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Who is the greatest all-time Gatorade Player of the Year?
by Pretty Tough
posted December 23, 2009 at 2:36pm

For 25 years, Gatorade has recognized America’s elite high school students for their athletic achievement, academic excellence and exemplary character with the Gatorade Player of the Year award. Throughout the year, Gatorade will host 10 polls to determ...more

Serena Williams chosen Female Athlete of the Year by The Associated Press
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted December 22, 2009 at 2:14pm

Serena Williams chosen Female Athlete of the Year by The Associated Press Serena Williams was chosen Female Athlete of the Year by members of The Associated Press. She received 66 of 158 votes cast by editors at U.S. newspapers that are members of the ...more

Marta named World Player of Year
by Pretty Tough
posted December 21, 2009 at 10:15pm

Brazil’s Marta captured soccer’s World Player of the Year award for the fourth year in a row. The 23-year-old playmaker beat teammate Cristiane, Kelly Smith of England, and Germans Birgit Prinz and Inka Grings. “I’m really surprised,” Marta sa...more

Congratulations to the 2009 WFTDA Championship MVPs!
by anyatukhus
posted December 20, 2009 at 12:42pm

Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association announces 2009 Championship MVPs...more

Ingram wins Heisman Trophy
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 13, 2009 at 8:23pm

Last night in New York City, Mark Ingram of the University of Alabama was awarded the 2009 Heisman Trophy. (image credit) Obviously instrumental in his team’s SEC championship season and bid for the BCS national title, Ingram had a great season. H...more

Vote for Storm All-Star Swin Cash
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted December 11, 2009 at 2:19pm

Storm forward Swin Cash is getting some pub on the Web during the WNBA offseason. Currently playing in China, she received a nice write-up by Slam Online magazine and she's being considered for the Seattle Sports Commission's Professional Sports Star of t...more

Vote for U.S. Soccer Awards
by Pretty Tough
posted December 10, 2009 at 12:27pm

U.S. Soccer has announced the finalists for the 2009 Best of U.S. Soccer awards and there’s only one week left to vote for the 12 categories on USSoccer.com. The eighth annual series gives fans the opportunity to make their selections for the best i...more

Women of Color and the Rhodes: A Query
by Women's Sports Blog
posted December 7, 2009 at 1:48pm

Helen over at WHB clearly didn't read my extensive post from last year profiling all the 2008 Rhodes Scholars who were both women and athletes, otherwise she wouldn't have asked whether a basketball player had ever been awarded the honor ;) But the news...more

From The Archives: Chris Evert
by Women's Sports Blog
posted December 7, 2009 at 1:05pm

I just like this. I have no idea why. Leaving aside the dearth of women awarded the 'sportsman' honor, which I've talked about before, it seems ridiculous that Woods has won it twice but Manning and Federer have been left off the scoresheet. Giving ...more

Grace Under Pressure indeed! Girl’s ice hockey team scores goal against homophobia
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted December 1, 2009 at 2:50pm

I wrote about this high school girls ice hockey team in New Brunswick, Canada a few weeks ago. The Woodstock Thunder stood up against the homophobic reactions of some of their opponents when two teammates came out as gay. This article describes some of t...more

Venus Williams new member of the Dream Team for Public Service
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted November 28, 2009 at 3:43pm

Venus Williams new member of the Dream Team for Public Service Venus Williams was chosen to be a member of the Dream Team for Public Service, NFL legend Ronnie Lott’s team for the Jefferson Award for Public Service. The 10 Dream Team winners recogniz...more

Golf: POY Comes Down To Final Shot, One Point
by Women's Sports Blog
posted November 24, 2009 at 12:29pm

Michelle Wie, my Aunt Ethel. She certainly wasn't missed yesterday as the LPGA Tour Championship turned into a tense shot-for-shot battle between Ochoa and Shin for player of the year honors, settled only on the last stroke of the last hole. The play ...more

Robin Roberts wins Walter Camp Football Foundation "Distinguished American" Award
by HoopFeed.com
posted November 16, 2009 at 6:07pm

Former Southeastern Louisiana women’s basketball player Robin Roberts, accomplished student-athlete, media personality, author and breast-cancer survivor, is the 2009 recipient of the Walter Camp Football Foundation "Distinguished American" Award. T...more

Former Storm coach Lin Dunn honored in Tennessee
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted November 12, 2009 at 2:15pm

Legendary coach Lin Dunn, who built the foundation for the Storm as its inaugural coach/general manager, will be inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. The ceremony is slated for Feb. 19 in Nashville, Tenn. Dunn, now coach of the Indiana Fever,...more

Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award names 2009-10 basketball candidates
by Pretty Tough
posted November 5, 2009 at 9:12pm

Every year around this time, honors and accolades are handed out for an assortment of achievments. Of all the cool awards out there for collegiate-athletes one of the most prestigious is the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. Yesterday, 30 NCAA women’s baske...more

Elena Dementieva wins the Diamond ACES Award for the 2009 season
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted November 2, 2009 at 11:12pm

Elena Dementieva wins the Diamond ACES Award for the 2009 season Elena Dementieva received the Diamond ACES Award for the 2009 season given by the WTA Sony Ericsson Tour for her off-court activities performed. Dementieva was rewarded for promoting the...more

Weekly Twitter Wrap
by LHiggs
posted October 23, 2009 at 5:07pm

Everyone seems to be utilizing twitpic and the like more and more these days. Last Friday (when the twitter wrap was on vacation in Vegas), I even felt compelled to send notice with just a picture and no words. A picture of the pool seemed explanation eno...more

Nine-year-old girl wins competition to design coin for London Olympics
by Pretty Tough
posted October 20, 2009 at 8:46pm

A new 50 pence coin to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, designed by nine-year-old Florence Jackson from Bristol, England, will be officially launched this week. Florence beat more than 17,000 entries to win the contest, which was spon...more

3 letters make a big difference for WNBA’s Taurasi
by One Sport Voice
posted October 10, 2009 at 11:53am

Does anyone else find it ironic that WNBA player Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury went from DUI in July to 2009 WNBA MVP in September? Perhaps more interesting is that the DUI was never mentioned at all in the last few weeks of the WNBA playoffs...more

Thanks, C. Vivian Stringer
by Title IX Blog
posted September 14, 2009 at 2:10pm

New Hall of Fame inductee C. Vivian Stringer gave a big shoutout to Title IX during her speech at the Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony on Friday evening. All the clips I have seen of the speech--including the ones on ESPN!--use the portion of...more

Shawn Johnson, Stephanie Gilmore win Teen Choice Awards
by Pretty Tough
posted August 10, 2009 at 12:55pm

The Teen Choice Awards won’t air until tomorrow, but we’ve got a list of all the winners. If you don’t mind spoilers, check ‘em all out after the jump. MOVIES CHOICE MOVIE: ACTION ADVENTURE X-Men Origins: Wolverine CHOICE MOVIE: DRAMA...more

Venus Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic nominated for the 2009 Jefferson Award
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted August 6, 2009 at 12:37pm

Venus Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic nominated for the prestigious 2009 Jefferson Award Venus Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic have been nominated for the prestigious 2009 Jefferson Award presented by All Stars Helping Kids for Ou...more

Vote for Sportswoman of the Year
by Pretty Tough
posted August 5, 2009 at 9:54pm

It’s that time of year. Time to head over to the Women’s Sports Foundation website to vote for Sportswoman of the Year. Every year, WSF recognizes an individual and team Sportswoman whose performances over a 12-month time span have been exceptional...more

While you're waiting...
by After Atalanta
posted August 5, 2009 at 5:45pm

...for me to get back from vacation (because that's where I am) you should go over the Women's Sports Foundation website to vote for Sportswoman of the Year. You cast two votes; one for team sport athlete and one for individual sport. WSF did a good job w...more

Serena Williams nominated for 2009 Sportswoman of the Year awards
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted August 4, 2009 at 4:07pm

Serena Williams nominated for 2009 Sportswoman of the Year awards Serena Williams received a nomination for the 2009 Sportswoman of the Year awards that is given out by the Women’s Sports Foundation. The No.1 doubles team Cara Black and Liezel Hube...more

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