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Fashion Police: ESPY Awards edition
by A Glam Slam
posted July 15, 2010 at 6:27pm

The Oscars of the sports world took place last night with a Red Carpet full of athletes turned fashionistas. The hottest sports superstars glammed it up, trading in their team uniforms for designer duds. The 18th Annual ESPY Awards honored the best ...more

Chiney Ogwumike is A-Okay and wins Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year!
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted July 15, 2010 at 5:32pm

This just in, Stanford recruit Chiney Ogwumike (and current Stanford player Nneka Ogwumike’s sister) won the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year. Yes, we know she was already honored as the Gatorade Player of the Year in Basketball out of 50 states, but...more

Mark Wahlberg has his Tightie Whities in a Bunch
by anngaff
posted July 15, 2010 at 11:31am

Enough said.  I was half watching the ESPY's to see who the winners were and half watching Jaelyn when I thought I heard Mark Wahlberg say something to the effect of "Men like looking at women, men like watching sports, so you would think women's sp...more

Chiney Ogwumike chosen as Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year
by Pretty Tough
posted July 14, 2010 at 9:52pm

The biggest names in high school and professional sports convened in Los Angeles today as Gatorade honored the top prep male and female athletes with the eighth annual High School Athlete of the Year awards. Just yards from L.A. Live’s Nokia Theatre a...more

Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announces the Class of 2011
by HoopFeed.com
posted July 11, 2010 at 1:23pm

The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2011 during "WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun Game" Saturday at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. The six members of the Class of 2011 are: Val Ackerman (contribu...more

Ashton Purvis – 2009-10 Gatorade National Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year
by Sports Girls Play
posted July 2, 2010 at 12:52pm

The Gatorade Player of the Year program is celebrating its 25th year in recognizing elite high school athletes throughout the nation. The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one award-winner in the District of Columbia and each of the ...more

Best female athlete ESPY nominees
by Pretty Tough
posted June 29, 2010 at 9:22pm

Two candidates for Best Female Athlete are trying to return to the ESPY winner’s circle — Serena Williams last won that award in 2003, while Diana Taurasi won it in 2004. Meanwhile, Maya Moore and Lindsey Vonn are trying to win Best Female for the fir...more

List of ESPY categories with female nominees
by HoopFeed.com
posted June 25, 2010 at 12:49pm

Yesterday ESPN announced nominees for its 2010 ESPY awards. Fans vote for winners until July 10. The network will broadcast half-hour a nomination show today at 8p.m. ET. Winners will be announced during The 2010 ESPYs, televised LIVE Wed, July 14, at 9 p...more

#WIN Women make Hockey Hall of Fame
by One Sport Voice
posted June 23, 2010 at 7:14pm

Hockey players Angela James and Cammi Granato have been voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Let’s also not forget that Angela Ruggiero earned her place in the Hockey Hall of Fame as the first brother-sister duo to play pro hockey together. In most of ...more

First women elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
by Pretty Tough
posted June 23, 2010 at 3:27pm

The Hockey Hall of Fame is no longer just for men. Hockey pioneers Cammi Granato and Angela James changed that on Tuesday when they became the first women elected to be enshrined in Toronto. Along with former NHL All-Star Dino Ciccarelli, Granato and Ja...more

Maya Moore named co-winner of the Honda-Broderick Cup Award
by HoopFeed.com
posted June 22, 2010 at 7:18pm

University of Connecticut star player Maya Moore is the co-winner of the 2010 Honda-Broderick Cup Award. She shares the honor with Penn State volleyball player Megan Hodge. Moore is third athlete from the UConn to receive the prestigious honor given by th...more

Maya Moore a finalist for the 2010 Honda-Broderick Cup
by HoopFeed.com
posted June 17, 2010 at 4:35pm

University of Connecticut star Maya Moore is a finalist for the 2010 Honda-Broderick Cup. The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony on June 21st at UCLA in Los Angeles. The finalists were chosen from previously announced Honda Sports Award winn...more

Monday dribble: WNBA power rankings, stanky leg, and HOFs
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted June 14, 2010 at 5:07pm

I wonder who would win in a "Dance Off" between Texas A&M;coach Gary Blair and Storm coach Brian Agler? Blair did the Superman for his players and it was caught on tape. Agler, in a one-on-one clip with a Storm Dance Troupe performer, displayed his only d...more

Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame: Induction and coverage roundup
by HoopFeed.com
posted June 13, 2010 at 5:44pm

Teresa Weatherspoon, Rebecca Lobo, Leta Andrews, Teresa Edwards, Gloria Ray, Chris Weller. Photo: Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (WBHOF) announced its 12th group of inductees during last season’s WNBA All-S...more

Tina Charles named Rookie of the Month for May 2010
by HoopFeed.com
posted June 2, 2010 at 6:32pm

Tina Charles, the celebrated Connecticut graduate and number one 2010 WNBA draft pick, earned the first Rookie of the Month award for this season. In May, Charles led all rookies in the league and the Connecticut Sun in points (16.6 ppg) and rebounds (9...more

Boston Sports Museum: When was that year of the woman?
by After Atalanta
posted May 24, 2010 at 6:30pm

Remember back in the 90s some time when Bill Clinton was in office and Hilary Rodham Clinton was empowering some and causing great consternation to others? Wasn't there a Year of the Woman in their somewhere?I guess when that year was over we went back to...more

Rainbow Wahine tie NCAA Homerun Record
by Softball Performance Blog
posted May 15, 2010 at 5:07pm

The top seeded University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Softball team tied the NCAA Single Season Homerun Record in their WAC Tournament opener. The Rainbow Wahine racked up a total of 6 homeruns in the game as they defeated San Jose State 16-8. Melissa...more

Maya Gabeira grabs Billabong XXL Award
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted May 14, 2010 at 1:16pm

Maya Gabiera of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil took home a BIllabong XXL Award for the second time in her career. She was awarded for Women's Performance at the 10th annual Global Big Wave Awards ceremony in Southern California and took home a fat check. She...more

The G.O.A.T. Speaks: Cynthia Cooper-Dyke on Dishin & Swishin
by Swish Appeal
posted May 8, 2010 at 6:17pm

<p> <a href="http://www.swishappeal.com/photos/the-g-o-a-t-speaks-cynthia-cooper">More photos »</a> Mark J. Terrill - AP </p> <p> The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class poses w...more

Storm guard Tanisha Wright clinches Polish title
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted May 2, 2010 at 1:34pm

Add another starter to the list of Storm players headed back to Seattle. SG Tanisha Wright helped her Lotos Gdynia team clinch the PLKK title, winning the best-of-five series 3-1. The capper was a close 60-58 win on Saturday. Wright finished with 10 poin...more

Mountain biking picture of me, tongue out, elbow bloodied, wins award
by Karen Kefauver: Travel Journal
posted April 27, 2010 at 6:39pm

Thanks to Conner Jay, photojournalist at The Salinas Californian, I will be immortalized with lolling tongue and crimson elbow. The dramatic photo he took of me after I crashed my mountain bike and skinned my arm on the pavement captures my determination ...more

Stanford Awards Ceremony Part I
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted April 24, 2010 at 3:19pm

OMG, the Stanford Women’s Basketball end of the year banquet was yesterday, and although C and R couldn’t be there, bummer of bummers, our intrepid NOF (number one fan) could (and she plugged our blog to Nneka Ogwumike! When we get T-shirts made, we a...more

Candice Wiggins still rankin' 'em up!
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted April 22, 2010 at 9:50am

Ex-Stanford player Candice Wiggins, one of C’s favorites in a team of favorites, won the Eurocup Player of the Year Award. She plays for the Minnesota Lynx in the US during the summer, and in the off-season, makes more money playing for her Greece Team,...more

"Cynthia Cooper Enshrined As Naismith Hall-of-Famer"
by Swish Appeal
posted April 6, 2010 at 12:23am

"Cynthia Cooper Enshrined As Naismith Hall-of-Famer" Not a bad day for USC women's hoops, huh? On the same day that coach Michael Cooper was inducted into the California COA Hall of Fame, women's basketball legend Cynthia Cooper was inducted into the N...more

Ogwumike's National Player of The Year Award
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 26, 2010 at 7:55pm

We here at C and R always love when we get contacted by legit agencies thinking we are big time. This time it is Gatorade, which is reaching out to us. C got her master’s degree at the University of Florida and she knew someone whose mom worked with Dr....more

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