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Has the WNBA finally settled on a marketing strategy?
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 16, 2012 at 7:48am

An amazing amount of interesting information and thought-provoking concepts in this piece about selling the female athlete. But here's the key for me, under the second stanza, "NBA and WNBA: One sport, two worlds":The WNBA wants to use its affordability a...more

“World Series of Women’s Softball” to Feature Nation’s Professional Women’s Softball Semi-Final & Championship Series
by Pretty Tough
posted August 16, 2012 at 7:34am

Rosemont, IL – In August, Rosemont will be bustling with the nation’s top professional women’s softball teams for the 2012 National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) Championship Series to be held August 23-26 at the Ballpark at Rosemont. Located at...more

WNBA Midseason All-Rookie Teams: Who Are The Top Rookies After Nneka Ogwumike?
by Swish Appeal
posted August 16, 2012 at 7:30am

It probably comes as no surprise to anyone that Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike is currently the unanimous favorite among WNBA coaches and GMs to win the 2012 WNBA Rookie of the Year, as reported by Kristofer Habbas of SB Nation Arizona yester...more

NBC’s Coverage of Olympic Track and Field
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted August 16, 2012 at 7:24am

I told everyone I knew who cares even the slightest about sports or my hometown of Toledo that it was happening at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, August 7. It was the men’s high jump final, and Toledoan Erik Kynard, an alumni of my junior high and who spent h...more

Gremaine de Randamie Talks Aug. 18 Strikeforce Fight
by Wombat Sports
posted August 15, 2012 at 8:22pm

Kickboxer-turned-MMA fighter Germaine de Randamie is looking to rebound from her first Strikeforce loss and instantly throw herself into the featherweight title picture as she takes on the #1 Unified ranked Hiroko Yamanaka in the Strikeforce pre...more

Another Piece on "Western Media on Muslim Women Athletes"
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 15, 2012 at 8:15pm

By Mariam MORSHEDI By Mariam Morshedi, Small Media Guest Researcher Edited by Small Media A Narrow FocusThe western media has a narrow focus when it comes to Muslim women athletes. Most news pieces relating to Muslim women and sporting discuss...more

T Is For Title IX: The History, The Myth, The Reality
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 15, 2012 at 8:05pm

source Last winter, I wrote a post based on each letter of the alphabet.  The English major inside of me was very excited about this project…and my inner nerd was even more fired up!  As the blog vacation continues, I hope you enjoy this...more

Overall thoughts on the Games and future plans?
by Pretty Strong
posted August 15, 2012 at 9:17am

I feel like my training leading up to the Games was almost as the best it could have been. I was injury free and hit PR's. I was upgraded to first class so I acclimated well. My training there went according to plan. My warm ups were perfectly timed and M...more

Tamika Catchings caught in a rare Olympic moment in Team USA women's basketball photo
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted August 15, 2012 at 9:13am

You don't get any better than Team USA's women's basketball team. The 12 players upheld a winning streak dating back to 1992 when the Americans won bronze in Barcelona. The 8-0 finish at the London Olympic Games brought the total to 41 consecutive wins, f...more

Should EA Sports add women’s soccer players to ‘FIFA’ game?
by Pretty Tough
posted August 15, 2012 at 9:07am

Video games giant EA Sports has received criticism for failing to include women’s players and teams on its popular title “FIFA” in the wake of the United States’ dramatic victory over Japan for the Olympic gold medal. The American...more

Assessing Team USA’s Track & Field Performance
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted August 15, 2012 at 8:59am

As no doubt you already know, the U.S. Olympic track and field team took home 29 medals. This was only one medal short of the audacious goal set by former USA Track and Field CEO Doug Logan as part of “Project 30″, a major overhaul of the org...more

A Glam Slam Talks To Pro-Snowboarder Kimmy Fasani
by A Glam Slam
posted August 15, 2012 at 8:30am

Kimmy Fasani has been on quite a ride these past few years. She continues to push boundaries in women’s snowboarding and has helped the sport to progress with her landmark achievements. In 2011, she became the first female snowboarder to land a...more

NPF Week 10: Offense and power on full display as home runs take center stage
by anngaff
posted August 14, 2012 at 6:36pm

Photo: Megan Wiggins of the Chicago Bandits (by Dina Kwit) via release: With only two weeks left before the 2012 NPF Championship Series, teams in the NPF held nothing back over the past weekend. Between the two series, there were twenty-two home runs ...more

The Difference Maker
by Softball Performance Blog
posted August 14, 2012 at 5:19pm

  Not many players get to experience being in a championship game throughout their whole softball playing life. Even less players are able to say they've one a tournament. I've been playing baseball/softball for eleven years now and have only played...more

London 2012: Candace Parker Headlines All-Olympic Team Awards
by Swish Appeal
posted August 14, 2012 at 1:32pm

Following the culmination of the 2012 Olympic Games, eurobasket.com released their All-Olympic awards yesterday. Here's a look at who they thought the top performers were - Most Valuable Player: Candace Parker, USA - Parker helped propel the United S...more

Olympics – The All-Curren Team: Trying To Pick The Best 18 Not Easy
by All White Kit
posted August 14, 2012 at 9:05am

  Well, here we are again, the end of another major women’s tournament, and time again for the AWK All-Curren Team. I call it that not out of a massive ego, but to indicate that it is indeed my choices and opinions. I point that out up front b...more

Random Olympic Track & Field thoughts…
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted August 14, 2012 at 8:56am

Various things that popped into my head over the course of the last two weeks… The real star of the Olympic track and field competition wasn’t the electrifying Usain Bolt, the possibly-to-be-knighted Mo Farah, Jess Ennis, David Rudisha, or a...more

London 2012: The Knee Story
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted August 14, 2012 at 8:49am

First of all, London 2012 has been a really good experience.  I knew what to expect this time around, from being bombarded by emails from team managers, to receiving an overwhelming amount of new gear and having to find a way to get it home (thanks, ...more

2012 Female Combat Sports at the Olympics Recap
by Wombat Sports
posted August 14, 2012 at 8:42am

Women’s Boxing Olympians Courtesy – Sarah Deming/Huffington Post The present and future of women’s combat sports coverage on London for two weeks, and proved a strong state of women athletes. Women’s boxing came to wh...more

Fears about boxing should not be a gender issue
by Sports, Media & Society
posted August 13, 2012 at 8:40pm

One and done. This is what columnist Linda Chavez believes needs to happen with women’s boxing. Chavez wrote in the New York Post late last week, “Is there no evolutionary advantage in having half the population play a gentler, more nurturing...more

Germaine de Randamie Pre-fight Interview - Strikeforce: Rousey vs Kaufman
by Women's MMA Roundup
posted August 13, 2012 at 2:45pm

Find out what Germaine's been up to since her last fight, her training camp at AKA, and more before her bout with #1-ranked Featherweight Hiroko Yamanaka! From: womensmmaroundup Views: 37 3 ratings Time: 07:09 More in Sports ...more

Muslim and Arab Women at the Olympics: Gold Medal or Headscarf?
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 13, 2012 at 10:03am

By Manfred Sing With the world celebrating the arrival of two headscarf-wearing athletes at the Olympics, does their participation mark another step along the road towards emancipation? In actual fact, Muslim athletes have been successful at the Oly...more

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