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Best Women’s Hockey Team In The World?
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 24, 2009 at 2:13am

Over the course of this past weekend, all of the elite women’s hockey leagues in North America awarded their championship trophy. Three of the best women’s hockey teams in the world, with rosters jam-packed with Olympians and national team members, w...more

Women Talk Sports Blogderby: Round 3
by Sports Girls Play
posted March 23, 2009 at 12:50am

Welcome to the Women Talk Sports (WTS) Blogderby, Round 3. Every few weeks, we’ll “pass the torch” to a different blogger in our community who will be responsible for rounding up the best blog posts about women’s sports. If you’re interested i...more

Epic College Hockey Headline Fail
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 23, 2009 at 12:45am

I Tweeted about this earlier tonight, but I took a screen capture to save the mistake for perpetuity: "BC top seed in NCAA hockey tournament" Epic headline fail. Yes, someone messed up or purposely changed the headline while taking a story off the wir...more

Well, I Can Honestly Say It Was Better Than the Championship Game - the 2009 Hockey East Annual Mascot Game
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 22, 2009 at 11:02pm

It’s the post you’ve all been waiting for - my pictures from the cheap seats of the Annual Hockey East Mascot Broomball Game, held during the first intermission of the Boston University - Boston College semifinal game. And they are off! Sam the Mi...more

Hanging Out in the Cheap Seats - The Hockey East Semifinal Liveblog
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 20, 2009 at 3:04pm

I hate Duke. Darn dominant college basketball power…you know, Duke, you’ve had enough wins and titles and all of that. Why not just share the wealth? Let a team like Binghamton win once. Really, Coach K, don’t you want to like, take a vacation or so...more

#1 Reason I Don’t Play Elite Women’s Hockey Anymore
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 17, 2009 at 10:24am

Although I retired from playing in the best women’s hockey league in the world last season (called Senior AAA here in Canada), I am still playing one level below the elite players in the Senior AA league. Our team played in a tournament this past weeke...more

Ask Experts Anything About Female Hockey
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 11, 2009 at 10:12pm

Do you have a burning question that you absolutely need to ask about girls or women’s hockey? Here’s your chance. Where are you going to be tomorrow at 1pm EST? The CBC has a new site called “Our Game” where the entire minor hockey community ac...more

A Big Green Celebration In Women’s Hockey
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 9, 2009 at 10:12pm

Yesterday was a great day for women’s hockey - at least for me. My former college team, Dartmouth, won the ECAC Hockey Championship (see picture). I was so pumped after hearing about their big win, that I had the one of the best training session I’v...more

How Female Hockey Players Can Stay Focused
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 7, 2009 at 12:49am

I am just in the middle of re-reading “In Pursuit of Excellence”, and it has one story in particular that I wanted to share with you that really helped me to understand the importance of having a laser-like focus in order to reach your goal....more

The Key Ingredient To Becoming An Elite Female Hockey Player
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 1, 2009 at 11:01pm

There is now less than a year until the start of the women’s hockey event at the Vancouver Olympics. For the elite female hockey players who aspire to represent their country at the Games, now is the time to impress....more

Happy Anniversary, Tonya and Nancy
by Pretty Tough
posted February 24, 2009 at 12:51pm

ESPN’s Sports Century video includes the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan figure skating incident as one of its most memorable sports moments of the 20th century....more

Former NCAA athletes killed in NY plane crash
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted February 13, 2009 at 5:20pm

This is awful...Just read via an NCAA update e-mail that two former NCAA Division III athletes were killed in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 last night in Buffalo, NY....more

Miracle worker to guide U.S. Women’s Hockey
by Pretty Tough
posted January 28, 2009 at 12:34pm

USA Hockey announced that Mark Johnson, current head coach of the University of Wisconsin women’s powerhouse team, will be the head coach for the 2010 U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team. Questionable choice? When long-time coach Ben Smith left the ...more

Alissa Czisny Wins US Figure Skating Championships
by Sports Girls Play
posted January 26, 2009 at 8:46am

I tuned in to the US Figure Skating Championships over the weekend. With the 2010 Olympic Games right around the corner I wanted to see some of the faces to watch for myself. Alissa Czisny was just the most gorgeous performer on the ice. Her costume wa...more

Around the world wide web…
by Pretty Tough
posted January 25, 2009 at 3:45pm

A few articles to note this weekend: LA Sparks star Candace Parker talks for the first time about her pregnancy, motherhood and coming back to play part of this season. At 21, Allisa Czisny is the oldest first-time U.S. Figure Skating champion sinc...more

Injured Kimmie Meissner Withdraws From US Championships
by Sports Girls Play
posted January 19, 2009 at 9:24am

Kimmie Meissner’s run of bad luck has continued. Meissner, who spent the past year battling mono, a growth spurt and coaching change, has injured her hip....more

US Figure Skating Championships
by Pretty Tough
posted January 12, 2009 at 2:32pm

The US Figure Skating Championships are coming to Cleveland next week. The competition, held annually since 1914, is the most prestigious event in US figure skating and draws around 250 skaters in three classes: Novice, Junior, and Senior competing in dan...more

TV: Skating Gymnastics Spectacular & new ABC Superstars
by Pretty Tough
posted January 8, 2009 at 2:49pm

Nastia Liukin, who dazzled American audiences with her near-flawless routines to capture the all-around gymnastics gold medal in the Beijing Olympics, headlines the Progressive Presents Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular, which will be broadcast national...more

Figure Skater Rachael Flatt named January’s reading superstar
by Pretty Tough
posted December 19, 2008 at 7:02pm

December 19, 2008 - Reading Is Fundamental, the nation’s oldest and largest children’s and families’ literacy organization, announced Tuesday that Rachael Flatt was their January 2009 Reading Superstar. The reigning world junior champion...more

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