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Pink Whistle: A former coach remembers a special player
by Swish Appeal
posted November 20, 2012 at 6:40pm

Franklin Township, NJ - Before she was as Slam Magazine terms 'poetry in motion'....and 'absolutely earth stopping', there was an abundance to be learned. Surprise as it may seem, Dr. Naismith's game did not always come easy to Tina Charles. NCAA champ...more

The word of the year: Calm~(Britney Henry Blog)
by Britney Henry - Olympian in Progress
posted November 20, 2012 at 8:23am

“The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in the mind” Their is no better feeling in the world then to be calm.  After a summer of living life and having fun every chance I could get, calm has come over my min...more

Undefeated Brazilian Claudia Gadelha to Face Carla Esparza for 115 Title
by Wombat Sports
posted November 20, 2012 at 8:18am

Gadelha Esparza With Ayaka Hamsaki busy defending her 115 JEWELS title in December, undefeated Brazilian Claudia Gadelha will step up to face the #4 ranked Carla Esparza for the InvictaFC strawweight title on Jan. 5. MMARising.com confirmed the...more

Big shake ups in AP top 25 poll
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 20, 2012 at 8:12am

In this week's poll, UCLA, Kansas, Dayton and North Carolina enter, while Delaware, Texas A&M;, Miami and Georgetown fall out:1. Stanford Cardinal2. Connecticut Huskies3. Baylor Lady Bears4. Duke Blue Devils5. Notre Dame Fighting Irish6. Penn State Li...more

Rutgers expected to move to Big Ten; Big East's decline continues
by Swish Appeal
posted November 20, 2012 at 7:49am

The latest episode in the ongoing NCAA conference realignment saga has Rutgers reportedly deciding to accompany Maryland to the Big Ten and furthering the demise of the Big East. SB Nation's Rutgers blog On the Banks has already laid the groundwork for t...more

American players trapped in Israel
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:51pm

Maybe, like me, you've been reading the tweets of American players currently in Israel, and you have been frightened for them. ESPN covers the issue:It's 3 a.m. in a small city just outside of Tel Aviv and Alexis Gray-Lawson answers the phone."I'm up," Gr...more

Dame Kelly Holmes in the abstract
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:50pm

What do you make of this?Thanks to Maria for sending this, she said: '(sending you ) a data visualisation about Dame Kelly Holmes we have just released. In conjunction with Planet K2, London studio Accept & Proceed took Dame Kelly Holmes&rsq...;more

Georgia Tech ties school steals record in win over Marquette
by Swish Appeal
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:46pm

    (ATLANTA) - After Georgia Tech’s setback vs. Tennessee, one could look at the schedule and tell that Marquette would be the next significant test for the Yellow Jackets. This was the second match of a home-and-away series, and Mar...more

You Can’t Teach This
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:40pm

As a coach who works with players both on and off the ice, I spend a lot of time teaching different skills and helping girls hockey players develop the athleticism necessary to take their game to the highest level possible.  But there is one thing th...more

St. Joseph’s upset of #5 Maryland: A monumental win for the ages
by Swish Appeal
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:38pm

  The city of brotherly love wasn’t so friendly to Maryland when they paid a visit to play St. Joseph’s on Saturday. In what culminated to being the most notable win in school history since their upset of #3 Wichita State in 1977, loo...more

University of Maryland Joining Big Ten According to Sources
by Swish Appeal
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:29pm

ESPN is reporting that the University of Maryland, College Park will join the Big Ten Conference and is expected to announce the move later this afternoon. There is no set date as to when the University will actually start playing in the conference at th...more

An Open Letter To NBC
by Draft Day Suit
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:27pm

Marie has been an Formula 1 fan for 30 years – ever since she fell in love with the sport watching the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix (won by Keke Rosberg).  Her favorite race commentators have to be Murray Walker and Sir Jackie Stewart.  She...more

Podcast – Undefeated Pro Fighter Jessica Doerner
by Wombat Sports
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:25pm

Coming off two first round finishes, Jessica Doerner is parepaing to to make it three in a row against Nina Ansaroff at Cage Inc. card in North Dakota. We talked to Doerner about her solid start and making her way to the big leagues. Listen to the Podca...more

NCAA Cross Country Championships, dot dot dot
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:23pm

Random thoughts, news and views from this weekend’s NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships… Louisville was a good host. Maybe not as good as Indiana State, hosts of nine of the last ten championship meets, but better than I expected. ...more

Stanford Wins Rainbow Wahine Classic
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted November 19, 2012 at 8:00am

Stanford Women’s Basketball scored the hat trick this weekend, winning three games in three days, to secure the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Hawaii. When you first win is over #1 Baylor, it really didn’t matter what happenes afterward, although S...more

Washington, Washington State lose on Sunday
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:56am

Washington won the rebounding battle on Sunday, but poor shooting from its top two players led to a 71-62 road loss at Long Beach State (2-2). Sophomore PG Jazmine Davis, the team's leading scorer (23 points), was 1-for-6 from the field for six points an...more

President Obama and Gymnast McKayla Maroney are Not Impressed
by Pretty Tough
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:54am

The 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team stopped by the White House Thursday to visit with President Barack Obama. McKayla Maroney, a vault specialist,  took home the silver medal in the individual vault competition at the London Games, and followed ...more

Stanford Handles Hawaii
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:50am

Life goes on, and The Stanford Women’s Basketball Team still had a basketball game to play one day after knocking off Number 1 Baylor. They played host Hawaii, and Hawaii proved the good host by letting the guests win, 69-42.Stanford got four of its...more

Wetzel: What the Maryland, Rutgers move could mean for Big Ten basketball
by Swish Appeal
posted November 19, 2012 at 7:48am

In addition to the question of how Maryland and Rutgers would pay the ACC's exit fee to join the conference, there's the question of what impact a move would have on the Big Ten. Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports put together a pretty nice overview of Maryland...more

McKenith and Smith Lead Red Storm over Pride
by Swish Appeal
posted November 18, 2012 at 4:31pm

I love a good home opener, don't you? I definitely liked this better than last year's game against Hofstra. Now with 95% less food poisoning! Military appreciation day, in honor of Veterans' Day at the beginning of the week. We went in before they had...more

Revelina Berto Signs to CFA Tournamnent
by Wombat Sports
posted November 18, 2012 at 10:16am

Miami based Championship Fighting Alliance has announced a women’s 135 tournament and three fighters have already signed on to take part. Among the three is the undefeated Revelina Berto, who is a part of the Berto fighting family. Her brother Andr...more

Stanford Beats Baylor
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted November 18, 2012 at 8:05am

STANFORD WINS THE PENNANT! Stanford wins the pennant! Well, not the pennant, that being our little pun about the Giants, and The Stanford Women’s Basketball Team did not win a national championship or even any championship, but they just beat Baylor...more

An upset and a couple milestones
by They're Playing Basketball
posted November 18, 2012 at 8:02am

Tonight's results:Ouch....St. Joseph's 50, #5 Maryland 49.With their 78-53 victory over Winthrop, Ohio State has a home game winning streak of 23.#1 Baylor beat Tennessee-Martin 82-67, and in the process Bear center Brittney Griner set an NCAA record for ...more

University of Maryland and Rutgers University in talks to join Big Ten Conference
by Swish Appeal
posted November 18, 2012 at 7:57am

For the conference, adding Maryland and Rutgers would extend the conference's reach out east to the Washington DC, Baltimore, and New York City metro areas. From Maryland's and Rutgers' perspectives, joining the Big Ten can also earn them more revenue d...more

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