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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

Top style statements of the London games
by A Glam Slam
posted August 13, 2012 at 7:56am

Olympic style has been an integral part of the London Games. The fashion chatter began long before the competition and has remained a buzzed about topic throughout. From Opening Ceremony looks to team uniforms, the London Games have put national refi...more

AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – Long Beach State – Beach Look To Rule Big West in 2012
by All White Kit
posted August 13, 2012 at 7:51am

Paige McPherson Wins Bronze in Taekwondo – Team USA Wins 6 Combat Medals Overall
by Wombat Sports
posted August 13, 2012 at 7:47am

McPherson Courtesy Getty Images Team USA’s Paige McPherson came to fight, and got to stand on the Olympic medals podium for her efforts. The 21 year old from South Dakota won 8-3 in the 67 kg Taekwondo bronze medal final over Franka Anić of Slo...more

The Gender of Second
by From A Left Wing
posted August 13, 2012 at 7:45am

Mariya Savinova and Caster Semenya When Caster Semenya raced from last to second in the final stretch of the women's 800 meters, some wondered is she aimed for silver. She has a turbo drive of a kick - if she'd engaged it sooner she might have taken gold...more

Rin Nakai vs Mayumi Aoki 2 Set For Pancrase Bantamweight Tournament
by Wombat Sports
posted August 13, 2012 at 7:41am

Nakai Aoki Courtesy Sherdog By: Robert Sargent – MMARising.com Former Valkyrie champion Rin Nakai and Mayumi “Super Benkei” Aoki are set to face off again in the opening round of the Bantamweight Queen of Pancrase tournament at Pa...more

Post-Olympic Track and Field Viewing
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted August 12, 2012 at 4:40pm

The Olympics may officially still be going on right now, but as far as I’m concerned they are over after the men’s marathon. Track junkies want to know, how will I get my fix? There’s actually a pretty good amount of stuff coming up. ...more

AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – UCF – Cromwell’s Side Hoping To Build On 2011 NCAA Tournament Heroics
by All White Kit
posted August 12, 2012 at 4:36pm

Video: The U.S. women's basketball team receiving their gold medals after beating France in the...
by Swish Appeal
posted August 12, 2012 at 6:57am

Video: The U.S. women's basketball team receiving their gold medals after beating France in the 2012 London Olympics. ...more

What USA Women's Basketball's Defense Did To France In The Third Quarter Of The 2012 Olympic Final
by Swish Appeal
posted August 12, 2012 at 6:51am

During the third quarter of the USA women's basketball team's 86-50 win in the 2012 Olympic final, BBC commentator John Amaechi said of France's offensive performance, "Their scoring has gone from anemic to…something worse than that." But was th...more

Michael Phelps: The Greatest Olympian Ever…Or Not
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 12, 2012 at 6:48am

To say that I’ve been disappointed with NBC’s coverage of this year’s Olympic games is…well, it’s a huge understatement. There have been so many moments that left me confused, outraged, and overall disappointed. One of the ...more

London 2012: United States Women Dominate France For Fifth-Straight Gold Medal
by Swish Appeal
posted August 12, 2012 at 6:46am

The United States women's basketball team completed their "Drive for Five" in resounding fashion, dismantling France 86-50 in today's gold medal game. This marks the first women's Olympic team in any sport to claim a streak of five consecutive gold meda...more

AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – Virginia Tech – Hokies Looking For Upward Mobility in ACC
by All White Kit
posted August 12, 2012 at 6:41am

USA Women's Basketball Vs. France Preview: Three Keys For The 2012 Olympic Final
by Swish Appeal
posted August 11, 2012 at 12:45pm

As French guard Edwige Lawson-Wade said in an article by Reuters reporter Larry Fine after her team beat Russia to advance to the gold medal game in the 2012 Olympics, "To beat the USA you have to do the perfect game. Perfect in defence, perfect in offe...more

Turkey's Nur Tatar wins Olympic taekwondo silver medal
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 11, 2012 at 10:17am

South Korean Hwang Kyung-seon defended her Olympic taekwondo title by beating Turkey's Nur Tatar in the welterweight division at the London Games on Friday.Tatar's advance to final face-off brought Turkey's second silver in the Olympics.Hwang had vowed to...more

Tunisian Silver Medalist fueling Political Movement withher "underpants"
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 11, 2012 at 10:09am

During these Olympic Games in London, there has been a lot of discussion regarding covered female athletes.Much has been seen and heard of Wojdan Shaherkani and Sattar Attar, and their historic roles as the first to female athletes to represent the Kingdo...more

USA Women's Basketball Vs. Australia: Tina Charles, Asjha Jones & The Five Minutes That Changed The Game
by Swish Appeal
posted August 11, 2012 at 10:05am

Down one point to Australia with 3:12 left in the third quarter, USA coach Geno Auriemma made his first wave of subs reinserting Connecticut Sun center Tina Charles into the game along with Seimone Augustus and (about 20 seconds later) Lindsay Whalen in...more

Gender & the Olympics: A Commentary
by One Sport Voice
posted August 11, 2012 at 9:59am

I wrote about three significant trends pertaining to females and the Olympics for Minnesota Public Radio. Namely I wrote 2012 has marked the 40th anniversary of title IX in the US, female Olympians outnumbers their male counterparts for the USOC, and wome...more

Greatness Has Been Found: A Close Reading
by From A Left Wing
posted August 11, 2012 at 9:57am

Doing it themselves. USWNT fans at the 2011 World Cup semi-final.At the end of yesterday's match, most of the USWNT pulled Nike t-shirts over their uniforms. The kit sponsor must move its merchandise. As long as the swoosh is on the team jersey it do...more

Teen Boxer Claressa Shields in the Olympic Record Books
by Pretty Tough
posted August 11, 2012 at 9:54am

Women’s boxing is new to the Summer Olympics in 2012 and 17-year-old U.S. boxer Claressa Shields carved her name in the record books as the first middleweight gold medalist by winning a 19-12 decision over Russia’s Nadezda Torlopova Thursday (...more

AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – Missing Players for The U20 World Cup
by All White Kit
posted August 11, 2012 at 9:50am

Official squad lists are out for the U20 World Cup, here are the NCAA Division I collegiate players who will be at the tournament: Arizona -Candice Osei-Agyemang (GHA) Auburn -Ashley Kotero (MEX) -Bianca Sierra (MEX) Cal -Ariana Martinez (MEX) ...more

Happy Together
by From A Left Wing
posted August 11, 2012 at 9:46am

On July 20th, someone tweeting as Pia Sundhage - and I do think it might actually be Sundhage - wrote the following: Happy Players have a tendency to make good decisions on the field - together. Something shifted about 18 months ago. The USWNT looked ve...more

AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – Marquette – Eagles Still Golden in 2012?
by All White Kit
posted August 11, 2012 at 9:38am

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