged that impromptu gesture, spontaneous meeting or unscripted expression tha...more

GameOn Podcast: Michelle Gorgone & more!
by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl
posted February 23, 2010 at 7:01pm

The ladies recap all of the weekend's hot Olympic stories, chat with Olympian Michelle Gorgone about her upcoming snowboarding giant slalom competition, and provide a highly anticipated Tigermania update! Links from today's show: Click here for more d...more

Chirine Njeim represents Lebanon at the 2010 Winter Olympics
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 23, 2010 at 5:52pm

Chirine Njeim is competing in her third Olympics for Lebanon, finishing 37th among 53 contestants in Saturday’s super-G event. To her credit, she successfully completed the race on a highly complex, very difficult track, and was able to keep the run...more

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