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Topps Olympic Trading Cards
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted January 9, 2012 at 1:56am

A few days ago you may have heard that Topps will be issuing a 2012 Olympic trading card set. Michael Phelps, Hope Solo, Shawn Johnson and other athletes who are seeking to represent the U.S. in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London will be part of a new ca...more

NACWAA Members Finish Strong in 2011
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted January 6, 2012 at 1:18am

NACWAA members finished 2011 strong, advancing into new and exciting positions and collecting distinguished honors. In addition, 23 women recently joined NACWAA and are now equipped to be empowered, develop and advance to their greates...more

Will 2012 be the tipping point?
by After Atalanta
posted January 3, 2012 at 3:41pm

I believe somewhat in tipping points--the moment in which society says "no way; no more; too much." Of course certain historical moments refute the concept of the tipping point; i.e. the Holocaust (uh-oh did I just lose that argument?). But it works some ...more

If Millrose died, then it was suffering from senility for years
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted December 23, 2011 at 11:44am

The leading story at the LetsRun.com home page today is a Weldon Johnson bit titled How The Millrose Games As We Knew It Died. My beef with the Millrose Games is that it gave up on Madison Square Garden before it was absolutely necessary. Our sport may s...more

Dear Life Time Fitness, How About Some Gender Equity?
by One Sport Voice
posted December 20, 2011 at 2:19pm

Dear Life Time Fitness in St. Louis Park, MN: On behalf of all your paying female members, I hope you will consider finding space for building a “Women’s EXECUTIVE Locker Room” at your St. Louis Park location. I might have missed it whi...more

WPS gets reprieve (+ being a women's sports fan)
by After Atalanta
posted December 14, 2011 at 1:24am

Despite its inability to add another team to the league, US Soccer has granted Women's Professional Soccer another waiver allowing it to remain a Division I league. Division I leagues are required to have eight teams; WPS currently has five. But, in ...more

The Big East and the Far East
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted December 14, 2011 at 1:20am

Tweet While Big East Commissioner John Marinatto reaches all the way to San Diego to keep his crumbling league together, Larry Scott, his Pac 12 counterpart, continues to make himself the most intriguing figure in college athletics. After pulling off a&...more

How much does a win in women's college basketball cost?
by Swish Appeal
posted December 14, 2011 at 1:01am

One of the great complaints of followers of women's basketball is that it's a game of the haves and have-nots, and the haves own the casino. It has now been nearly 24 years since a school not belonging to the half-dozen power conferences (ACC, Big East, ...more

Advocacy Update: Emmert Meeting Recap & Working Group Recommendations
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted December 9, 2011 at 4:06pm

Author:  NACWAA December 9, 2011 Following ongoing efforts in October and November, the NACWAA working group sent a on December 1 to Presidents Michael Adams (University of Georgia) and Ann Millner (Weber State), Chair and Vice...more

2011 USATF Annual Meeting Review
by Loree: A Skirt, A Hammer, A Life, and A Dream
posted December 5, 2011 at 8:34am

Many people are familiar with the sport side of track and field.  In fact, this being an Olympic year, exposure and interests is only sure to grow and peak.  However, something that many people may not be familiar with is the business side of tr...more

Acknowledging the price of college athletes
by Sports, Media & Society
posted November 17, 2011 at 2:26pm

ESPN the Magazine recently teamed up with MIT researchers to determine the value of college athletes at Florida University. (The article can also be found here through ESPN’s Insider service.) The results shouldn’t be surprising to anybody who knows ...more

Tennessee Rejects Equal Pay for Women's Athletics Officials
by Title IX Blog
posted November 17, 2011 at 2:15pm

The Washington Post reports that the University of Tennessee recently rejected an internal complaint filed by three employees of women's athletics, arguing that their salaries were discriminatory because they were less than their counterparts in men's ath...more

3 Concrete Actions That Can Make a Difference for Girls & Women in Sport
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted November 14, 2011 at 12:18pm

On November 2, 2011 we, the Tucker Center, hosted a one day conference on creating change for girls and women in sport. There was a great deal of dialogue amongst participants as to how to achieve such change. You can see the collage of pictures from our...more

Reflections on Penn State: A Brief Look Back, to Colorado
by From A Left Wing
posted November 12, 2011 at 11:23am

As we read one editorial after another expressing outrage at Penn State's failure to respond to complaints regarding Sandusky, and try to wrap our minds around the consequences of this "scandal," we should step back and remember that U.S. universities hav...more

A New, Old Model of Sport
by One Sport Voice
posted November 8, 2011 at 2:44am

Since I returned from the espnW Summit a month or so ago, coupled with the WNBA Champions Minnesota Lynx win and the media treatment of their season, the conference the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport just hosted about creating change...more

Tucker Center conference calls for change in media representation of female athletes
by Sports, Media & Society
posted November 5, 2011 at 3:15pm

Collaboration. Dialogue. Community building. These were the mission statements that the Girls and Women in Sport and Physical Activity Conference participants committed to when they chose to gather for a full day of activities in the TCF Bank Stadium in...more

College sports, “amateurism”, and track
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 3, 2011 at 1:49am

Over at Grantland.com, Charlie Pierce posted an article titled The Beginning of the End for the NCAA. He begins by talking about Curt Flood and his 1970 challenge to baseball’s reserve clause, and making comparisons to the NCAA’s (recently deposed) r...more

Fast and Female Fairbanks: Empowerment Through Sport
by Becca Rorabaugh
posted November 1, 2011 at 10:32am

Yesterday was the first (hopefully annual) Fast and Female event in Fairbanks Alaska. Fast and Female, a Canadian non-profit organization, puts on camps for girls ages 9-19 throughout North America. Participants get a T-shirt, assorted goodies, and ...more

WPS Shows magicJack the Door
by All White Kit
posted October 27, 2011 at 6:24pm

As published at 10:32 ET this morning: After careful consideration, the Board of Governors of Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) voted on Tuesday to terminate the Boca Raton based magicJack franchise. And with that, WPS bid farewell to magicJack, ...more

WPS Terminates magicJack Franchise
by anngaff
posted October 27, 2011 at 10:59am

via release SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 26, 2011) – After careful consideration, the Board of Governors of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) voted on Tuesday to terminate the Boca Raton based magicJack franchise.  WPS will continue to del...more

Sue Donohoe resigns, NCAA administrator in charge of DI women’s basketball championships
by HoopFeed.com
posted October 26, 2011 at 8:44pm

From the NCAA Longtime NCAA administrator Sue Donohoe is resigning her position at the national office, effective at the end of November. Donohoe is leaving her post as vice president, championships and alliances, women’s basketball, for family and per...more

Viacom Buys Bellator – The Game Has Changed
by Wombat Sports
posted October 26, 2011 at 10:56am

Women’s MMA may have found a savor in Viacom. USA Today broke the news early this morning that Viacom has purchased majority share of Bellator MMA and is moving the product to Spike TV come 2013. Bellator is currently on MTV2, another Viacom property...more

MLSE Social Media Panel Discussion
by Soccer Science
posted October 15, 2011 at 12:01pm

I flew to Toronto this week to represent MLS on the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) Social Media Panel as part of their 2011 Sponsorship Marketing Summit. MLSE hosted the event at the Air Canada Center – which is where the Maple Leafs pla...more

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