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Heavyweight Boxers Carlette Ewell and Gwendolyn O’Neil Ready for Rubber Match
by Wombat Sports
posted September 14, 2012 at 7:32pm

O’Neil Ewell The two best heavyweight female boxers are ready to battle in what will be a rubber match of their trilogy of fights. Carlette ‘The Truth’ Ewell and Gwendolyn ‘Stealth’ Bomber’ O’Neil...more

Never mind the throwing gap
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted September 14, 2012 at 7:30pm

Tweet Janet Hyde, a former psychology department head and women’s studies professor at the University of Wisconsin, employs a familiar argument in explaining research showing that gender-based differences in the throwing of a ball are considerable:...more

Preview of the 2012 Kelloggs Tour of Champions
by Sports Girls Play
posted September 14, 2012 at 7:25pm

The Olympics are over but you can still catch the “Fierce Five” and other members of USA Gymnastics in action in the 2012 Kellogg’s Tour of Champions. The tour is appearing in 40 cities across the US and showcases these amazing athletes ...more

NCAA Soccer – The First XI for September 14, 2012 – Stanford vs San Diego State
by All White Kit
posted September 14, 2012 at 2:04pm

  Victoria Barba & San Diego State Will Aim For A Big Upset on Friday Night Stanford vs San Diego State – 8:00 PM (Santa Clara Classic at Santa Clara, California) How high can San Diego State climb? We could find out on Friday as the ...more

NCAA Soccer – The First XI for September 13, 2012 – Florida State vs Duke
by All White Kit
posted September 14, 2012 at 10:04am

  Tiana Brockway & Florida State Will Aim To Defend Their Turf Against Duke on Thursday Florida State vs Duke – 7:00 PM It’s a clash of the titans in Tallahassee, as the #1 and #2 teams in most rankings and polls square off in a ...more

Junior Tennis Number One Benched By USTA
by Draft Day Suit
posted September 14, 2012 at 9:59am

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has been taking some heat recently for their decision to bench sixteen-year-old junior tennis player, Taylor Townsend. Why was she benched, you ask? Was she losing a lot of matches? Was she having a streak of ba...more

Playlist: What Do the World’s Best Female Soccer Players Listen To?
by Pretty Tough
posted September 14, 2012 at 9:55am

  If you’ve wondered what Alex Morgan has playing on her iPod or what music Megan Rapinoe dances to in the locker room, wonder no more. How about what Swedish National Team Captain, Caroline Seger, is blasting in her headphones? Or what five-t...more

Will Diana Taurasi sit out for the rest of the Mercury's season?
by They're Playing Basketball
posted September 14, 2012 at 9:44am

In Phoenix last night, Diana Taurasi sat out as her Mercury played visiting Connecticut. Phoenix Coach Corey Gaines said Taurasi needed the rest. But rumors on twitter surrounded this:The Mercury planned to sit Taurasi the rest of the season, but Alexis H...more

Soccer Salon in Los Angeles: September 22
by From A Left Wing
posted September 13, 2012 at 9:26pm

Alexi Lalas, showing his love for the 2011 USWNT A day exploring creative conversations with football culture. This event is open to fans, players, students, artists, historians, referees, writers. The only requirement here is that you ha...more

Top 3 of the Past 4 Years
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted September 13, 2012 at 9:21pm

7 Skills Every Player Must Work On (and Why) [Originally sent of January 21st, 2010]   This past weekend I was at a tournament in Duluth, Minnesota where I had the opportunity to watch two of the best women’s college hockey teams in the State...more

Liberty Overwhelm Mystics in Fourth
by Swish Appeal
posted September 13, 2012 at 9:17pm

Just the Facts, Ma'am: The New York Liberty took charge with a 19-7 fourth quarter and beat the Washington Mystics 75-62. Monique Currie's 24 points for Washington led all scorers, but she was the only Mystic in double figures. Cappie Pondexter led New ...more

Do Parkour Gyms Defeat the Purpose of Parkour?
by The Rabbit Hole
posted September 13, 2012 at 9:26am

Photo by indie vid.Parkour, also known as freerunning, was created as a physical art form with the goal of moving as efficiently as possible between two points.  It was developed in the French suburbs during the 1980's and parkour practitioners, know...more

NCAA Soccer – Pre-Conference Play Grades/NCAA Tournament Prospects/Predicted Order of Finish – Big Ten
by All White Kit
posted September 13, 2012 at 9:16am

  Illinois Grade: © – People expected the offense to struggle without DiBernardo, but this badly? Have been painful to watch going forward for much of the year, and their best result is a draw with Illinois State. Yikes. Current RPI &nd...;more

Tennis Star Justine Henin Makes Big Announcement
by Pretty Tough
posted September 13, 2012 at 9:14am

Justine Henin of Belgium, who won seven Grand Slam singles titles, had some news to pass along to her faithful fans via Facebook. No … not another comeback. Of course, at age 30, nothing is impossible. It turns out Henin is pregnant and the baby ...more

2013 WNBA Draft: Lottery Set For September 26 On ESPN
by Swish Appeal
posted September 13, 2012 at 9:04am

As first reported by Mel Greenberg the other day, the WNBA Draft lottery has been set for September 26 during the 6 p.m. EDT edition of Sportscenter on ESPN. For those unfamiliar with the process, the winner of the lottery receives the top pick in the ...more

NCAA Soccer – Pre-Conference Play Grades/NCAA Tournament Prospects/Predicted Order of Finish – SEC
by All White Kit
posted September 13, 2012 at 8:47am

  Alabama Grade: © – Are Alabama better than a ‘C’ team? It’s hard to say considering they played just one major conference club in non-conference play. They hammered a lot of the lesser lights on the schedule, but de...more

College XC Talk Radio
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted September 13, 2012 at 8:41am

No Trackcenter top ten today, but I’ll be on today’s “Coffee Talk”, the weekly radio show in college track and cross country. It’s at a new day and time: Wednesdays from 6 to 8 pm. You can listen at WXUT.com. The full rele...more

NCAA Soccer – Pre-Conference Play Grades/NCAA Tournament Prospects/Predicted Order of Finish – Big East
by All White Kit
posted September 13, 2012 at 8:38am

  Cincinnati Grade: (C-) – Draw with Elon looks terrible, and best win being over an underwhelming NC State doesn’t bode well. Current RPI – 186 Top Scorer – Laura Rose (4 G, 1 A) NCAA Tournament Prospects – Nothing ap...more

Notre Dame Joins Atlantic Coast Conference
by Swish Appeal
posted September 13, 2012 at 8:24am

Just when I thought realignment was over .... the Big East got trimmed (yet again) as the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the inclusion of Notre Dame into the coastal fold. The Fighting Irish follow the footsteps of Pittsburgh and Syracuse, who wil...more

Breaking News: Notre Dame joins ACC, Big Ten pouts
by Draft Day Suit
posted September 12, 2012 at 8:40pm

After being the lone remaining stalwart in the collegiate conference shuffle, the ACC joined the fray on Wednesday morning and added Notre Dame to its fold. Yes, that means you can officially add the ACC to your list of geographically-challenged conferen...more

Atlanta Dream Closer to Playoffs with Win over Storm
by Swish Appeal
posted September 12, 2012 at 8:35pm

(ATLANTA) – It would have been nice for Atlanta to clinch the third of the four playoff spots in the Eastern Conference on the final home game of its regular season – but they’d need some cooperation from Chicago to do that. Even though ...more

LPGA: Women's British Open Preview
by Sarah Hallett
posted September 12, 2012 at 1:15pm

The last major of the year for the LPGA will be contested this week at Royal Liverpool GC. A look at some of the players with the best chance to lift the trophy come Sunday....more

It's the little things (WNBA)
by They're Playing Basketball
posted September 12, 2012 at 8:19am

Phoenix Mercury staffer and writer Ben York has seven random things about the Mercury. #1 doesn't surprise me and I already knew about #5.As I already told Ben, it's the little things about their players and teams that true fans of the game appreciate the...more

Quick morning speed workout
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted September 12, 2012 at 8:13am

20min w/u15x 80sec @5:18 pace, 40 sec jog recovery (jump of treadmill and jog into the kitchen recovery)20min c/d Not your typical marathon prep workout, but Monday's 12 miler ended up being a pretty solid pace and my quads are still screaming from the 2...more

WNBA Hollinger Power Rankings: What Happened To The Silver Stars?
by Swish Appeal
posted September 12, 2012 at 8:12am

Just a few weeks ago, we were talking about how the San Antonio Silver Stars as part of a two-team elite in the WNBA based on ESPN's Hollinger Rankings. Sure the Los Angeles Sparks were coming up, but the Silver Stars were right with the Minnesota Lynx...more

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