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MCM Base Building
by Run Girl Run
posted July 11, 2012 at 9:15pm

For a lot of people, training for the Marine Corps Marathon starts this week. And in some ways, MCM training starts for me this week too. We're 16 weeks out from the race, which is the number of weeks most marathon training plans prescribe. But since...more

AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – Clemson – Baby Steps for Orange & Purple
by All White Kit
posted July 11, 2012 at 9:13pm

  Clemson & Vanessa Laxgang Will Be Hoping to End A Long ACC Winning Drought in 2012 Preview Index General | Conference Realignment Breakdown | Final 2012 Recruiting Class Rankings | Early 2013/2014 Recruiting Class Rankings Big Sky | DI In...more

Anticipating the Olympics? Look beyond -- to the 2012 Paralympics
by Sports, Media & Society
posted July 11, 2012 at 9:13pm

I know that a great deal of excitement is building as the Olympic Games in London draw near. And I'll certainly be watching. But for me and a growing number of sports fans around the world, another set of games just two weeks after the closing ceremonies ...more

All mid-day games today, and other news
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 11, 2012 at 9:12pm

Minnesota finally got a win - 107-86 over Tulsa. The game was close for too long for the tastes of Lynx fans, but their three-game losing streak was snapped. Shock forward Glory Johnson played with a sprained wrist, which she sustained in Sunday's game, a...more

AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – Texas Tech – Young & Hungry Once Again
by All White Kit
posted July 11, 2012 at 9:12pm

  Jaelene Hinkle & Texas Tech Hope To Finally Reach the NCAA Tournament in 2012 Preview Index General | Conference Realignment Breakdown | Final 2012 Recruiting Class Rankings | Early 2013/2014 Recruiting Class Rankings Big Sky | DI Indepen...more

MWSF Statement on FIFA Overturn Hijab Ban
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 11, 2012 at 8:39pm

Statement from Muslim Women's Sport Foundation (MWSF)The MWSF welcomes the decision to overturn the ban on the hijab in football.  The effects of this ban were felt across the world and were not just limited to the game of football so we are delighte...more

WNBA Player Rankings: Becky Hammon Earns Player of the Week Award, Moves Up NSR Player Rankings
by Swish Appeal
posted July 11, 2012 at 8:38pm

Last week, Ed Bemiss of National Sports Rankings explained to us why San Antonio Silver Stars guard Becky Hammon was not listed among his list of hypothetical 2012 WNBA All-Stars. But coming off a week that earned Hammon a season-first WNBA Western Con...more

WPSL Elite: Sometimes Journey More Important Than Destination
by All White Kit
posted July 11, 2012 at 8:30pm

The plan to come to Chicago for a July vacation was made well before the WPSL Elite schedule came out, or even before the decision was made to cover the league at all this summer (which I thank AWK for, it’s been fun). I knew I would basically miss...more

Coming round the mountain on her bike
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted July 11, 2012 at 8:28pm

When Agata Tamulewicz first took up mountain biking she thought paying a thousand euros for a bike was crazy. That was then …  The Polish woman has lived in Ireland for nearly five years and first got into mountain biking (or MTB as they sa...more

NPF Week 5: Honors And Weather Take Center Stage
by anngaff
posted July 11, 2012 at 9:57am

By: Dustin Hood, via release   Brianna Hesson, infielder for the Akron Racers (photo courtesy of Bill Diem) This week’s action around the NPF was unlike recent weeks we have seen thus far. There were no monstrous numbers of home runs hit, no...more

Three more days of the WNBA before the Olympic break
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 10, 2012 at 10:58am

WNBA news:Unbelievably, there's another injury: Lynx forward Rebekkah Brunson has a calf strain and will miss the team's two games this week. Julie Wojta will fill in for her for the week.Western and Eastern Conference players of the week are Becky Hammon...more

AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – Great West
by All White Kit
posted July 10, 2012 at 10:54am

Preview Index General | Conference Realignment Breakdown | Final 2012 Recruiting Class Rankings | Early 2013/2014 Recruiting Class Rankings Big Sky | DI Independents | SWAC Big XII – Oklahoma Big East – Cincinnati | DePaul | Pittsburgh | Ru...more

Maryland Capitols Win Marathon Match to End Regular Season, Now Look Toward Playoffs
by All White Kit
posted July 10, 2012 at 10:51am

  Team captain Anabel Jimenez takes a shot in the first half The final match of the Maryland Capitols’ inaugural season was plagued with delays, but the home team nevertheless managed to come away with a 2-0 win over the visiting Penn Legac...more

Sauerbrunn Leads DCU Women to Conference Championship
by All White Kit
posted July 10, 2012 at 10:41am

  Becky Sauerbrunn plays for the Black-And-Red in her last match before the Olympics On one of the hottest evenings in DC history, a season-record 703 fans showed up at the Maryland Soccerplex Stadium to watch the DC United Women play the Dayton ...more

Tina Charles, Becky Hammon Earn WNBA Player of the Week Awards
by Swish Appeal
posted July 10, 2012 at 10:36am

Tina Charles, Becky Hammon Earn WNBA Player of the Week Awards Tina Charles of the Connecticut Sun and Becky Hammon of the San Antonio Silver Stars were named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week presented by Boost Mob...more

Serena Williams and the the Myth of Color-Blindness
by The Rabbit Hole
posted July 9, 2012 at 10:57pm

Photo by AFP from the Sydney Morning Herald. Serena Williams just won her 14th Grand Slam title and her fifth Wimbledon title.  At thirty years old, she truly has no peers on the tour today.  Her closest competition would be her sister, V...more

AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – Utah State – Postseason Hex Buried, More Trophies on Horizon for Aggies?
by All White Kit
posted July 9, 2012 at 10:56pm

  Natalie Norris Will Try To Seal A Legacy As One of The WAC's All-Time Great Defenders This Season Preview Index General | Conference Realignment Breakdown | Final 2012 Recruiting Class Rankings | Early 2013/2014 Recruiting Class Rankings Big ...more

Tulsa Wins The Weekend 153-148, Sends Mystics Packing On Sunday
by Swish Appeal
posted July 9, 2012 at 10:55pm

A two-fer was to be had in Tulsa this weekend, as the Shock squared off with the Connecticut Sun on Friday to be followed with a Sunday matinee against the Washington Mystics. And overall, Tulsa won the weekend. On Friday, it was a first quarter hole t...more

Liberty See Stars As San Antonio Pulls Away Late
by Swish Appeal
posted July 9, 2012 at 10:55pm

Just the Facts, Ma'am: The San Antonio Silver Stars put three players over 20 points and shot 55.1% in a 94-81 win at the New York Liberty. Jia Perkins's 24 points led all scorers. Becky Hammon contributed 23 points and six assists, and Sophia Young had...more

Siobhan Eviston defends 800m title
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted July 9, 2012 at 10:41pm

Eviston just after the race Siobhan Eviston gave her critics something to think about this weekend - defending her 800m title in great style at the National Track and Field Championships yesterday.  It was a pretty miserable day - as you can see i...more

WNBA Weekend
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted July 9, 2012 at 10:40pm

This weekend was the Nneka Ogwumike Weekend in LA, to watch her play in the pros, arranged by the Stanford Fast Break booster club.First we would like to thank the Stanford Fast Break Club and Otis Watson in particular for their efforts to arrange the tri...more

Ebony Hoffman will play this week, if need be, coach says
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 9, 2012 at 10:40pm

Sparks Coach Carol Ross said tonight that she would play forward Ebony Hoffman in the team's last two games this week before the Olympic break, if need be. The eight-year veteran will make the road trip with the squad.Hoffman sustained a severe ankle spra...more

The Olympics are coming!
by They're Playing Basketball
posted July 9, 2012 at 10:40pm

This is the last week of WNBA play before play is suspended for over a month for the Olympic Games. Teams will play their last games either Wednesday or Thursday, and then will go directly to the East coast to meet as a team. League play won't resume unti...more

AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – Illinois State – Redbirds Aim to Take Flight Again
by All White Kit
posted July 9, 2012 at 10:31pm

  Deadly Sophomore Rachel Tejada Will Try to Fire Illinois St. To The Top Again in 2012 Preview Index General | Conference Realignment Breakdown | Final 2012 Recruiting Class Rankings | Early 2013/2014 Recruiting Class Rankings Big Sky | DI Ind...more

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