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1,500 Turn Up For Soccer Night in Newtown
by Pretty Tough
posted January 8, 2013 at 8:30am

Through Soccer Night in Newtown, local families and children got a chance to meet with Major League Soccer and U.S. national team stars on Monday night.  Participants came out to play in small-sided games and spend an afternoon thinking about th...more

"Jocks for Justice": The complexities of athlete activism
by The Rabbit Hole
posted December 21, 2012 at 12:23pm

In effect, when the personal becomes political in sports, the cheerleading often comes to an abrupt halt. If athletes use their status and recognition to promote social and political causes, they often find themselves criticized and pushed to the sideline...more

My request for Maria Cornelius
by They're Playing Basketball
posted December 17, 2012 at 8:21am

Maria Cornelius' name has become synonymous with the Tennessee Lady Vols. The veteran writer has been covering the team since 1998 for scout.com. She writes quality pieces, she posts video, and she takes amazing pictures. To say Maria is an expert on the ...more

Breast Cancer Awareness Month - "Business as usual"
by The Rabbit Hole
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:52am

For people to finally rise up and object people have to know, they have to be aware of the magnitude of the lies they are being fed.  And the lies are comforting lies. People are not going to want to give up these lies.  They are comforting. Bre...more

California taking action in response to rising rate of concussions in youth sports
by Swish Appeal
posted October 5, 2012 at 8:57am

A study published in the Journal of Athletic Training found that U.S. high schools' fourth-highest rate of concussions occurs in girls basketball while concussions are on the rise across youth sports. In response, California has passed legislation requiri...more

Habitat For Humanity Build-a-thon 2012
by Moving Down the Right Track
posted October 2, 2012 at 7:54am

Hey everyone, So this weekend was AMAZING!! I went to Sony Studios and joined Habitat For Humanity at the Build-a-thon 2012, building homes for the Culver City Project.  Now I must say it was my 1st time doing that, hammering in nails, building wall...more

Support of women's sports: "The right thing to do"
by Sports, Media & Society
posted September 20, 2012 at 8:29am

A cross-generational panel set the stage for a lively conversation on Tuesday night at the Pennsylvania State University's All-Sports Museum. Once you managed to find your way through the labyrinth of photos, videos and quotes from the school's past, you...more

Help Launch Milwaukee United Soccer Club
by stephaniemp
posted August 20, 2012 at 6:22pm

  I am a product of Milwaukee. I went to an all-girls high school where soccer was queen. Unfortunately, Milwaukee is not leading the way in women's sports. We don't have a professional women's basketball or soccer team and, as a result, are very f...more

Sparks drop in at LA city's "Summer Night Lights"
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 4, 2012 at 7:54am

Last night members of the Sparks organization conducted the second of four clinics at South Park Recreation Center, as part of Los Angeles' "Summer Night Lights" program. Sparks assistant coach Jim Lewis, guard Kristi Toliver and forward Nneka Ogwumike we...more

Can you help support this women in boxing film?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted August 2, 2012 at 2:51pm

This weekend women's amateur boxing finally gets its dues - and there is something you can do to help spread the story of these pioneers. As I wrote here, it's been 108 years since boxing made its debut as a demonstration sport at the St Louis Games ...more

ReachuP! Foundation and Radio Disney AM 1310 Team Up for All Star Soccer Event
by Pretty Tough
posted July 24, 2012 at 8:17am

SAN JOSE, CA – Soccer legend and local hero Brandi Chastain will host a co-ed all star celebrity soccer match and post game concert on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. at San Jose Municipal Stadium (home of the minor league baseball team th...more

London's High Court permits Female Canoeist's lawsuit to proceed
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 21, 2012 at 10:27pm

On Thursday, London's High Court granted permission for British National Sprint Canoe Champion Sam Rippington's lawsuit to proceed.  In addition, "The IOC and the Olympic Delivery Authority have been ordered to be joined as interested parties. The ca...more

LOCOG Deflects Equality Responsibilities
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 20, 2012 at 2:12pm

LOCOG continues to deflect equality responsibilities. See article in"The Guardian."  http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/19/london-2012-japan-australia-sexism.  British National Champion Canoeist Samantha Rippington is not asking for...more

FEMALE CANOEIST TAKES OLYMPIC INEQUALITY TO COURT
by WomenCANIntl
posted July 19, 2012 at 1:00am

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***   FEMALE CANOEIST TAKE OLYMPIC INEQUALITY TO COURT CLAIMS LOCOG IS IN BREACH OF EQUALITY ACT 2010 Samantha Rippington (Left in photo), an elite female canoeist from Reading, will today launch a High Court challenge to th...more

LA Sparks and Habitat for Humanity remodel a home
by They're Playing Basketball
posted June 11, 2012 at 7:07pm

Today the Los Angeles Sparks converged on an LA-area home to help remodel it as part of Habitat for Humanity. They had a good time doing it, too, as you can see in these great pictures, by myself, the Sparks and rookie April Sykes.In my rookie interview...more

Euro Cup 2012 & HIV/AIDS
by The Rabbit Hole
posted June 2, 2012 at 9:13pm

Photo from HDWallpaper.In 2005, the United Nations held the International Year of Sport and Physical Education and committed sport to assisting in Millennium Development Goal achievement.  Goal #6 is to help combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other disease...more

Breaking News: The IOC adds Women's Canoe to the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games
by WomenCANIntl
posted May 29, 2012 at 12:57am

BREAKING NEWS: IOC accepts the inclusion of women's canoe to the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing China!! The IOC decided to accept six new events to generate team atmosphere, promote gender equality and balance sprint and endurance events. The...more

The Power Forward Charity Concert: The WNBA, Black Thought & Childhood Obesity
by Swish Appeal
posted April 29, 2012 at 12:15am

Image: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images The "Power Forward" concert, postponed due to the New York Rangers' playoff game against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday, is a charity concert that will bring the New York Liberty together New York and New Jersey business ...more

Alzheimer's Association Honors Pat Summitt for Promoting 'Greater Understanding' of The Disease
by Swish Appeal
posted April 27, 2012 at 6:51pm

Tennessee Lady Vols Head Coach Emeritus Pat Summitt and her son, Tyler Summitt, were honored on Tuesday at the National Alzheimer's Dinner. The Summitts received the Alzheimer's Association Sargent and Eunice Shriver Profiles in Dignity Award, "which r...more

Ubuntu: I am, because you are
by BAWSI Angela
posted April 25, 2012 at 12:29pm

Full Circle Service by the Student-Athletes from Evergreen Valley College is Powerful Beyond Words...more

Meghan Maiwald and the San Jose State University Women's Soccer Team
by BAWSI Drea
posted April 19, 2012 at 11:50am

Support Meghan Maiwald and the USA Women’s Deaf National Soccer Team on their journey to the Deaf World Cup and Deaflympics....more

Women's USA Deaf National Soccer Team Hold Fundraiser with Columbus Crew
by Meghan Maiwald
posted April 18, 2012 at 10:18am

The best team that you never heard of: USW(Deaf)NT. The USWDNT is made of women of all kinds of different levels of deafness; some only ASL or speaking as the primary language, or 50-50, like me. We come from all corners of the country and our age’s range...more

13-year-old Winter Vinecki: Competing for a Cause
by Laura Landgreen
posted April 16, 2012 at 10:48am

Her name is Winter Vinecki, and on April 29th, 2012, she will embark upon her quest to be the youngest person to ever complete a full marathon on every continent. But Winter isn’t doing this just to hold a world record, which she will upon successful com...more

Jessica Mendoza finds hope in Rwanda
by Jessica Mendoza's Blog
posted April 15, 2012 at 6:09pm

Jessica Mendoza finds hope in Rwanda Apr 13 5:36 PM ET | By Jess Mendoza   ESPN softball analyst Jessica Mendoza recently traveled to Rwanda as part of the Girl Effect, a project created by the Nike Foundation, NoVo Foundation, United Nations Foun...more

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