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Katja Kankaanpää Faces Simona Soukupova at Bonita Punishment 12
by Wombat Sports
posted August 23, 2012 at 9:40pm

Kankaanpää Soukupova By: Rob Sargent - MMARising.com Finnish prospect Katja Kankaanpää will look to keep her unbeaten record intact when she faces England’s Simona Soukupova at Botnia Punishment 12 on September 1...more

Munah Holland vs. Michelle Ould Set for Bellator 74
by Wombat Sports
posted August 23, 2012 at 9:22pm

Ould Holland KO artist Munha Holland is looking for her fifth straight win as she will take on a ground specialist Michelle Ould at Bellator 74 in Atlantic City, NJ Sept. 28. #6 Unified ranked Flyweight Holland (5-1) has knocked out ...more

Game Day: Indiana makes first (and only) trip to Seattle
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted August 23, 2012 at 9:20pm

It was a scene most have been waiting to see at Storm practice on Wednesday. Centers Ann Wauters and Ewelina Kobryn were on one end of the court intensively working with assistant Nancy Darsch and volunteer coach Salvo Coppa on one-on-one drills in the p...more

Emily Corso Talks Title Fight, Oregon WMMA Scene
by Wombat Sports
posted August 23, 2012 at 9:18pm

Oregon’s Emily Corso has had a successful amateur career so far, finishing all but one of her opponents. This weekend she will return to the Rumble at the Roseland cage to gain the FCFF flyweight title against Emily Whitmire...more

UEFA Champions League Round of 32/16 Draw Announced
by All White Kit
posted August 23, 2012 at 9:17pm

  I don’t have too much time to go in depth right now, but I will try to give you a preview of all the ties before they commence in late September. Here’s the draw, with the seeded team listed on the right: Of note: PK-35 Vantaa (Fin...more

NCAA Soccer – The First XI for August 23, 2012 – Clash in California
by All White Kit
posted August 23, 2012 at 9:11pm

  Grace Leer Will Be On The Prowl For More Goals Thursday Against Santa Clara (All times listed are Eastern.) Cal vs Santa Clara – 7:00 PM A pulsating in-state rivalry that got two more chapters last season will be renewed again on Thursd...more

Racers take three awards, three All-NPF honors in 201 regular season awards ceremony
by stephaniemp
posted August 23, 2012 at 12:38pm

Racers take three awards, three All-NPF honors in 201 regular season awards ceremony   ROSEMONT, Ill. -- With a strong batting average (.343), eight home runs and 27 RBIs, Akron Racers catcher Sam Marder (pictured below) took home the National Pr...more

A legendary coach stays in your head
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 23, 2012 at 8:36am

Ex-Tennessee players have long told stories about legendary Coach Pat Summitt staying in their heads at times during games. Not only do they hear her actual voice once in a while, but her philosophies are so engrained in them that they come as automatical...more

Golf power play: As women ascend, men’s-only clubs look foolish
by Fair Game News
posted August 22, 2012 at 9:37pm

  By Laura Pappano Augusta National’s decision to invite two female members (former Secretary of State Condi Rice and financier Darla Moore) to join reminds us that private golf clubs are not just about golf. And this is where I d...more

Back in… Green?
by Tiffany Weimer
posted August 22, 2012 at 2:44pm

Guess who’s back!? Back to blogging with much to catch up on. Two months of catching up to be exact. Quick summary? Sure. Summer in Connecticut  After I left Denmark in June, I decided to play for the New England Mutiny while I was home for...more

The Phoenix Mercury's Best Trade Ever: Tangela Smith For Lindsey Harding
by Swish Appeal
posted August 22, 2012 at 2:41pm

Flash back to 2006: the Phoenix Mercury were in need of a change. The team technically had two recent all stars in Diana Taurasi and Anna Deforge (not to mention another future all-star who we'll get to later), the latter of which was named to the WNBA...more

The tragic triumph of Samia Yusuf Omar
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 22, 2012 at 9:36am

BY: SHIREEN AHMEDSamia Yusuf Omar was an aspiring middle distance runner from Somalia. Her untimely death at sea in April 2012 cut short her Olympic aspirations and the dreams of her beloved Somalia. Samia has a story of resilience, strength and determina...more

English Fighter Emma Watson talks Women Fight Back; European WMMA
by Wombat Sports
posted August 22, 2012 at 9:30am

England’s biggest all female card to date is coming this weekend, as “Women Fight Back” will feature some of the best fighters in Europe. Someone hoping to gain some momentum in her career is Emma Watson, who just came back in a short no...more

NCAA Soccer Review – 08/20/12 – Sweet Success At Merlo At Last For Oregon State
by All White Kit
posted August 22, 2012 at 9:29am

  As You Might Expect, Portland-Oregon State Was A Physical Battle on Monday Night Portland 0 – 1 (Dawson 25′) Oregon State Portland lived by the sword on Friday night against North Carolina and then died by it on Monday evening agai...more

London 2012: Title IX Olympics?
by Sports, Media & Society
posted August 22, 2012 at 9:23am

The U.S. media started buzzing about the progress of women in the London 2012 Olympics even before the closing ceremonies. By now the media outlets seemed to have come to a consensus that these were truly the "Women's Olympics." Considering that the U.S...more

Engaging the public (Track and Field)
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted August 22, 2012 at 9:15am

Over the weekend, Germany’s track and field federation put on the “Berlin Fliegt”, a four-nation team competition of long jumpers and pole vaulters held in front of Berlin’s Brandenberg Gate. It wasn’t a terribly notable com...more

2012 WNBA Point Guard Rankings: How Good Has The Lynx All-Time Assist Leader Been This Season?
by Swish Appeal
posted August 22, 2012 at 9:11am

If the Minnesota Lynx make it to the WNBA Finals this season - as many people expect - Lindsay Whalen will become just the second player to start in four WNBA Finals series at point guard, barring some sort of unforeseen circumstance. If longevity ma...more

WNBA Hollinger Power Rankings: Silver Stars #1, Liberty Catching Up To The Sky Fast
by Swish Appeal
posted August 22, 2012 at 9:06am

Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve was disappointed to find out that the WNBA.com power rankings had her team ranked third in its last power rankings on July 10 and the latest ESPN Hollinger Rankings suggest it's justified: the game between the elite and...more

Augusta: Breaking With Tradition
by Sarah Hallett
posted August 21, 2012 at 7:58pm

Augusta National Golf Club ended eighty years of tradition when they invited two women to join their elite club....more

WNBA Cult Classics: The Legend of Ivory Latta
by Swish Appeal
posted August 21, 2012 at 12:57pm

The menisci of the knee - according to an anatomy book by Beuafils and Verdonk, are "two crescent shaped fibrocartilagenous structures that are found within each knee." The left lateral meniscus is around 40 centimeters long, or about 1.5 inches. In Ivo...more

UEFA Champions League: Reasons Why You Should Be Paying Attention
by All White Kit
posted August 21, 2012 at 8:44am

  In case you haven’t noticed – and judging by the lack of attention it has received, you haven’t – the UEFA Women’s Champions League cut its field down to 32 last week. Still don’t care? That’s fair, it do...more

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