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1902 article - The Athletic Girl Not Unfeminine
by LostCentury
posted April 24, 2011 at 2:16pm

1902 article published in Outing magazine written by Christine Terhune Herrick...more

Women’s Football (Soccer) over 135 Years Ago
by LostCentury
posted April 24, 2011 at 2:15am

Press reports from 1869-1876 across the country mention women playing football. “American football” had not been invented yet, so “football” meant a soccer-like game. The image was published two months before the first men’s college football game in 1869....more

[Video] Meet Jessie Banks - women's basketball pioneer
by jschonb
posted April 17, 2011 at 2:28pm

Jessie Banks is a retired women's basketball coach we had the pleasure of meeting at the WBCA Convention earlier this month in Indianapolis. She's a charter member of the WBCA and her love of the game is still evident after all this time. A coach for 1...more

Skateboarders: Our Yesteryear Sisterhood
by SkaterGirl
posted April 6, 2011 at 12:50pm

My friend sent me this clip from Powell-Peraltas 1986 skate video; “Public Domain, A Video Extravaganza in Living Color and Drop Dead B&W; (Bones Brigade Video Four)” featuring Lori Rigsy, Anita Tenneshon & Sofie, talking about the place for girls in...more

Before Lance and Livestrong there was Babe
by Byline to Finish Line
posted March 18, 2011 at 5:29pm

My grandmother had plenty of fears in her life, but the most devastating revolved around her health. Hospitals were places were people went to die and cancer, well, that was as dirty a word as there was. So it should come as no surprise the bargains she ...more

Celebrating women’s history month in sports
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted March 17, 2011 at 9:39am

Great video. Via espnW: Melissa Isaacson, Marisa Moseley, Jemele Hill, Johnette Howard and Suzy Kolber review some of the key moments in women’s sports history in the final installment of ESPN’s Women’s History Month roundtable discussion. ...more

Every day is International Women’s Day
by The First Line
posted March 9, 2011 at 10:35pm

By making it a one-off event, it seems like we can care about women’s accomplishments for twenty-four hours and then forget again (see: Black History Month, etc). On the contrary! The histories of marginalized groups are not a separate entity, but p...more

[Exclusive Video] California girls make baseball history
by Pretty Tough
posted March 9, 2011 at 11:02am

Her hair was tucked under a blue baseball cap, so you couldn’t tell she was a girl from a quick glance. But make no mistake, she is a girl and today she made history. Marti Sementelli took center stage in a historic game between N. Hollywood’s Birmi...more

'In The Game' Documentary Looks At The WNBA & Title IX
by Swish Appeal
posted March 8, 2011 at 2:10pm

Click here for more on In The Game & how they're taking a stand for girls on 2011 International Women's Day. The theme of 2011 International Women's Day is equal access to education, training and science and technology and Kartemquin Films is producin...more

Happy International Women's Day
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted March 8, 2011 at 10:15am

It's women's day here every day but in honour of the occasion here's some of the photographs you liked the best:Stephanie Gilmore, Australia - ripcurl picHurling pic Lorraine O Sullivan Anne-Flore Marx Swiss pic matt georgeNikki Kelly NZ pic playak.comCal...more

Sementelli goes the distance as female pitchers face off
by Pretty Tough
posted March 6, 2011 at 12:19pm

Her hair was tucked under a blue baseball cap, so you couldn’t tell she was a girl from a quick glance. But make no mistake, she is a girl and today she made history. Marti Sementelli took center stage in a historic game between N. Hollywood’s Birmi...more

It's March: Let the ghettoization begin!
by After Atalanta
posted March 3, 2011 at 6:06pm

I've probably mentioned one of my favorite quotations before. But I find this morning an appropriate time to say it again. So from one of my favorite radical feminist groups, the Guerrilla Girls, this question:Why the cynical attitude on this only the thi...more

Thoroughbreds vs. Olympians – the evolution in speed of man and horse
by The Barrel Racing Blog
posted February 28, 2011 at 11:54am

My friends at Silver Lining Herbs contacted me earlier this month about a story they featured on their blog – SilverLiningHerbs/blog.com – that tracks the changes in man’s speed versus the change’s in horse’s speed since 1896. Though I’ve neve...more

Remembering Betty Hicks (1920-2011)
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 22, 2011 at 9:39am

Let’s play a little sports Jeopardy. The category is Women Sports Pioneers.The answers in this category are:• Winner of the 1941 U.S. Women’s Amateur Golf Championship.• 1941 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.• Founder of the Women’...more

ONE DAY ONLY: Rise: Documentary of the 1961 plane crash that killed U.S. Figure Skating team
by Pretty Tough
posted February 17, 2011 at 2:48pm

Who: U.S. Figure Skating stars Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Scott Hamilton, Brian Boitano and Michelle Kwan honoring the team of U.S. and World champion skaters, coaches and others who died in a plane crash fifty years ago. What: A star-studded event ...more

African American Female Athletes: Beyond Althea Gibson
by Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
posted February 15, 2011 at 5:56pm

Blog written by Kinesiology doctoral student, Emily Houghton. 2011 marks the 35th year of Black History Month. During February, sport media outlets offer narratives on Black History Month varying from athlete biographies, to social commentary on sport ...more

1975: Immaculata beats Maryland in first nationally televised women's game
by Swish Appeal
posted February 6, 2011 at 2:28pm

On January 26, 1975 the Mighty Macs of Immaculata defeated the Maryland Terrapins 80-48 in College Park, Maryland at the Cole Field House in the first nationally televised women's basketball game in the United States. It was show on the Mizlou T...more

Mac Court merchandise – to wear or not to wear?
by HoopFeed.com
posted February 5, 2011 at 4:36pm

The yellow T-shirt was the one given free at the Oregon game Jan. 8 - the last in McArthur Court at UO. The green shirt was bought for me and has a picture of the old arena on it with the caption, "what a ball."OK, I'd like some input.My people in Eugene ...more

Jack LaLanne: More than a guy who sold juicers
by Byline to Finish Line
posted January 25, 2011 at 12:45pm

Perhaps the universe has a touch of irony. After all, what are the odds that I happened to catch the episode of the Gilmore Girls in which Sookie and Lorelai have a brief debate on whether Jack LeLanne was dead or alive on the morning an NPR report ...more

Former AAGPBL player Jerre De Noble passes away
by playbaseball
posted January 20, 2011 at 11:19am

Former player passes away...more

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