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Can the NFL make pink a legit sport color?
by Fair Game News
posted October 1, 2009 at 6:44pm
By Laura Pappano
I can’t wait to see what happens when I tune in to the NFL this weekend. Will we see more dropped passes? Missed routes? Hugging and giggling in the huddle?
After all, the league is kicking off a month-long effort to support breast ...more
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How ‘Bout Them Bulls?
by Draft Day Suit
posted September 29, 2009 at 5:46pm
I was sitting quietly working on a post this weekend when my husband called me from his office. “Holy Shit! Are you watching this game? USF is beating FSU?”
My husband went to the University of South Florida and he had the game live streaming on the ...more
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Brains & Beauty: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
by One Sport Voice
posted September 28, 2009 at 6:53pm
Blog reader S.C. sent me a story about the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders (DCC’s). Evidently the DCC’s have to take and pass a 100-question test in order be on the squad. Questions include “everything from the governor of Texas to a country that borde...more
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Weekend Gender Observations
by One Sport Voice
posted September 21, 2009 at 1:58pm
This past weekend I traveled back to Notre Dame (ND) for the Michigan State football game. I go back every other year to catch a game and see former colleagues. While I was there I observed a few things I had to share related to how females are marginal...more
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Tackle football: A place for women?
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted September 19, 2009 at 5:06pm
Photo credit: IWFLsports.com, via AMELIA KUNHARDT/The Patriot Ledge
In short, the answer is yes.
Only their season isn’t during the fall like we’d expect – it’s in the spring. How do I know this?
I read a great article today on Associated...more
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The football post
by After Atalanta
posted September 18, 2009 at 4:20pm
Title makes it sound like this is my only one of the season.May be. Remains to be seenAnyway mostly it's a generic title meant to encompass two articles I came across that I don't want to talk about in two different posts.The Wall Street Journal has an ar...more
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See & Hear Game Footage of the LFL Now!
by One Sport Voice
posted September 15, 2009 at 3:46pm
“Serious” game footage of “beautiful football” from the Lingerie Football League replete with (sexist) commentary of male sportscasters now available! (Scroll down about half a page to the video section and click on “Week 1: Chicago v. Miami H...more
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Sarah’s 2009-2010 NFL Predicitons
by Draft Day Suit
posted September 11, 2009 at 12:19pm
Well, I posted this whole mess in Chag’s comment section so I figure I might as well share my predictions with all of you too.
Behold My Predictions:
AFC
East
1. New England
2. Buffalo
3. Miami
4. N.Y. Jets
North
1. Pittsburgh
2. Baltimore
3. Cincinn...more
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Bud Fan Cans make students drink beer, schools say
by Draft Day Suit
posted September 10, 2009 at 2:08pm
“Show your colors!” says Bud Light. “Put your hand around a Fan Can.”
The Indiana Daily Student reports that Anheuser Busch has agreed to stop selling the red and white version of their snazzy Fan Cans in the vicinity of Indiana University’s B...more
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Women's football makes the sports page!
by Sports, Media & Society
posted September 8, 2009 at 9:12pm
Both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune found room on their sports pages recently for coverage of women's football: the Chicago Bliss, part of the newly launched Lingerie Football League. (I only wish I were making this up.) Both papers ran art...more
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What’s in a Name? Powder Puff vs. Girls Flag Football
by The IWFFA Blog
posted September 8, 2009 at 12:24pm
Our last post about an Iowa girl wanting to play flag football, but initially wasn’t allowed, drew up some core issues. Incase you missed it, a 4- year old Iowa girl’s father attempted to enroll her in the Mason City Park and Recreation Department�...more
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Networking and Fantasy Football
by Sport Management Education
posted September 7, 2009 at 2:26pm
This week’s post is courtesy of Jennifer Pinsky-Newman. Here are some of her thoughts on networking and the start of the football season.
Growing up I thought some of my grandmother’s sayings were based on a strange sense of logic. You know the s...more
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Just can’t get enough Fantasy Football?
by Draft Day Suit
posted September 5, 2009 at 12:59pm
Can’t get enough fantasy football?
How about a nice Survival League?
Group ID#: 13481
Password: RonMexico
(This is a great one for newbies – it is easy, one pick a week.)
Or a nice salary cap league?
Group ID# 6137
Password: ronmexico
Come on p...more
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What to do this holiday weekend
by Pretty Tough
posted September 5, 2009 at 12:53pm
The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated by labor unions in New York City in the 1880s with a grand parade in honor of the working class. Now most people just think of it as a day off work and a chance for a last end-of-summer family outing...more
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Allen and Mullets and Schisms, Oh My
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 30, 2009 at 5:57pm
It turns out I don’t even really have to understand the game to participate in fun things like following football news and filling in fantasy draft slots. It’s really encouraging to me that I can still enjoy things from a place of total ignorance. (An...more
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Fantasy Freak
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 27, 2009 at 12:33pm
On the drive back from my parents’ house this past weekend, my husband queued up a Mike & Mike podcast from last week in which they talked about the most underrated and overrated players in this year’s fantasy pool. “I saved the Fantasy bit for you,...more
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Las Vegas Fantasy Football Draft Party Contest
by Apryl
posted August 21, 2009 at 5:17pm
Yes, it is that time of year again - time for fantasy football! I've already received invitations for two draft parties in the coming weeks. What about you? How about holding your draft party in the mother of all draft party locat...more
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NFL, Where are you?
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 19, 2009 at 6:48pm
I’m usually giddy by this time of the year. I’ve usually watched some preseason games and am really getting into the hype about the upcoming football season.
This year? Not so much.
The AFC West is imploding. My Broncos are the only team that seems ...more
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BREAKING NEWS: Favre is Going to the Vikings – Really
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 18, 2009 at 12:08pm
According to this article as I type this Brett and Deanna Favre are on an airplane with a Vikings logo on it.
The word is they are flying to Minnesota to (presumably) sign with the Vikings.
Well, Brett will play for the Vikings. I assume Deanna is just ...more
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Tips for the Perfect Tailgate Party
by Sports Girls Play
posted August 17, 2009 at 12:39pm
Pre-season football is underway which means football of all levels (high school through pro) is right around the corner. Fall football goes hand in hand with tailgate parties. I recently wrote an article for the Kellogg’s Snackpicks website with tips fo...more
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