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Blog Rally #3: What did Maya win by playing sports? #rally4girls
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted December 8, 2010 at 2:40pm

As part of the National Women’s Law Center’s Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day, the Tucker Center will be posting entries from its graduate students. Each post answers the prompt, what did you win by playing sports? Maya is an Assistant Swim...more

Blog Rally #2: What did Katie win by playing sports? #rally4girls
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted December 8, 2010 at 2:38pm

As part of the National Women’s Law Center’s Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day, the Tucker Center will be posting entries from its graduate students. Each post answers the prompt, what did you win by playing sports? Katie coaching girl's rug...more

Blog Rally #1: What did Chelsey win by playing sports? #rally4girls
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted December 8, 2010 at 2:35pm

As part of the National Women’s Law Center’s Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day, the Tucker Center will be posting entries from its graduate students. Each post answers the prompt, what did you win by playing sports? Chelsey Thul This is Che...more

What did I win by playing sports? A story and six lessons. #rally4girls
by Fair Game News
posted December 8, 2010 at 2:32pm

By Laura Pappano I am frankly tired of people justifying sports for girls as a vehicle for improving self-esteem, staving off bad behavior, and improving fitness. Oh, sure. Sports may do all that. But selling sports in that packaging misses the real pow...more

Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day - How Sports Saved My Life
by anngaff
posted December 8, 2010 at 10:58am

This is a blog written as a part of NWLC's Blog to Rally for Girls' Sports Day. See all of the Women Talk Sports members' blogs for this cause HERE. I was a shy little girl. No seriously, I was. I realize that's hard for many of you who know me to beli...more

Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted December 8, 2010 at 10:19am

Hey, the National Women’s Law Center wants to draw attention to opportunities for women to play sports by holding a national “Blog to Rally for Girls’ Sports Day,” on December 8th and drawing attention to Title IX issues.Let me quote their website...more

Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Soni supports Girl Up
by Pretty Tough
posted December 7, 2010 at 7:59pm

More than 400 girls and (and some boys) from all over LA joined gathered at the Marlborough School in Hancock Park a few weeks ago to support the United Nations Girl Up campaign and learn about the lives of girls in Malawi, Liberia, Guatemala, and Ethio...more

Take a moment to be Santa Claus
by Athletic Women Blog
posted December 7, 2010 at 12:05am

Former taekwondo champion and Rigged star Rebecca Welsh, née Neuenswander, is a rightful contender to be Wonder Woman. In her case, however, a script may not be required—she already plays a wonder woman in real life with her HALO foundation. This year ...more

NYC high school sprinting star in desperate need of bone marrow donor
by TJ's Turf
posted December 6, 2010 at 7:30pm

I started my running "career" as a sprinter, way back in the day. (Actually, my first running was from the batter's box to first base, but that's a story for another day.)Today, when I write feature articles about runners, one of the questions I often ask...more

Academy Sports Holiday Bike Donation
by Bike Diva
posted December 1, 2010 at 10:47pm

Academy Sports + Outdoors Launches 9th Annual Holiday Bike Donation Company to donate over $165,000 in youth bikes and helmets PR Newswire HOUSTON, Dec. 1, 2010 HOUSTON, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Sports + Outdoors today kicked off its 9th ...more

Trim a Tree Fun Run
by Sarah Stanley Inspired
posted November 30, 2010 at 9:17pm

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you know that 25 Days of Cheer (#ProjectCheer) is debuting tomorrow. Are you excited? I hope so! But its not just words that will spread cheer, its our actions. So, without further ado, please welcome Trim A Tree Fun ...more

Candice Wiggins talks about World AIDS Day
by Left Coast Hoops
posted November 29, 2010 at 6:40pm

I’ve known Candice Wiggins since she was a 17-year-old at Stanford. She has always been remarkably dignified and open about her family story and her father’s death from AIDS. Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day and Candice talked to me yesterday with her usual ...more

25 Days of Cheer
by Sarah Stanley Inspired
posted November 29, 2010 at 2:01pm

‘Twas the night before cookies and milk and presents and wrapping paper and food and Christmas trees and stockings and…. And as quickly as the elves came, Christmas is gone. Toys are being wrestled into submission. You feel guilty for eating too mu...more

A Dishin & Swishin Thanksgiving: WNBA Stars Giving Back
by Swish Appeal
posted November 26, 2010 at 6:45pm

"Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada." So says that purveyor of information in the internet age, Wikipedia. Shortly the Lions will lose another football game, and large quanti...more

Fundraiser for MN Trail Running leaders
by TJ's Turf
posted November 25, 2010 at 4:27pm

If you're in Minnesota this weekend, please consider attending the Larry & Colleen Pederson Benefit Run on Saturday (November 27, 2010). Runners will gather at Afton State Park for a run, potluck and silent auction. The event is open to all and will b...more

Join Sami Jo Small In Helping Native Communities
by The First Line
posted November 24, 2010 at 10:01am

Here in the United States, November happens to be Native American Heritage Month. I’m not sure whether the same holds true in Canada, but it’s always the right time to get educated and get involved. Current Toronto goalie and Stanford engineering ...more

National Women’s Law Center launches new campaign
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted November 18, 2010 at 11:05pm

Earlier this week, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) launched a new campaign to address Title IX violations and inequalities in girls’ high school sport. The campaign, “Rally for Girls’ Sports: She’ll Win More Than a Game“, also includes ...more

Daron Richardson: Ottawa Senators Mourn
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 18, 2010 at 10:14pm

Daron Richardson was a child you’ve never heard of. Daron was 14. She played hockey, she had friends, she got good grades, she had a bright smile. Last weekend, Daron was at her home when something caused her to go in to the basement, put a rope aro...more

Yale comes through for Schwartz
by The First Line
posted November 14, 2010 at 11:19pm

A few weeks ago I posted about the ‘white-out’ game being played to benefit Mandi Schwartz’s medical fund at Yale. It succeeded in a big way, raising more than $9,000 and breaking attendance records for Ingalls rink. Opponent RPI donated $1000 t...more

Magdalena Lewy Boulet on giving back to the community and plans for a lifetime of competing [Podcast]
by anngaff
posted November 9, 2010 at 4:36pm

Magdalena Lewy-Boulet placed 2nd at the 2008 Olympic Trials Marathon and competed for the United States at the 2008 Beijing Games. The 37-year-old mother of one (son, Owen, age 5) helped found the Bay Area Track Club and now has gotten involved with the W...more

Run for Congo Women
by Pretty Tough
posted November 7, 2010 at 3:29pm

This is pretty good. A few weeks ago, the New York Times Magazine highlighted a number of individuals as part of a series about grassroots work being done worldwide to help others in need. One of the women profiled, along with her mission, caught our at...more

Celebrities lace up for NYC Marathon
by Pretty Tough
posted November 4, 2010 at 6:34pm

Next Sunday, Nov. 7th, over 100,000 runners will race 26.2 miles across five towering bridges through New York’s five unique boroughs in the 40th ING New York City Marathon. The mega-marathon that began with 55 finishers in Central Park in 1970 ...more

Ladies of Longboarding Calendar
by SkaterGirl
posted October 31, 2010 at 2:25pm

Liz Kinnish and her chums have created a wonderful calender to help support a great cause, the search for a cure for breast cancer. ALL proceeds go to the cause and each month features a different pose. Starts January 2011 and available now direct from th...more

Cocoa Beach Century Ride Care Packages
by Bike Diva
posted October 28, 2010 at 7:10pm

Cocoa Beach Century Ride My husband and I are getting ready to leave for Cocoa Beach, Florida. We will be participating in the 22nd annual Intracoastal Waterway Century Ride. This is a 100 mile road bike ride, which takes place in Cocoa Beach on Hallowe...more

‘Mandi’s March’ November 6th
by The First Line
posted October 28, 2010 at 6:34pm

Yale and Quinnipiac have banded together to support former Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz in her battle against leukemia. The march will be from Quinnipiac’s sports center to Yale’s rink on Farmington Rails-to-Trails, and it will be followed that...more

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