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My Golden Girls
by Jennie Finch
posted November 4, 2009 at 12:08pm
I was sitting in the Doctors Office yesterday and was joined by 4 Golden Girls! They were chatting about their families, cancer, life, and getting old. I was tickled overhearing their sweet conversation about getting old!Here are a few quotes from the G...more
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Video: Play Soccer So They Can
by Pretty Tough
posted October 31, 2009 at 2:34pm
If you play soccer or are a fan, you know why it’s called the Beautiful Game. Soccer is a global language that has the power to unify people. Last weekend, a group of players got together in Los Angeles so that others around the world can have the o...more
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FSU, UNC to honor Charlotte Moran
by Soccer Science
posted October 20, 2009 at 5:27pm
All proceeds from the match will go to the Charlotte Moran Foundation for Women’s Soccer
Source: Florida State University Press Release
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – When Florida State and North Carolina square-off at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 22 at t...more
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Being a girl AND one of the guys
by Pretty Tough
posted October 12, 2009 at 3:17pm
(Ed. Note: Author Jill Oakes is a professional soccer player who played last season in the WPS for the Chicago Red Stars)
I’m girly. I sell jewelry, practice yoga, watch cooking shows, Project Runway and What Not to Wear, and I LOVE dancing! If ...more
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
by Sport Management Education
posted October 12, 2009 at 11:37am
Final Four Leadership
One of the unique aspects of sports is the degree of publicity athletes generate in the mass media. Unfortunately, many star athletes have gained notoriety based upon negative attention in the news. I am happy to report that many ...more
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Pink stuff
by After Atalanta
posted October 7, 2009 at 11:12am
I got through one day of October--one day!--before feeling compelled to blog about all this pink stuff. (But haven't actually had time until today which means I had to stew through all this NFL goes pink and Tom Brady's pink cleats, etc, etc.)I have done ...more
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Real Men DO wear Pink.
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 6, 2009 at 7:55pm
Hats off to the NFL for helping to support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
If you didn’t tune in to a football game this first weekend in October, then you missed NFL players wearing pink or pink-tinged items to help bring attention to breast c...more
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Baby blue for prostate cancer awareness?
by Fair Game News
posted October 5, 2009 at 6:32pm
By Lauren Taylor
Pink is nice, but how about baby blue?
If the NFL wants to leverage the resources of Monday Night Football (and Sunday day and night football, too) on a public health issue — and do it in a gender-coded manner — how about a prostate...more
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Night by the Ocean Gala - This Weekend
by Westbound Boarder
posted October 3, 2009 at 6:17pm
Tomorrow night at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, the surfing community and influential personalities alike will come together in support of people who have suffered spinal chord injuries.
The 6th Annual Night by the Ocean Gala (we first wrote about it h...more
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Cheers to Month Number 10!
by Chic Runner
posted October 1, 2009 at 7:08pm
Hooray! It’s finally October! This means so many good things! First, my birthday is quickly approaching! It’s only 5 days away. Hooray. Then we have Long Beach which is now 10 days away. Then I have pretty much the most epic halloween costume EVER, th...more
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Can the NFL make pink a legit sport color?
by Fair Game News
posted October 1, 2009 at 6:44pm
By Laura Pappano
I can’t wait to see what happens when I tune in to the NFL this weekend. Will we see more dropped passes? Missed routes? Hugging and giggling in the huddle?
After all, the league is kicking off a month-long effort to support breast ...more
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Palm Beach: Team in Training Lite
by Bike Diva
posted October 1, 2009 at 5:35pm
TNTLite
Looking for a lighter side of TNT? In addition to our endurance
training events, the Palm Beach Area Chapter offers fun, short distance
events so everyone can join in the fun!
TNT Cycle LiteThe Palm Beaches Marathon Festival Bike Tour - a...more
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RadioShack joins Lance Armstrong on Livestrong Day
by Bike Diva
posted October 1, 2009 at 3:13pm
RadioShack Joins With Lance Armstrong to Raise Awareness for LIVESTRONG Day on Oct. 2
FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RadioShack Corporation (NYSE:RSH)
will join seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and
LIVESTRONG (...more
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Women Boxers from Gleason’s create art for show
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 29, 2009 at 8:17pm
I just read Meredith Deliso’s article on YourNabe.com about 15 women from Gleason’s gym in New York who worked together to create mosaics which will be sold at an art show to benefit a Brooklyn-based community group, Girls for Gender Equity.
What�...more
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World Record Set for Female Skydiving Formation
by One Sport Voice
posted September 28, 2009 at 2:46pm
This morning I heard on the news that a group of 181 female skydivers from 31 countries set a world record for the largest all-female skydiving formation. Proceeds raised by the divers (>$900,000) were donated to cancer research.
picture from http://ww...more
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Green Girl’s Tip of the Day
by Cool Adventure Girls!
posted September 18, 2009 at 9:12pm
Did you know…it takes one-third of a pound of agricultural chemicals to produce one cotton shirt in the United States?
Therefore, a shirt that says “100 percent cotton” is actually only 73 percent cotton and 27 percent chemicals and chemical resid...more
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The Avon 2 Day Walk Recap Day Dos
by Chic Runner
posted September 15, 2009 at 12:17pm
Day two. Oh Day two of the walk. You pretty much beat us up even more than Day one, but I’m glad we finished the whole entire walk. There were options (which we didn’t know about until after we started day one) to ‘walk however far you could’ We w...more
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The Avon 2 Day Breast Cancer Walk Recap Day Uno
by Chic Runner
posted September 14, 2009 at 12:50pm
So this past weekend I did the Avon 2 day 39.3 mile walk to raise awareness for Breast Cancer. Let’s just say it was more than an experience. I didn’t train for it at all and signed up a month before. Thankfully, I had many supporters who quickly help...more
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Run for a Cure
by Cool Adventure Girls!
posted September 8, 2009 at 5:41pm
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There’s no better time to run for a cure ladies!
The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K Series is held in a number of different cities across the ...more
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