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Video: Baylor's 77-58 Win Over Tennessee To Advance To 2012 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four
by Swish Appeal
posted March 27, 2012 at 11:07am

The Baylor Lady Bears defeated the Tennessee Lady Vols 77-58 in the Des Moines Regional of the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament to advance to the Final Four. While there's plenty to be said about the game, obviously people are talking about the ...more

A bit of psychology
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 27, 2012 at 7:45am

Sports psychologist Nicole Lavoi gives us some perspective on Notre Dame point guard Skylar Diggins' headband. Diggins will leave the headband on if she feels she's playing well, and take it off if she's disappointed in her own play. Lavoi says Diggins mi...more

The Power Of Positivity
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted March 27, 2012 at 7:43am

source What you export into the world will eventually be imported back into you.– Things You Must Never Say Aloud I believe in being positive…mostly because the alternative seems like a drag.  Who wants to mope around all the time comp...more

Maryland and Notre Dame prevail in Raleigh, UConn and Kentucky win in Kingston
by HoopFeed.com
posted March 27, 2012 at 7:42am

The top two seeds in the Raleigh and Kingston Regions of the NCAA Division I tournament came out on top in Sunday’s matchups.  Maryland defeated the defending national champions, Texas A&M, with an 81-74 victory. Alyssa Thomas and L...more

OneFC Featuring Chua vs. Toshi to Stream Free Saturday
by Wombat Sports
posted March 27, 2012 at 7:40am

The debut of Singapore’s first pro female fighter will be streamed live and free on Youtube. Hometown fighter Nicole Chua will take on India’s Jeet Toshi at the OneFC War of Lions event at Singapore’s Indoor Stadium Saturday...more

Morning Links: A Look Back At The NCAA Women's Sweet 16
by Swish Appeal
posted March 27, 2012 at 7:38am

The Elite Eight is now set, with one half of the Final Four to be decided in tonight's games. The following is a brief look around SB Nation to summarize the action from the weekend. David Hooper of Rocky Top Talk looks at how the Tennessee Lady Vols o...more

WNIT Quarterfinals: Oklahoma State Pounds The Paint To Defeat Colorado 78-70
by Swish Appeal
posted March 26, 2012 at 10:18am

The Oklahoma State Cowgirls are still out to prove people wrong while proving themselves right. This team is a good basketball team. And that this team is way more than the early-season story that make the Cowgirls a feel-good team to watch. "These gir...more

Skylar Diggins’ Headband: A Sport Psychology Perspective
by One Sport Voice
posted March 26, 2012 at 10:16am

I love March Madness. Normally I write a blog to critique sport media in terms of TV coverage amount and quality of between the men and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments. This year I am happy to report the ESPN coverage of the women’s games ...more

Keeping Score in Track & Field - why we need to
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted March 26, 2012 at 10:15am

This weekend saw a great college meet, the Trojan Invitational. Usually a somewhat lackluster affair, a rejiggering of the early college schedule in the western half of the country opened things up. Hosts Southern Cal brought in Oregon, Texas A&M, W...more

WNIT semifinals decided: links and bracket
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 26, 2012 at 10:12am

Yesterday Syracuse beat defending champs Toledo 74-73 in overtime.Today there were three other quarterfinals:San Diego defeated Washington.Oklahoma State overcame Colorado.JMU bested Virginia.So Wednesday, it'll be Syracuse vs. JMU and Oklahoma State vs. ...more

2012 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Elite Eight Set: Maryland's Impressive Comeback Headlines Sweet 16
by Swish Appeal
posted March 26, 2012 at 10:09am

The Maryland Terrapins staged an impressive comeback to beat the Texas A&M Aggies 81-74 to advance to the Sweet 16 today, but really they used two comebacks in the latter parts of each half to win the game. In the first half, the Terrapins used a 2...more

Rugby Magazine names Phaidra Knight “Player of The Decade”
by THE Phaidra Knight
posted March 26, 2012 at 10:07am

Knight Selected “Player of The Decade” by Rugby Magazine Rugbymag.com named Phaidra Knight 2000-2009 Player of the Decade. “Phaidra Knight heads up the RUGBYMag.com USA women’s Team of the Decade. Knight was an All-World player...more

All one and two seeds in women's Elite 8
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 26, 2012 at 8:37am

Results of today's games mean that it's all first and second seeds in the Elite 8.Maryland had to rally twice to defeat defending champs Texas A&M;, 81-74.Notre Dame beat down St. Bonaventure, 79-35.UConn took out Penn State, 77-59.Kentucky ousted Gon...more

5 weeks from Montreal (Half-Marathon)
by Meggan's Running Blog
posted March 26, 2012 at 8:36am

This was my last week of “recovery” after NOLA Marathon, I did my best to run less than I wanted to. My legs feel good, and I’m itching to crank up my miles. I ran 65 miles this week and it feels like I barely ran at all.Wednesday was my...more

LPGA: Unstoppable Yani
by Sarah Hallett
posted March 26, 2012 at 8:34am

Yani Tseng won for the third time this year with her latest victory taking place in San Diego at The Kia Classic this past weekend....more

Stanford Gets Sweet Sixteen Win over South Carolina
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 26, 2012 at 8:34am

Stanford prevailed in the Sweet Sixteen over South Carolina 76-60, but it was a hard fought contest. South Carolina was undersized, yet they wanted to minimize Stanford’s second chance points, so they won the rebounding game 38-36. They planned on b...more

State Farm Wade Trophy finalists
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:27pm

The WBCA named the finalists today for the State Farm Wade Trophy:Elena Delle Donne, University of DelawareSkylar Diggins, University of Notre DameBrittney Griner, Baylor UniversityShenise Johnson, University of MiamiAnna Martin, DePaul UniversityA'dia Ma...more

ATT Fighter Stephanie Guimaraes to be on USA Network this Summer
by Wombat Sports
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:23pm

Guimaraes (left) on set Being a bad ass BJJ fighter and wrestler, what else is there for American Top Team’s Stefanie Guimaraes to do? How about being a bad ass on TV? Guimaraes will be on an upcoming episode of USA Network’s “B...more

First half of the Elite 8 set
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:22pm

Tennessee overcame a slow start to take Kansas, 84-73.Baylor soundly defeated Georgia Tech, 83-68. Brittney Griner threw down a two-handed, net-grabbing dunk at the end to excite the crowd.Duke smashed St. John's, 74-47.Game four featured a match up betwe...more

Marloes Coenen Invades Dutch TV
by Wombat Sports
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:20pm

InvictaFC’s Marloes Coenen is the renaissance woman of MMA and this past week saw her hit the national scene in the Netherlands. Coenen had the official grand opening of her new R-grip gym in Amsterdam, which came with a lot of fan fair...more

Comments show that there is still much education on Alzheimer's Disease to be done
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:17pm

Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt announced on Aug. 23, 2011 that she had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, Alzheimer's-type. Since then, she's been the subject of tributes and the recipient of numerous awards. None of it has been surprising, as we some...more

NCAA Softball: Pac 12 play in swing
by Alan's College Softball Blog
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:15pm

Play began Friday in the Pac 12 conference, highlighted by defending NCAA champion Arizona State's extra-inning win over intrastate rival University of Arizona. In other action, Cal routed Stanford, and Washington defeated new member Utah. Oregon and Oreg...more

Another Elite Eight for Stanford, Cardinal defeat South Carolina, 76-60
by HoopFeed.com
posted March 25, 2012 at 4:12pm

Chiney Ogwumike and Nnemkadi Ogwumike. Photo: Stanford Athletics. Box score | Photo gallery | Video Senior forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike’s 39 points and 10 rebounds helped propel No. 1 seed Stanford into another Elite Eight Saturday night. The ...more

Kim Mulkey: when one team clears their bench, the other team should too. Agree?
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 24, 2012 at 5:04pm

As you likely just saw, Baylor beat Georgia Tech 83-68 for the rights to advance to the Elite 8. With about five minutes to go, the Bears lead the Yellowjackets 75-46, and Brittney Griner and several other starters were still in the game. I posed the ques...more

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