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Video: Dayton's Title IX Trailblazer Tribute For The NACWAA's 40th Anniversary Contest
by Swish Appeal
posted April 10, 2012 at 11:26am

Former Dayton star Ann Meyers on the importance of young female athletes understanding the value of Title IX. The National Association of Collegiate Women's Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) has announced its 25 nominees for its Title IX Trailblazer T...more

Qatar adds third woman to Olympic roster
by After Atalanta
posted April 10, 2012 at 11:24am

Photo: Reuters Qatar, like Saudi Arabia, has never sent a female athletes to the Olympics. That will change this summer. Two women had been scheduled to go after receiving wild cards from the IOC. A third has just been added. Bahia al-Hamad, who also...more

Paola Longoria wins her 4th Pan American Championship
by Women's Professional Racquetball
posted April 10, 2012 at 11:19am

Posted by our friends at The Racquetball Blog   Mexican Paola Longoria won her fourth Pan American Championship title in what was an anti-climactic final at the XXV Pan American Championships in Temuco, Chile. The anti-climax came about becau...more

Is the Death of the Male Only Golf Club Around the Corner?
by Women in Sport International
posted April 10, 2012 at 10:11am

Tweet I am recycling this post due to the Masters taking place this weekend. When will Augusta National change its ways? Check out this article in the Globe and Mail: "Obama takes swing at all-male Augusta National" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...more

Baylor may face sanctions over possible illegal recruiting
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 10, 2012 at 10:07am

Scandal:The men's and women's basketball programs at Baylor University are facing possible NCAA sanctions following an investigation that uncovered more than 1,200 impermissible phone calls and text messages during a 29-month span.Men's coach Scott Drew, ...more

Ashley Judd Teams Up with Original Retro Brand to Launch Kentucky Apparel Collection
by A Glam Slam
posted April 10, 2012 at 10:04am

The Kentucky Wildcats defeated the Kansas Jayhawks to claim the title of 2012 NCAA Champions in men’s basketball. Fresh off the team’s win, Kentucky alum and school superfan, Ashley Judd, is celebrating with a new range of women’s gear. ...more

Fair Ball: The Orientalism of Canada going to Uganda to play baseball
by The Rabbit Hole
posted April 10, 2012 at 10:02am

Photo from the Toronto Star. Recently, Sportsnet aired a 30 minute documentary about the Canadian little league team flying to Uganda to play a World Series game that never occurred called Fair Ball.  The documentary and the team were sponsored by R...more

"Dirty Dancing"? Baylor Men's And Women's Basketball To Face Possible Sanctions
by Swish Appeal
posted April 9, 2012 at 4:59pm

The Baylor basketball teams, fresh off a women's national championship and a men's Elite Eight appearance, might be dancing to a different tune soon. A probe of the program started in 2008 after the recruitment of Brittney Griner and has been ongoing f...more

Hockey Worlds: Oh, Canada, What The Hell Happened Out There? U.S. hands Canada its worst loss ever
by The First Line
posted April 9, 2012 at 11:17am

Editor's note: the 14th Annual International Ice Hockey Federation's Women's World Championships are taking place April 7-14, 2012, at the University of Vermont's Gutterson Fieldhouse. On day 1 of the tournament, 2010 Olympic Champs Canada lost to the Uni...more

NCAA Softball Weekend Roundup: Conference Play
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted April 9, 2012 at 11:04am

Cal (9-0, with a weekend sweep of Utah) and Arizona State (7-1, which applied the broom to UCLA) are running away with the Pac 12 race. All the other teams are .500 or worse in conference play.Florida (15-2) and Alabama (14-2) continue to lead the SEC. LS...more

College Track & Field Scoreboard for April 2-8
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 9, 2012 at 11:01am

In an effort to reward meets that keep score, every week I highlight the meets among multiple D-I teams that did so. At the end I offer up new ideas and chew out the meets that should have kept score but didn’t. Dual Meets Pepsi Team Invitational...more

Video – Colleen Schneider Gets a Much Needed Victory in India
by Wombat Sports
posted April 9, 2012 at 10:58am

Colleen Schneider looked like a new fighter Saturday when she took on the UK’s Cherie Buck at the Super Fight League in Chandigarh, India. Schneider (now 2-3) had changed training camps to the Throwdown gym in Las Vegas, and used her wrestli...more

For USWNT, The Kirin Cup is Half-Full
by All White Kit
posted April 9, 2012 at 10:56am

Carli Lloyd gets a fair amount of flak from women’s soccer’s talking heads for alleged inconsistent play, but you have to hand it to her–her knack for coming through out of nowhere is beyond question. Perched in a darkened Tokyo internet...more

Rebecca Donaghue: Athlete to Artist
by Running Rebecca
posted April 9, 2012 at 10:53am

Now that the marathon is over my training has become more track oriented. One might think I have some extra time on my hands now that the distances I’m training for aren’t as long but that isn’t the c...more

MMA Fighters Sara McMann, Alexis Davis and Cris Santos Auctioning off Decorated Sports Bras for Charity
by Wombat Sports
posted April 9, 2012 at 10:51am

One of the adoptive causes of female athletes has been breast cancer awareness and help to those who suffer from this horrible disease.  In MMA, "Mighty" Mia Hayes lost her life to breast cancer, and has been a rallying cry to all of us. Many w...more

2012 WNBA Draft Prospects: A Statistical List Of 50+ NCAA Seniors
by Swish Appeal
posted April 8, 2012 at 4:31pm

Throughout the NCAA season, a couple of us on the Swish Appeal team have tracked the progress of 2012 WNBA Draft prospects. A mock draft and some of my thoughts on top prospects were posted at the Minnesota Lynx' 2012 Draft Central site, but in the cours...more

Elite Athletes Successfully Conquer Distractions
by Loren Fogelman
posted April 8, 2012 at 3:49pm

What throw you off when competing? Elite athletes prepare for distractions and learn how to manage them so it doesn’t throw off their game. Losing focus, and then trying to get it back, costs valuable energy. Take charge, stay focused, and see results....more

MZ & Emmers Sports Bra Auction for Breast Cancer April 7-15, 2012
by Pretty Tough
posted April 7, 2012 at 11:11am

Hope Solo, USA Goalkeeper They are back at it again! Soccer player McCall Zerboni and Emma Bayer, are raising money again for breast cancer research. If you have no idea what this article is about, check out this other article for some background infor...more

The Geography of Boxing Guts
by The Glowing Edge
posted April 7, 2012 at 11:10am

There is a visually simple way to understand where you are — and change your position — on the fear scale in boxing. Sparring can be scary, of that there’s no doubt. And there’s always dread to overcome when making the decision ...more

No Saudi female Olympians - now what will the IOC do?
by After Atalanta
posted April 7, 2012 at 11:07am

It seems that after some consideration (or not) Saudi Arabian officials, despite some positive encouragement from the IOC, have decided not to send women--or even a woman--to the Olympic Games this summer in London. The king of gender equality himself--J...more

Meggan Franks on the 8 Mile Tempo Grind - never lose sight of the big picture
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted April 7, 2012 at 11:04am

On Tuesday I had planned on running an 8 mile tempo at goal half-marathon pace (5:55-6:00) with one of the MSU distance girls. To not embarrass this young lady, I am going to call her Rachel. Rachel is a red-shirt sophomore.  Her freshman year ...more

Griner wins Wooden Award; All-American Team named
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 7, 2012 at 10:55am

Baylor center Brittney Griner won the John R. Wooden Award tonight at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Griner couldn't be there due to academic obligations, according to assistant coach Damion McKinney, who spoke to the audience on her behalf. The ceremony was ...more

Tiffany Weimer's Blog: Don’t think you’re better than us? EH?
by Tiffany Weimer
posted April 7, 2012 at 10:42am

Six pounds of coffee later… Thank you to everyone who sent packages. Pretty awesome. I think I’m good with coffee for the rest of the year now. So, if anyone needs other ideas, I mean, I guess I can make a list: Gummy bears Peanut Butter Fl...more

Three Middle Eastern Countries to Exclude Women From Olympics
by Wombat Sports
posted April 6, 2012 at 8:33pm

Prince Nawaf bin Faisal - Courtesy Sport-ENews.com As the Olympics vastly approach with Judo, Tae Kwon Do, wrestling, and newly introduced women’s boxing on the schedule, don’t expect to see any female competitors from Saudi Arabia, Brunei,...more

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