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Coach's Corner: What is your team doing this summer to help the community?
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 6, 2011 at 9:33am

One of the primary lessons I learned from Coach Dale Brown is that "college sports was simply a vehicle to accomplish more important things in life." It was commonplace at LSU for our team to visit children hospitals on road trips. Coach Brown would a...more

TWLOHA = Hope
by Chantelle Says
posted July 6, 2011 at 8:57am

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." - Kahlil GibranI fill various roles in my daily life: Retired WNBA player, daughter, college basketball coach, big sister, mentor, author, Twitter addi...more

Teach With Africa interns make skateboards with Elissa Steamer
by SkaterGirl
posted July 3, 2011 at 10:23am

Last January student teacher interns from South Africa received a skateboarding lesson and made their own skateboards from professional skateboarder Elissa Steamer. Great initiative from TWA and great to Elissa and the skate industry supporting it. ...more

MZ & Emmers – Soccer Kicks Breast Cancer
by Pretty Tough
posted June 23, 2011 at 3:04pm

McCall Zerboni It’s always great to see professional athletes support causes by showing their famous faces on a poster, commercial, or news article, but it’s even greater to see an athlete pair up with a fan and actually take action. That’s ex...more

CLAW: Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers raise money for women-initiated causes
by Athletic Women Blog
posted June 23, 2011 at 9:30am

Theater, arm wrestling, philanthropy—three things that don't often come to mind together. But in toto they do describe CLAW (Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers, or more generally, Collective of Lady Arm Wrestlers), as seen in the group's About page: A...more

Rest in Peace Betty Fox
by Women in Sport International
posted June 18, 2011 at 3:16am

Today Betty Fox, mother of Canadian hero Terry Fox, passed away due to ongoing complications with diabetes. Mrs. Fox was in her early 70s and is survived by her husband Rolly, 2 sons, 1 daughter and several grandchildren. Mrs. Fox had her moment in the...more

Do you need to do good to feel good?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted June 8, 2011 at 12:26pm

Thousands of Irish women will run this summer to raise money for charity. Many of them will have never run before but the motivation of raising money will get them out on the streets. I asked a friend on Sunday which charity she was supporting in her firs...more

Wanna arm wrestle lady?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted June 6, 2011 at 11:56pm

What do you get if you add arm wrestling plus fancy dress plus a few beers plus a shed-load of screaming women? The Collective of Lady Arm Wrestling, that's CLAW to you and me. It all started three years ago in Virginia, USA and is spreading around the St...more

Marion Jones' Commitment to Community Service in new ESPN the Magazine
by Swish Appeal
posted June 1, 2011 at 10:03am

Marion Jones' Commitment to Community Service in new ESPN the Magazine The new edition of ESPN the Magazine, dated May 30, 2011, looks in detail at the recent rash of "misbehavior" among athletes and programs, notably "the year of scandals" in college s...more

Girls on the Run Campaign
by RunLikeAGirl
posted May 31, 2011 at 1:37pm

a bestseller fundraiser campaign by Run Like a Girl...more

Friend of Edusport combats poverty with sport and education in Great Britain
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted May 31, 2011 at 9:31am

The University of St Andrews in Scotland is more well known these days for being the back-drop to a right royal romance. You may have seen the wedding photos. But it's also home to the Umutima 2015 International Development Youth Summit which takes place ...more

Torn apart layer by layer
by Endurance Meg
posted May 24, 2011 at 1:53am

It’s been awhile. It’s been quiet here. I’ve been quiet. My mind has been quiet. My body has been still. Finally. Still, in the sense of not moving. No vibrations, no fluttering. No undulations or perturbations. Just still. A layer of me, my peac...more

BAWSI's Sportsapalooza raises $84,000, features Julie Foudy and Glee's Jane Lynch
by anngaff
posted May 21, 2011 at 12:11am

Jane Lynch, aka "Coach Sylvester" from Glee, talks about "BAWSI," the Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative: Hello, losers and snot faucets! ...I found out they go around creating all these bossy people...so I figured I'd better do a little research and ge...more

Mary Wineberg on volunteering and spreading good news
by Mary Wineberg: I'm Back....for my 2012 Olympic Quest
posted May 16, 2011 at 11:37am

Hey everyone,I just wanted to update you all on what I do with my spare time when I am not training. I am a big advocate for children and I love to give my time with the help of Athletes For Hope at my local Children's Hospital located here in Cincinnati...more

Athletes Giving Back: Britney Henry and Kara Patterson's Children's Hospital Visit
by Britney Henry - Olympian in Progress
posted May 5, 2011 at 11:04am

Last Wednesday my best buddy, Kara Patterson and I headed over to Rady’s Children Hospital to hang out with some kiddos in the oncology unit. Walking into the hospital Kara and I both thought we were going to be emotional wrecks, since we were not qui...more

Sportsapalooza at Santa Clara
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted May 4, 2011 at 12:02pm

C and R’s favorite non-profit, BAWSI (pronounced Bossy) is having a big fundraiser May 4th (Yes we know it is tomorrow, whoopsies, we just found out about it, darn it, but wanted to pass the info along). First, BASWI stands for the Bay Area Women’s S...more

Run for the Rabbit / NYC Running Show
by LHiggs
posted April 29, 2011 at 7:50am

Last Friday I attended JackRabbit’s first NYC Running Show. It was a pretty good concept, nicely executed, and I hope they continue to do it annually. There were larges booths for all the different vendors, staffed with representatives from the comp...more

Earth Day inspired home detox
by Run Granola Run- Musings of a Gluten Free Runner
posted April 23, 2011 at 1:22pm

The sun was shining brightly today in Portland. It was definitely the nicest day in a long time and actually really felt like Spring. Unfortunately, that meant allergies for me and a trip to the pharmacy to get a refill inhaler, something I haven’...more

Green Olympics for London?
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted April 22, 2011 at 7:30pm

Happy Earth Day everyone! Just noticed the animated Google-logo for today, very cute. But of more relevance to us are the plans to Green-Up for the London Olympics next year. From reading this BBC story, it looks like eco-plans were part of the scheme fr...more

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