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Why at 65 this female golfer now hits from the back (er “men’s”) tees
by Fair Game News
posted January 19, 2010 at 11:23am

By Davi-Ellen Chabner Why would I — a 65-year-old woman, a 23-handicap golfer — now be hitting from the blue tees (aka the back tees) — aka the men’s tees? Why not stick with the red tees, the women’s tees, a safer (and my designated) spot? Si...more

Closeted Lesbian Coaches: Chicken shit or caught in a web of homophobia and sexism?
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted January 18, 2010 at 1:56pm

Last week while I was in Atlanta at the NCAA convention, I got an alert on my trusty Blackberry that Pia Lundhage, the lesbian United States women’s soccer coach, came out on Swedish TV. I am always excited when high profile athletes and coaches come ou...more

Not a pretty girl*
by After Atalanta
posted January 14, 2010 at 8:48pm

And thank goodness for that because then I might have been recruited as a hostess. You're thinking sex work, right? Nope. Well, maybe, kind of.According to this article from a December issue of Inside Higher Ed, the sketchy practice of pretty girls hostin...more

Battle of the sexies: Can goofy (but funny) TV score one for women?
by Fair Game News
posted January 11, 2010 at 4:05pm

By Lauren Taylor It’s become standard: we listen and watch as men objectify women — and women play into it. We’ve got Serena naked on the cover of ESPN magazine, women pro squash players selling swimsuit calendars (and speaking of swimsuits, the SI...more

The hurdle for Jana Rawlinson
by Athletic Women Blog
posted January 7, 2010 at 1:48pm

In an interview full of revelations not altogether surprising, yet nonetheless disturbing, world-champion hurdler Jana Rawlinson (nee Pittman) tells Woman's Day that in a span of only 14 months she got breast implants and then had them removed. It is a cl...more

“Pretty Ladies on Fast Horses” …But what about the men?
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted January 6, 2010 at 6:24pm

Should men be allowed to barrel race in rodeos? (polls) At barrel shows across the country, men are equal to women. Men share the spotlight with women in the National Barrel Horse Association and International Barrel Racing Association, yet, traditio...more

Leaky hegemony versus conformity
by After Atalanta
posted January 4, 2010 at 5:15pm

Wow--I just don't know what to do with this story (kindly sent to me by Sean at Sportsbabel).Australian track and field star Jana Rawlinson, who specializes in the hurdles, recently had her breast implants removed. Not because she didn't like the way they...more

Allez Les Bleus/Cherchez Les Femmes: A Cool Interview with Lilian Thuram
by From A Left Wing
posted December 31, 2009 at 4:11pm

Check out this interview with Lilian Thuram, conducted by Pierce Freelon via Blackademics. I stumbled onto this exploring the website generated by Professor Lauren Dubois's course on World Cup politics. Amazingly, Thurham was in residence at Duke as a pa...more

Is pink the new black?
by After Atalanta
posted December 30, 2009 at 12:39pm

Or maybe it's the new red--depends on what the usual color of boxing gloves is.I feel as if I have devoted a lot of blog space to the pinkification of women's sports and so I am not seeking out the pink stories, but when things come my way--in 3s--it's ha...more

Six Troubling Trends in Women’s Sports
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 29, 2009 at 1:13pm

I just read the greatest post on troubling trends in women’s sports. I know that what I just wrote sounds oxymoronic, but it is true. There is an article on Fair Game News that is entitled “Six troubled trends in women’s sports (and what we can d...more

Benchmarking Women’s Leadership
by One Sport Voice
posted December 21, 2009 at 6:34pm

Since it is finals and I don’t have much brain power left after grading to come up with clever original blog material, I’m sharing links to information already out there you may not know about. The White House Project, just released a new report ti...more

Danica Patrick: Hot or Not?
by Ethan Austin
posted December 20, 2009 at 4:41pm

Danica Patrick is moving to Nascar and the media is swooning. Does she deserve the attention?...more

Sexual harassment in the digital age
by Title IX Blog
posted December 17, 2009 at 12:29pm

I have to admit that the first time I heard of sexting (the sending of sexually suggestive--or explicit!--text messages) was on Glee a few weeks ago. The subject was treated with the amount of levity that is appropriate for the show, but apparently sextin...more

Good tidings for women's professional sports?
by After Atalanta
posted December 17, 2009 at 12:25pm

Maybe, according to this article out of an Atlanta paper, a city which will host three women's professional teams in 2010 (soccer, softball, and basketball). Chicago has just as many. [Not sure if they are counting football at all, though. I know there ar...more

About that pregnant teen athlete who wasn’t allowed to play volleyball controversy
by Draft Day Suit
posted December 14, 2009 at 6:04pm

Originally written for and cross-posted from BlogHer.com When Mackenzie McCollum was told she couldn’t play volleyball at school anymore until she had a doctor’s note she was upset for several reasons. First of all, she wasn’t telling many people s...more

Around the Web: Could we see a woman in the NBA within the next decade?
by Swish Appeal
posted December 7, 2009 at 7:29pm

Could 2009 WNBA MVP and Finals MVP Diana Taurasi make it in the NBA? If so, how successful would should be? And what would it mean for women's basketball? View full size photo » After my earlier post today, I was asked by someone what I thought of th...more

Lesbian Basketball Coach Wins Case
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted December 7, 2009 at 11:52am

In October I gave an update on three pending lawsuits in women’s sports about discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation. One of these cases has now been decided and the lesbian coach who filed the lawsuit won. Lorri Sulpizi...more

"And I treat a Duchess like a flower girl"
by Women's Sports Blog
posted December 3, 2009 at 12:19pm

It's not a question of good manners, or bad manners, or any particular sort of manners. It's having the same manner for every human soul. While Henry Higgins is being hypocritical here, since he certainly treats Colonel Pickering better than anyone el...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

Dunking and vertical leaping ability in men and women
by Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog
posted November 28, 2009 at 5:06pm

A recent blog entry from a company that seems to want to sell information about how to increase your vertical leap provides some data. The quotes are from an article from David Patterson and D. Fred Peterson in Measurement in Physical Education and Exerc...more

Intersex athletes: Could we have some science and sanity, please?
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted November 23, 2009 at 2:25pm

Could the international and national sport governing bodies, the international press, and, basically, anyone involved in the process surrounding Caster Semenya’s controversial world championship in the 800m run have screwed this up more? I don’t think...more

Sports for girls are more than play in Bangladesh, they’re tool for progress (even survival)
by Fair Game News
posted November 23, 2009 at 2:16pm

Girls playing handball in Bangladesh By Laura Pappano Sport is a tool for social, political and economic equality. In Bangladesh — where girls face routine physical violence, child marriage, and are denied the same access to education as boys — tha...more

Semenya back in the news; the debate continues
by After Atalanta
posted November 20, 2009 at 11:46am

Thankfully it appears that South African runner Caster Semenya is not mired in depression or confusion over the recent questioning and testing of her gender and sex and biology.Last weekend The Guardian ran a lengthy essay on what Semenya is up to these d...more

An unlikley place to find gender
by One Sport Voice
posted November 19, 2009 at 7:51pm

How many ways is gender constructed in this picture? Last night I was watching TV and saw an ad for Depend undergarments that had a “Mars-Venus” ring to it. I thought is was strange, but when I went to their website this morning, the print ad I saw...more

Why are men running the show in women’s fastpitch softball?
by Fair Game News
posted November 17, 2009 at 12:15pm

By Megan Wood I’ve played softball for 15 years, and for nearly my entire career I have been coached by men. Sure, a few female pitching coaches helped on the side, but T-ball through high school, all of my head and assistant coaches were guys. Even...more

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