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A heart load of Pat Summitt thoughts
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 25, 2011 at 12:15pm

I've been wrestling with my thoughts on Pat Summitt for the last day and a half. What to think? What to say? Coach Patricia Sue Head Summitt is the one living hero I've had in my life - and that's been for most of my life. I've got a framed picture of he...more

Washington women's basketball starts Scandinavian trip with a win
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted August 25, 2011 at 12:12am

Washington departed Sunday for Europe, its first stint under coach Kevin McGuff's regime. The former Xavier coach was hired in April, replacing Tia Jackson after four consecutive losing seasons. McGuff had 10 days of practice with his new team before dep...more

Pat Summitt R Us
by Mariah Burton Nelson: BEYOND WORKOUTS - Think of Yourself as an Athlete
posted August 24, 2011 at 7:19pm

When we talk about Pat Summitt, we’re talking about ourselves. We’re talking about her, too. Alzheimer’s is a progressive, terminal illness. Unless some cure comes along, Summitt was handed a fatal diagnosis. Her legendary steely resolve notwithsta...more

Pat Summitt's Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Hits Close to Home
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 24, 2011 at 5:50pm

Pat Summitt, like all legendary athletic coaches, is a fierce competitor who has led her team to many victories. She is well-regarded in her field and in her community, and is by all accounts beloved by her colleagues and her current and former players. ...more

Rereading lessons from Pat Summitt
by Byline to Finish Line
posted August 24, 2011 at 2:11pm

At first, I thought it was joke in poor taste, waiting for the social media punch line to make me sigh, roll my eyes and move on with my day. Seriously, Pat Summitt diagnosed with dementia? But sadly, it was quickly confirmed, the legendary women’s bask...more

The sports world reacts to news about Pat Summitt with compassion
by HoopFeed.com
posted August 24, 2011 at 2:02pm

As the news about the medical condition of legendary basketball coach Pat Summitt spread yesterday afternoon, the sports world began to voice its appreciation, consolation and other heartfelt emotions about the winningest basketball coach in NCAA history....more

Pat Summitt Shocks Women’s Basketball World, Diagnosed with Early Dementia
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted August 24, 2011 at 9:37am

The Women’s Basketball World was shocked today with news that legendary coach Pat Summitt has been diagnosed with early onset dementia (“Alzheimer’s Type”). Writer Sally Jenkins, who helped Pat Summitt write two of her books, wrote a touching arti...more

Coach VanDerveer reacts to Summitt diagnosis
by Left Coast Hoops
posted August 24, 2011 at 9:19am

Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said she found out about Pat Summitt’s diagnosis of early onset dementia before the story was released to the press, getting a call at her Minnesota vacation home from Tennessee Director of Operations Kathy Hairston. “P...more

Storm coaches and players show support for Pat Summitt
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted August 24, 2011 at 1:38am

Ashley Robinson heard the news and immediately thought of a dedication for Pat Summitt, the legendary Tennessee coach: orange fingernails. Robinson played for Summitt from 2000-04, feeling the shame shock and concern as other alumni upon hearing NCAA ba...more

2011 World University Games Winners Join An Elite Circle of Success
by Swish Appeal
posted August 23, 2011 at 11:07pm

The United States World University Games gold-medal winning team made it back on home soil from China Monday, fresh off their spoils of victory less than 48 hours ago. Sisters Nneka and Chiney Ogwimike tweeted about the excitement of being back. Skylar ...more

Report: Tennessee coaching legend Pat Summitt diagnosed with early onset dementia
by HoopFeed.com
posted August 23, 2011 at 10:47pm

Summitt’s Statement Dear All – Throughout my career, I have always made it a point that my life and my basketball program were an open book. With that in mind, I have something I’d like to share with my Tennessee families — the university, bo...more

Notre Dame and UConn have three players each on preseason "Wade Watch" list
by HoopFeed.com
posted August 23, 2011 at 9:11pm

The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association released the preseason “Wade Watch” list today featuring 25 athletes with three players from Notre Dame and Connecticut represented. An annual award, the Wade Trophy is named after the late, legendary three...more

USA Takes GOLD 101-66 over Taipei in World University Games
by Swish Appeal
posted August 22, 2011 at 10:06am

USA Takes GOLD 101-66 over Taipei in World University Games The United States continued their run through the World University Games unblemished, racking up their 6th win in so many competitions in China. The gold medalists were the only team of the 15 ...more

New York World report of the First Women's Intercollegiate Basketball Game in 1896
by LostCentury
posted August 20, 2011 at 3:39pm

College Girls Play Ball in Bloomers, article and illustraiton from The World: New York, August 16, 1896, about the first women's intercollegiate baseketball game between Stanford and California, Berkeley, in San Francisco....more

In women's basketball what exactly is a Minutewoman?
by After Atalanta
posted August 19, 2011 at 12:38am

Women's intercollegiate basketball is not that far away, my friends. And given my current status as a resident of western Massachusetts, I hear about the progress of the UMass-Amherst Minutewomen all the time. And I cringe every time. Because what exactly...more

Ring of Honor Retrospective: Rebecca Lobo
by Swish Appeal
posted August 18, 2011 at 3:22pm

This is not the retrospective I was expecting to write, and I'm not sure what that says about me, about us, about her, or about them. But that's the end of the story, and we should be beginning at the beginning. It begins in New York, and it begins w...more

Utah Pioneer of Women’s College Basketball Opens Campus Athletic Fields to Women in 1897
by LostCentury
posted August 17, 2011 at 1:06am

Lucile Hewett of Utah pioneered women's college basketball and led a movement to open campus athletic fields to women. Article and images from The Salt Lake Herald, May 17, 1897...more

Stanford Women’s Basketball 2011-2012 Schedule is Here
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted August 16, 2011 at 6:27pm

Stanford Women’s basketball released their 2011-2012 schedule today. Most notable, for C and R anyway, is the December 20th match-up with Tennessee here at Maples. Get your tickets early. (Notable away game is UConn November 21st). For those of you who ...more

Texas Southern Coach Wins $700,000 in Retaliation Case
by Title IX Blog
posted August 16, 2011 at 1:43pm

A jury in federal court in Texas awarded over $700,000 to Surina Dixon, a former coach at Texas Southern University who had sued the school for retaliation and discrimination in violation of Title IX and other law. As we noted when the case was first fi...more

Stanford releases 2011-2012 women's basketball schedule
by Left Coast Hoops
posted August 16, 2011 at 1:31am

The release courtesy of Stanford Athletics. Stanford Women’s Basketball Announces 2011-12 Schedule Cardinal non-conference slate includes trips to Connecticut, Xavier; hosting Tennessee, Gonzaga STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford’s Setsuko Ishiyama Dire...more

Tara-isms: Words of Wisdom From a Hall of Fame Bound Coach
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted August 12, 2011 at 1:48pm

Stanford Women’s Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Friday, August 12th. She is currently only one of seven women to be inducted into that hallowed Hall, so that makes it even more special. You ca...more

Six Feet of Girl and No Candy - Basketball Practice in 1898
by LostCentury
posted August 9, 2011 at 11:56am

March 25, 1898 article from San Francisco Call describes training methods and practice for women's basketball team....more

Tara VanDerveer going to the Basketball Hall of Fame!
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted August 9, 2011 at 1:03am

Sorry it has been awhile since we wrote a blog (apologies to good friend P). Just, we’re on summer vacation and Twitter is so much easier to blurt out somethin’ short and silly. Or just retweet what others say so we don’t have to think of anything...more

SMU Settles Lawsuit with Former Women's Basketball Player
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted August 7, 2011 at 2:48pm

Here is a news report on the conclusion of a lawsuit I first wrote about in September, 2008. You can see that blog post here for more specific information about the former player's allegations. The university and coach Rompola will not comment and the uni...more

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