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Kim Mulkey, 2012 National Champions: "Well, you know at Baylor, they used to not let the Baptists dance. I bet they're dancing now!"
by Swish Appeal
posted April 4, 2012 at 12:41pm

Have you ever seen Footloose? Yes, the movie. Based on true stories from a little town in Oklahoma called Elmore City. In 1980 the Elmore Citians decided dancing wasn't all so bad after all. But the Waco, Texans who were running the very conservative B...more

Brittney Griner and the media
by After Atalanta
posted April 4, 2012 at 12:37pm

Brittney Griner, MVP of the DI Women's Basketball Championships, said Baylor officials advised her not to read blogs--because they are mean. Not hard for me to imagine. She does read Twitter though, so she's aware of what think about her, her height, he...more

Game Notes: Women’s NCAA Finals
by SLAM Online -W
posted April 4, 2012 at 12:35pm

FIRST HALF: -For a team that already was a major mismatch in terms of size, Notre Dame is quickly hampered by the second foul to Devereaux Peters, less then three minutes into the game.  Brittney Griner’s size was partially stifled on Sunday...more

Baylor Wins National Title, Completes a Perfect Season
by SLAM Online -W
posted April 4, 2012 at 12:31pm

Brittney Griner and the Baylor Lady Bears completed their pitching of a perfect 40-0 season last night, as they defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 80-61 in the women’s national championship game. Griner, only a junior and already arguably the...more

Pro Female Track & Field Athlete of the Week: Sanya Richards-Ross
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 4, 2012 at 10:15am

This week was very light on top-level competition. Indoor and cross country are over, outdoor track really hasn’t started for the pros (whose season will go until September), and most road racers are in their final preparations for a spring maratho...more

2012 BJJ Pan-Am Final Day – Gabi Garcia Takes Absolute Title
by Wombat Sports
posted April 4, 2012 at 10:12am

Wetzel (left) and Garcia (right)Courtesy Mike Calimbas Gabi Garcia took home two medals in the last day of the Pan-Am BJJ in Irvine, CA Sunday. The Alliance BJJ fighter out of Brazil took home her fifth absolute title, and her fifth middle-heavyweight...more

Joanna Zeiger dealing with more bumps in the road...
by Fast at Forty
posted April 4, 2012 at 10:10am

  Races are usually tests of fitness. Or so the theory goes. On Saturday I will be testing my lack of fitness. I am running the inaugural Hollywood Half Marathon in LA. The race coincides nicely with Passover, so I thought I would spend some time wi...more

Baylor Dominates The Boards Against Notre Dame In NCAA Women's Basketball Championship
by Swish Appeal
posted April 4, 2012 at 10:07am

As stated earlier today, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish played the Baylor Lady Bears nearly even on the offensive boards in the second half of their November meeting after being dominated in the first half. In tonight's 80-61 loss to Baylor, they weren't ...more

Olympic Weightlifter Sarah Robles' Technique Tuesday- Arm Lock out
by Pretty Strong
posted April 4, 2012 at 10:03am

Sometimes it's difficult for people to have the proper arm lock out in the overhead lifts. Today, I want to focus on the Snatch. I believe the most important aspects of a successful lockout are: Speed of turnover/Location of bar Strength  Flexibilit...more

Historic moment for unflappable, undefeated Baylor
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted April 4, 2012 at 9:07am

DENVER — Ken Starr was thumbing his smartphone as Kim Mulkey speculated about the response to Baylor’s NCAA women’s basketball championship Tuesday night. “At Baylor they used to not let the Baptists dance,” Mulkey said. &ld...;more

2012 NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship Final Score: Baylor Lady Bears 80, Notre Dame 61
by Swish Appeal
posted April 4, 2012 at 9:03am

  The Baylor Lady Bears raced through the regular season in the Big 12 with an undefeated record. They cruised through the Big 12 tournament unscathed and picked up the No. 1 seed in the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament. And now, after a domi...more

USWNT: Back on Top against Brazil
by Sarah Hallett
posted April 4, 2012 at 9:02am

The U.S. WNT easily defeats Brazil 3-0 as they wrap up the Kirin Cup in Chiba, Japan....more

Efficient Guard Play Led Baylor To NCAA Women's Basketball Championship
by Swish Appeal
posted April 3, 2012 at 4:50pm

It's sometimes hard to appreciate what the game plan of a losing team, but the Stanford Cardinal should be applauded for their game plan on both sides of the court against the Baylor Lady Bears on Sunday in the Final Four. The biggest problem in Stanfo...more

How Brittany Mallory's Calming Presence Helped Notre Dame Get To The NCAA Women's National Championship
by Swish Appeal
posted April 3, 2012 at 4:48pm

Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Brittany Mallory is a player that I've always enjoyed watching for exactly the reason 4pointshooter of SB Nation's One Foot Down wrote in his post-game summary on Sunday. Statistically, Mallory might have stood out more ...more

New York Times Examines Coach Salary Disparity in Basketball
by Title IX Blog
posted April 3, 2012 at 4:45pm

Tonight, Baylor and Notre Dame will play for the NCAA championship in women's basketball, so the New York Times chose today to run an article about salary disparities between coaches of men's and women's teams. According to the article, the coaches of wom...more

Final Four Links: Baylor, Notre Dame Fans Looking Forward To National Championship Battle
by Swish Appeal
posted April 3, 2012 at 4:44pm

A few Final Four links, but also some news from beyond the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament. Mark C. Moore of Our Daily Bears genuinely feels bad that Stanford Cardinal forward Nneka Ogwumike will leave the NCAA without having won a championship ...more

Kara Patterson: What I Eat to Fuel Two Two-a-Days a Week
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted April 3, 2012 at 4:42pm

As previously stated, I have two practices on Mondays and Thursdays. This is going to be two posts in one, because I have pictures from Thursday of last week (March 29) and today! Thursday's food first: Breakfast: -Smoothie: Banana, protein powder, m...more

College Track & Field Athlete of the Week Awards
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 3, 2012 at 4:33pm

The next installment of my weekly look around the NCAA’s action. If it’s Texas Relays weekend, then it’s all about the sprints. Let’s get to it! Men Athletes of the week: Marcus Rowland, Harry Adams, Micheal DeHaven and Keenan ...more

April 2012 Unified Women's MMA Rankings – Dramatic Shifts in Most Divisions
by Wombat Sports
posted April 3, 2012 at 4:30pm

Ronda Rousey Some major changes in the Unified Rankings this week as upsets and inactivity has saw new fighters ranked and others dropped from the list. First thing to note is that the Unified rankings this month has changed the names of the smaller d...more

Women’s Basketball Coaches By the Numbers
by One Sport Voice
posted April 3, 2012 at 4:25pm

With March Madness and basketball on the minds of many, I thought I’d provide a “by the numbers” analysis of coaches of women’s basketball. In previous blogs I have outlined, in part, the many barriers female coaches face in ente...more

10 Qualities We Want Our Female Athletes To Have
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted April 3, 2012 at 11:17am

source In his book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey talks about beginning with the end in mind.  As coaches of female athletes, what qualities do we want them to have when their time with us is finished? 10 pieces of advice for o...more

Lauren Jackson wins EuroLeague title
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted April 3, 2012 at 11:10am

Storm star Lauren Jackson made headlines last summer when she signed with Valencia, Spain's Ros Casares. The 6-foot-6 Australian was part of eye-popping signings that made you wonder how everyone was getting paid just as much as how the ball would be shar...more

If You See Her, You Can Be Her
by BAWSI Miyoko
posted April 3, 2012 at 11:07am

  At BAWSI, we often talk about the concept “If you see her, you can be her.” And one of the major reasons we ask high school and collegiate female athletes to come out and serve as volunteer coaches at BAWSI Girls is to provide the &ldq...;more

The Southern swagger of Kim Mulkey
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted April 3, 2012 at 11:06am

DENVER — She has one eye that barely blinks and a side of her mouth that doesn’t move because of a recent diagnosis with Bell’s palsy. None of that deters Kim Mulkey from looking the questioner straight in the eye and telling her exactl...more

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