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Tuff-n-uff November’s Card to Feature Cummins vs. Casey II
by Wombat Sports
posted November 8, 2012 at 8:07am

Courtesy Ultra Vista It was a match steeped in controversy this past September as Cortney Casey got a technical armbar submission win over Rachel Cummins. Cummins never tapped out or quit in the match and wanted a rematch. Nov. 21, she will g...more

NCAA Tournament Preview – First Round – Kentucky vs Tennessee-Martin
by All White Kit
posted November 8, 2012 at 8:05am

  Friday, November 9 – 7:00 PM EST Kentucky (13-6-1, 8-4-1, 4th SEC) vs Tennessee-Martin (13-5-3, 8-1-1, 1st OVC) Part of rising to a new level as a DI program is beginning to catch some fortuitous breaks, ones like Kentucky appear to have c...more

Shannon Knapp “You Get into Invicta by Talent, not by Management”
by Wombat Sports
posted November 8, 2012 at 7:55am

InvictaFC President Shannon Knapp laid down the law Tuesday as she took to Facebook to clear up some things she has been hearing from fighters and management in relation into getting into InvictaFC. Here statement is ...more

NCAA Tournament Preview – First Round – (1) Florida State vs Mississippi Valley State
by All White Kit
posted November 8, 2012 at 7:52am

  Friday, November 9 – 7:00 PM EST (1) Florida State (16-3-0, 8-2-0, 1st ACC) vs Mississippi Valley State (8-9-3, 2-1-1, 3rd SWAC East) It’s not quite mission impossible for SWAC Tournament champions, but it’s hard to imagine a t...more

Washington Mystics Still Searching for a New General Manager
by Swish Appeal
posted November 7, 2012 at 8:37am

Should this be a cause for alarm? On one hand, not really, because free agency doesn't start until around February of next year. So in theory, the team probably can wait another month or two to hire the right fit. After all, the Tulsa Shock didn't h...more

NCAA Tournament Preview – First Round – (2) Florida vs Florida Gulf Coast
by All White Kit
posted November 7, 2012 at 8:34am

  Friday, October 9 – 3:00 PM EST (2) Florida (17-4-1, 11-2-0, 1st SEC) vs Florida Gulf Coast (13-3-3, 7-1-1, 1st A-Sun) These two state rivals will kick off the NCAA Tournament with a sense of deja vu, as they met in the same round in last ...more

Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 7, 2012 at 8:30am

Your top news stories of the late afternoon… The IAAF’s finalists for its women’s athlete of the year award are Kiwi shot putter Valerie Adams, British heptathlete Jessica Ennis, and American sprinter Allyson Felix. Track and Field Ne...more

NCAA Tournament Preview – First Round – (2) Virginia vs La Salle
by All White Kit
posted November 7, 2012 at 8:22am

  Friday, October 9 – 6:00 PM EST (2) Virginia (16-4-1, 6-3-1, 5th ACC) vs La Salle (17-4-1, 8-0-1, 1st Atlantic 10) It’s harder to know who to feel sorrier for in this case: Virginia, who completed a dominant run for their first major...more

Buckle up
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 7, 2012 at 8:15am

Lots of college news, so here goes:ESPN previews the Big East, and the Big Ten.ESPNW's top five players at each position.The Lady Vols are embracing their new challenge. Sophomore center Isabelle Harrison is bringing a spark to the team.Tyler Summitt brin...more

NCAA Tournament Preview – First Round – Boston College vs Hofstra
by All White Kit
posted November 7, 2012 at 8:13am

  Friday, November 9 – 7:00 PM EST Boston College (10-7-3, 4-5-1, 8th ACC) vs Hofstra (11-8-2, 6-4-0, 5th CAA) Seldom has a club’s fate hinged so greatly on the injury status of one player, but so it is with Boston College and senior m...more

California Golden Bears enter season with high expectations after 2012 NCAA Tournament berth
by Swish Appeal
posted November 6, 2012 at 8:23pm

This season could probably be seen as a major moment for the California Golden Bears women's basketball program: it's the final season for that highly touted freshman class from 2009 that won the WNIT their freshman year, failed to make the NCAA tournamen...more

Have the Kentucky Wildcats found a gem in freshman Janee Thompson?
by Swish Appeal
posted November 6, 2012 at 8:20pm

While the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team struggled in their exhibition game last night, Greg Alan Edwards of SB Nation's A Sea of Blue wrote that the women's basketball team, "...destroyed their exhibition opponent Bellarmine tonight before the m...more

Marathons: Tips from a Pro ... maybe
by Felicity (Fawkes) Hawksley
posted November 6, 2012 at 8:18pm

I've always been one for experiments. Us sisters, when we were little, ate some dry dog food, just to see what it tasted like (salty). Then there was the time that, aged about 9, I convinced my little sister to let me lick her eyeball, just to see wha...more

Creating Stability in T & F Contracts
by amyYB
posted November 6, 2012 at 5:08pm

CREATING STABILITY IN TRACK & FIELD CONTRACTS   My last journal detailed the various track & field contracts from gear to lucrative base salaries offered by shoe companies.  I want to explain the funding of track and field and give my ...more

Kansas City Shock Announces Tryout Information for 2013 Roster
by anngaff
posted November 6, 2012 at 2:11pm

The Kansas City Shock is the first pro or semipro women's soccer team in the Kansas City area (and beyond). They have joined the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) and will field their first team for the 2013 season, which will be coached by Nicole Orti...more

USWNT: U.S. Women to Play China in December
by Sarah Hallett
posted November 6, 2012 at 12:41pm

The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team will play its final three games of the fan tribute tour against China....more

Senior Chelsea Poppens has emerged as the face of the Iowa State Cyclones
by Swish Appeal
posted November 6, 2012 at 8:43am

The Iowa State Cyclones enter the 2012-13 season just outside the top 25 rankings. If they want to move up, senior forward Chelsea Poppens will be a large part of that. Cody Westerlund of the Ames Tribune put together a great feature article on the 6-fo...more

NCAA Soccer – Complete First Round Date/Time List
by All White Kit
posted November 6, 2012 at 8:39am

  (Home team listed first. All times listed are EST.) Friday, November 9 3:00 PM – (2) Florida vs Florida Gulf Coast 6:00 PM – (2) Virginia vs La Salle 7:00 PM – Boston College vs Hofstra 7:00 PM – (1) Florida State vs Miss...more

NCAA Soccer – Chris’ Seeding Reference Sheet AKA You Be The Judge
by All White Kit
posted November 6, 2012 at 8:36am

  There’ve been a lot of debates on twitter and on message boards about the seeds delivered by the Selection Committee. To give a little reference of how I came up with my seeding choices in my earlier mock bracket, I’m posting a sheet ...more

As we creep closer to the start of college season
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 6, 2012 at 8:31am

The Lady Vols and coaches are making adjustments.Maryland: Final Four or bust.Can anyone beat Baylor this year?Michigan State is putting the puzzle together.Michigan Coach Kim Barnes Arico has strong optimism.UTEP guard Jenzel Nash is out for the year wit...more

Big West Conference preview: Cal State Northridge
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 6, 2012 at 8:29am

In Coach Jason Flowers' second year last season, it was safe to say the Cal State Northridge Matadors were back.After living in the basement of the Big West Conference for more than a decade, CSUN found themselves in the top spot for most of the regular s...more

Anxiety Society (Pretty Strong Blog)
by Pretty Strong
posted November 6, 2012 at 8:27am

So, when i was at the training center and developed my anxiety two people really reached out and their stories touched me deep down to my soul. One story and woman inparticular helped me through a lot and because of her i realized this wasnt the end of th...more

NCAA Soccer – Full Mock Bracket
by All White Kit
posted November 5, 2012 at 11:14pm

  Here’s an attempt at a mock bracket following all of the NCAA’s guidelines. As you might imagine, seeding is going to likely be a very contentious subject. I probably paid a lot more attention to seed integrity than the committee wil...more

Trackcenter Top Ten
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 5, 2012 at 11:05pm

Here are your top ten news stories of the afternoon… Track and Field News named its 2012 High School All-Americans in the December issue; here they release the #1-ranked girls in each event. Many of the pros who had been slated to run in New York...more

Week 5.5 (@karathrowsjav blog)
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted November 5, 2012 at 11:03pm

Rehab has gotten so much more fun since my last blog! I thought that walking over hurdles, doing glute bridges, and not being in horrible pain during passive flexion was fun, but I've come so far in three weeks!  I got to start swimming at four week...more

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