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GameOn Podcast: "Speedy" Peterson & Katie Uhlaender
by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl
posted February 16, 2010 at 10:38pm

As you know, the ladies love their Olympics. Erica & Melissa discuss Opening Ceremonies, plus the first exciting weekend of Vancouver, from Moguls to Nordic Combine. Plus, Danica's NASCAR debut and thoughts on the SI Swimsuit edition. Plus, it's Melissa...more

Fly like an Eagle
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 16, 2010 at 6:21pm

Eddie Edwards competed in the 1988 Olympics as a ski jumper from Great Britain. In spite of his popularity, Eddie’s last place performance on both hills resulted in the IOC implementing what is known as the “Eddie the Eagle rule.” What does this...more

Vancouver 101: Bobsled, Luge & Skeleton
by Pretty Tough
posted February 16, 2010 at 12:49pm

(Ed. Note: As we prep for the Olympic Games in Vancouver, look for Pretty Tough Primers on all the winter events and competitions). Imagine laying on a sled the size of a bath mat wearing head to toe spandex. You grip the metal handles on either side...more

Cross country ski racing for dummies: What to know about a thrilling Olympic event
by Fair Game News
posted February 16, 2010 at 12:22pm

By Sarah Odell Let’s take a breather. Time out from Lindsey Vonn and women in bathing suits. For me, one of the most frustrating aspects about Olympic coverage is that we usually can only watch sports that the United States dominates (or sports that ar...more

Vancouver 2010: Trailblazing U.S. Halfpipe Team
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted February 15, 2010 at 11:49am

The sport of halfpipe snowboarding has come a long way since its inclusion in the Olympics in 1998, and no group of athletes has been more instrumental in its recent evolution than the 2010 U.S. Olympic Halfpipe Team, which met the press for its arr...more

Lindsey Vonn's helmet designed by Idahoman
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted February 14, 2010 at 5:07pm

When Lindsey Vonn races at Whistler, she'll be wearing a helmet with artwork of an Idaho man who entered a contest sponsored by NBCOlympics.com. The flame design by Laddie Lee Whitwork won first place and got him a trip to Vail where Lindsey and her husba...more

Sarcasm over, SI: time for real pics of female athletes
by Fair Game News
posted February 13, 2010 at 6:06pm

By Laura Pappano OK, I’ve learned something valuable: My effort at a tongue-in-cheek fan letter to SI for their “un-coverage” of female athletes was not clearly tongue-in-cheek to many readers on this site or the Women Talk Sports network site. Fi...more

Finding Olympic spirit in tragedy
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 13, 2010 at 12:48pm

Early Friday afternoon, veteran reporters of the Olympic Games were on the radio, discussing whether some of the winter sports had become too extreme. From injecting ice in ski runs to difficult snowboarding tricks which even left the sports’ supersta...more

NOT the same: Vonn v. Kitt Sports Illustrated covers
by One Sport Voice
posted February 13, 2010 at 12:29pm

Sports Illustrated Covers of Olympic Skiers In rebuttal to the “Vonn Watch” Sports Illlustrated cover blog post I made, many people commented and pointed out that A.J. Kitt was similarly posed in 1992 and no one called it sexual. I don&rsqu...;more

Video of Fox Business Happy Hour Interview
by anngaff
posted February 12, 2010 at 8:56pm

Here it is, folks. The video of the short interview I did with Fox Business Happy Hour (Host Rebecca Diamond). If it won't play for you below, try this link. Watch the latest business video at video.foxbusiness.com ...more

Why can't women be athletic and sexy, too?
by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl
posted February 12, 2010 at 12:19pm

I'm sorry. But I have to do it. I have to speak out on behalf of those of us who aren't really bothered by the recent Sports Illustrated sagas. First, there was that post that crashed the Women Talk Sports site. You rem...more

Olympic dream a reality for Iran's female skier
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 12, 2010 at 12:10pm

By Samira Simone and Azadeh Ansari, CNN (CNN) -- Marjan Kalhor is already a champion, even though the Olympic flame has yet to blaze in Vancouver, Canada. Her dream has come true, even without a podium finish. "I always asked my brother, 'Why can't a...more

Iran’s first Olympic woman skier to carry the flag
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 12, 2010 at 11:21am

Vancouver, Feb 9 – Iranian alpine skier Marjan Kalhor will carry her country’s flag at the opening ceremony of the winter Games in Vancouver, organising officials said. Kalhor will be the first woman to represent Iran at the winter Olympics, compet...more

SBX Team Ready for All Comers
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted February 11, 2010 at 9:15pm

After a gold and silver in Torino, the U.S. Olympic Snowboardcross Team might well have a target on its back at Cypress Mountain. But so does everybody else in the daring sport that pits four boarders against each other on an obstacle-laden battle to th...more

"Politics is culture is politics": Mayer, Social Media, and the Narcissistic Cult of Self
by Swish Appeal
posted February 11, 2010 at 7:12pm

I don't actually care about John Mayer one way or the other -- anybody trying this hard to get attention should simply be ignored because any publicity is good publicity, right? Of course, I found his controversial comments abhorrent, but sadly not a ...more

Good thing she knows how to pose in a bathing suit
by After Atalanta
posted February 11, 2010 at 7:07pm

Because if Lindsey Vonn had a plan to gain Michael Phelps-like fame by winning many medals and becoming a highly decorated American skier, she might have to fall back on her modeling career.I refrained from commenting on the little upsurge in controversy ...more

Crystal Mountain to host The North Face Masters of Snowboarding for the first time
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted February 11, 2010 at 7:03pm

Fresh off the tour’s first stop, The North Face Masters of Snowboarding (TNF Masters) arrives at Crystal Mountain, Washington, February 9-12, 2010, for the first time in the event’s history. Big-name pros, along with up-and-comers from around the glob...more

Thank you, Sports Illustrated!!!!!!!!!!! (From a women’s sports fan)
by Fair Game News
posted February 11, 2010 at 12:31pm

By Laura Pappano As a Sports Illustrated subscriber, I just want to offer a big “Thank You” for all the recent coverage of Lindsey Vonn – or should I say “un”-coverage? If crazy feminists got all in a wad about last week’s cover photo of V...more

Short Video on Sports Illustrated photographs of female athletes
by One Sport Voice
posted February 10, 2010 at 7:06pm

One of our local Minneapolis NBC affiliate KARE11 reporters, Jana Shortal, did a great piece on why the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Lindsey Vonn SI cover might be problematic. It is short and to the point. To watch the video, click here. ...more

Lindsey Vonn: uncovering a controversy
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 10, 2010 at 3:56pm

Yesterday, I predicted the Lindsey Vonn-SI cover controversy, despite a brief lull, wasn't over yet. And you're about to see why. Say what you will about Vonn, but she is making the most of her "Olympic moment"—as well she should. This is a clever woman...more

At least some women will be allowed to fly down an icy slope
by After Atalanta
posted February 10, 2010 at 11:26am

The women ski jumpers may have lost their bid to gain entry into the Vancouver Olympics (as recounted in this article which I thought tried too hard to put a positive spin on the sexism) but the 2-women bobsled team from Australia is in! The Court of Arbi...more

Vonn Watch: Part II
by One Sport Voice
posted February 10, 2010 at 11:24am

  Ok, so if you didn’t agree with my critique (and many didn’t!) of the February 8, 2010 Sports Illustrated cover of Olympian Lindsey Vonn that can be interpreted as sexualized, the photographs of Vonn and other female athletes in the 20...more

GameOn Podcast: Johnny Weir & Michelle Roark
by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl
posted February 9, 2010 at 6:55pm

We love "Be Good, Johnny Weir" — the reality show on the Sundance Channel starring our new pal Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir. Oh and we can't wait to watch our pal Michelle Roark, Olympic skier, go for the gold, then try some of her perfume. And w...more

Paralympian Sara Will to be inducted into U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted February 9, 2010 at 6:41pm

Sara Will loves to ski. When she became paralyzed in a skiing accident in 1988, she didn't turn her back on the sport. Instead, she picked up a book on adaptive skiing by Hal O'Leary and started to train under him at Winter Park. Within three years she wo...more

B4BC at Holiday Valley
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted February 9, 2010 at 3:52pm

Holiday Valley Resort recently announced that a generous sponsorship from the Western New York Breast Health Center in Amherst, NY has been pledged to the second annual Boarding for Breast Cancer event. Boarding for Breast Cancer is a non-profit fun...more

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