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Storm co-owner Anne Levinson leaves Force 10 Hoops
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted November 24, 2010 at 6:59pm

The Storm announced on Wednesday that co-owner Anne Levinson is leaving Force 10 Hoops. The other three founding members -- Dawn Trudeau, Lisa Brummel, and Ginny Gilder -- will remain. "As organizations grow, there are often natural times of evolution, a...more

A running account of recent WPS happenings
by All White Kit
posted November 5, 2010 at 5:35pm

This probably isn’t going to be news to the diehards, but for the people who are asking “what the heck’s been going on recently?” here’s a quick review. Wednesday, November 3 Gayle Bryan contemplated the firmness of the November 15th ...more

Ads on the glass?!
by The First Line
posted November 4, 2010 at 5:04pm

Was watching the highlights this morning as I am wont to do, and at first was mightily confused by the presence of a Robert Morris University sign on the glass at the Blackhawks game. Surely they were playing at the United Center? Then I realized it w...more

Mystics hiring process could send wrong message to fans
by Swish Appeal
posted November 4, 2010 at 4:48pm

Photo by Craig Bennett/112575 Media. View full size photo » I was just as baffled as anyone else by the Washington Mystics announcement that they had parted ways with Julie Plank and promoted assistant Trudi Lacey to coach and general mana...more

Trudi Lacey named Washington Mystics general manager and head coach
by HoopFeed.com
posted November 1, 2010 at 11:27pm

After the departure last month of general manager Angela Taylor, Washington Mystics fans eagerly awaited an announcement on her replacement. However, the Mystics not only replaced Taylor, they also hired a new coach. Former general manager and head coach ...more

Trudi Lacey names Mystics General Manager/Head Coach
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 1, 2010 at 3:46pm

From Mystics HQ....Julie Plank gone too? Wow:For Immediate ReleaseNovember 1, 2010WASHINGTON, D.C. – Monumental Sports & Entertainment vice chairman and Mystics president and managing partner, Sheila C. Johnson announced today that Trudi Lacey has b...more

Women’s Tennis launches new brand logo
by Pretty Tough
posted November 1, 2010 at 2:14pm

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the sports body governing international women’s tennis has unveiled a brand new logo design. The new logo of the tennis federation is a departure from contemporary tennis logos which feature silhouetted sportsmen...more

Pokey Chatman named general manager and coach for the Chicago Sky
by HoopFeed.com
posted October 29, 2010 at 4:21pm

The Chicago Sky has new leadership. Pokey Chatman, a former head coach at Louisiana State, is the new general manager and coach. “I’m looking forward to coaching in a city that has such a great basketball tradition and I’m excited to get in the gy...more

Women’s Sport is Political (+ Financial + Pop Cultural + …)
by Fair Game News
posted October 29, 2010 at 3:23pm

By Laura Pappano It’s nearly election day, an apt time to recognize that — yes — sports are political. Not blue state-red state stuff, but equity, status, economic power. At the New York Athletic Club yesterday, the Wellesley Centers for Women l...more

Why do women athletes have to be celebrities?
by RunLikeAGirl
posted October 27, 2010 at 6:57pm

Serena's agent spices up a Wellesley Centers for Women Panel...more

IOC Meeting: Because Mexico makes you think winter...
by After Atalanta
posted October 25, 2010 at 3:02pm

...the IOC is meeting in Acapulco for the next several days to consider, among other things, which sports it will add to winter games program starting in 2014 when the games will be in Sochi, Russia.One might think that with all the bad press the IOC rece...more

Sunday Evening Decathlete
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 25, 2010 at 2:29pm

What did we learn this week?People are lawyering up. Exhibit A: On Wednesday, former USATF CEO Doug Logan filed a lawsuit for the severance he believes he is due. They say he was fired for cause, he says no. If he's right, he's due the remainder of ...more

There’s a double edge to espnW (but why it could help)
by Fair Game News
posted October 19, 2010 at 10:21pm

By Laura Pappano The debate is well underway about whether or not espnW is good or bad. Its just the sort of fun that – if Mike & Mike (heck, any sports talk guys) were to notice – might make for one of their classic on-air sets. The back and fort...more

Olympic pricing: Equality? Economics? Gender?
by After Atalanta
posted October 19, 2010 at 9:11pm

What equality is remains contextual and questionable. I don't know much about economics. And gender continues to present so many interesting issues with which to contend.Hence all the questions in the title of this post.But what I really want to talk abou...more

Federal appeals court rejects NCAA Final Four “illegal lottery” lawsuit
by HoopFeed.com
posted October 18, 2010 at 8:40pm

A federal appeals court threw out a class action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association that accused the sports organization of running an illegal lottery for Division I Final Four competition. Both men’s and women’s basketball ...more

Business Casual
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted October 7, 2010 at 3:54pm

Earlier this week I attended a luncheon up in Los Angeles for people who I’m going to assume had pretty deep pockets. It was a great lunch hosted by the fundraiser group for the USOC and by D.I.S.C., who is the medical provider for Olympic level athlete...more

What and who counts: Another defense of Title IX
by After Atalanta
posted October 5, 2010 at 12:23pm

I have not been surprised by the renewed calls to abolish/reform Title IX in the wake of University of California Berkeley's announcement that it is cutting five intercollegiate sports.Yes, it's lousy that this happened. But California is not in good fina...more

Querying about the Western New York WPS Franchise
by All White Kit
posted October 4, 2010 at 3:42pm

The introduction of the Western New York franchise is perhaps the best news the league could have asked for in the offseason. WPS expansion means more storylines, more prospective fans, more new faces and more $ for the league (Western New York team owne...more

Deserving
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted October 4, 2010 at 3:36pm

I hate asking for money, no matter what the circumstances. But sometimes, like when people advertise that they’d like to give away money to people if they’re able to demonstrate that they need it and deserve it in order to pursue their dreams, it wou...more

More on Angela Taylor
by They're Playing Basketball
posted October 3, 2010 at 2:37pm

Apparently the Mystics organization and former GM Taylor failed to reach an agreement.I know some fans of other WNBA teams who are wondering why this couldn't happen to their GM. ...more

Washington Mystics statement on the departure of former GM Angela Taylor
by HoopFeed.com
posted October 2, 2010 at 10:49pm

Mel Greenberg reported yesterday that Angela Taylor was no longer the general manager of the Washington Mystics. The team’s president and managing partner, Sheila Johnson, issued this statement today: “Angela Taylor’s contract has expired and we we...more

Calling All LA Ladies – Here’s Your Chance to ‘Get in the Game’
by Pretty Tough
posted September 30, 2010 at 7:46pm

Women of all ages and abilities are invited to hit the basketball courts at UCLA the morning of Saturday, October 9th for the “Get in the Game Adult Women’s Basketball Tournament.” The tournament is being put on by Get in the Game: Sports for W...more

Some offseason suggestions for the WPS powers that be
by All White Kit
posted September 29, 2010 at 4:10pm

With the 2010 WPS season now in the books, there’s no better time to start looking ahead to 2011. Forget the doomsday scenarios that seem to be floating around, there will be a 2011 season. The addition of the Western New York franchise is proof of this...more

Brooke Queenan Wins Partial Arbitration Decision Against Hungarian Club
by Swish Appeal
posted September 26, 2010 at 6:21pm

Brooke Queenan, a WNBA prospect who played a grand total of 12 games in the WNBA, won a partial FIBA Arbitration decision against her former club, MiZo Pecs in Hungary. Such decisions are always interesting to read, particularly because they give insigh...more

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