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St. Bonaventure 66, Marist 63 : Numbers and analysis
by Swish Appeal
posted March 22, 2012 at 1:48pm

  In their first NCAA Tournament, St. Bonaventure is now headed to the Sweet Sixteen. The Bonnies narrowly defeated a strong Marist club 66-63 in the second round at Tallahassee, Florida. The numbers:       St. Bonaventure &nbs...;more

St. John's Point Guard Nadirah McKenith Is Good. Maybe Even Better Than You Think.
by Swish Appeal
posted March 22, 2012 at 1:43pm

A remarkable fact came out in last night's press conference after St. John's sliced their way into the Sweet Sixteen. Well, a few, actually.   One, Nadirah McKenith is a tough cookie. When the Red Storm point guard went down holding her head lat...more

8 reasons athletes don’t achieve success
by Fast at Forty
posted March 22, 2012 at 1:40pm

“Greatness is never rewarded to the stupid.” This quote was texted to me by a good friend on the heels of a discussion we had about athletes who have a bad race and decide they have to go home and train harder. It got me thinking about all of ...more

Morning Links: Preview of Tennessee's Trip To Des Moines With Rocky Top Talk, Cal And Oklahoma Look Ahead To Next Season
by Swish Appeal
posted March 22, 2012 at 1:34pm

Jessica Lantz has stayed on top of the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament over the last few days and has already posted the brackets for this weekend's Sweet 16. Meanwhile, bloggers around SBN have been previewing the upcoming games as well as looki...more

St. John's Earns Trip To Fresno By Defeating Oklahoma, 74-70
by Swish Appeal
posted March 21, 2012 at 8:49pm

Image: RedStormSports.com The tale of the tape says Oklahoma outrebounded St. John's 37-31. The Sooners outshot the Red Storm 47.9% to 41.5%. OU out free throwed (go with it) STJ, getting five more attempts from the line. You what else the Sooners did? O...more

6 Hidden Gems Who Go Unnoticed On Teams
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted March 21, 2012 at 6:43pm

source Maybe you’re a high school coach who knows that the freshman and junior varsity teams are lacking talent to send up to your team.  Or maybe you’re the college coach whose recruiting class didn’t quite turn out the way you&rs...;more

Video – Britain’s Kate Jackson Scores a 15 Sec. KO this Past Weekend
by Wombat Sports
posted March 21, 2012 at 10:35am

Photo Courtesy Cage Queens The super-flyweights were in rare form this weekend. After the 10 second KO by Sheila Gaff over Jennifer Maia this past weekend, British fighter Kate Jackson took 15 seconds to  gain win #3 in her career at&nb...;more

Podcast – MMA Fighter Elaina Maxwell Breaks Down the Featherweights
by Wombat Sports
posted March 21, 2012 at 10:34am

Never say that Elaina Maxwell is short on words – for anything. A few weeks out from her fight versus Ashley Sanchez at RFA MMA 2 in Kerney, Neb. on Mar. 30 (live on Sherdog.com), Maxwell talked to us on the podcast about her training trip to Tha...more

Women from All Nations Heading to the Olympics?
by Women in Sport International
posted March 21, 2012 at 10:22am

By JoJo Rennie It was reported last week that there is a considerable chance that women from all participating nations will appear in the London 2012 Olympics for the first time ever. Exciting news indeed. According to theage.com it is Jacques Rogge (pr...more

NCAA Tournament: Second round, second day - the games and the flames
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 21, 2012 at 10:20am

Once again, I'm not sure how I'm going to settle down this evening after these games.#8 Cal scared #1 Notre Dame to death in the first half. Then the Irish turned it on in the second for the 73-62 win. True to form, the Bears never gave up.During #1 Baylo...more

2012 NCAA Women's Tournament Bracket Update: How Sweet (16) It Is!
by Swish Appeal
posted March 21, 2012 at 10:17am

The Sweet Sixteen is set - there's the favorites (Baylor/Notre Dame/Connecticut/Stanford), the scrappy underdogs (St. Bonaventure/South Carolina), the Cinderellas (Kansas/Gonzaga, who is only a Cindy by seed at this point) and the eight others who's seed ...more

Ground & Pound Germany Post Fight with Sheila Gaff “I’m Not an Unfair Fighter!”
by Wombat Sports
posted March 21, 2012 at 9:45am

Photo Courtesy Tim Leidecker By: Elias Stefanescu – GroundandPound.de Last weekend, Germany’s female fighter of the year 2010 and 2011 kicked off the Cage Warriors Super Flyweight Tournament against Chute Boxe’s Jennifer Maia. The &l...;more

2012 NCAA Women's Tournament Schedule: Can The Baylor Lady Bears Take A Bite Out Of Florida For Win No. 35?
by Swish Appeal
posted March 21, 2012 at 9:39am

Last night, Gonzaga became the first double-digit seed to advance to this year's Sweet Sixteen in the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament. Tonight, two more teams look to join them. First, No. 13 Marist is pitted against fellow mid-major St. Bonave...more

Women’s Wakeboard Pro Raimi Merritt Wins Sixth World Cup Title
by Pretty Tough
posted March 21, 2012 at 9:37am

ORLANDO, FL [March 20, 2012]—18-year-old Raimi Merritt resumed her reign over women’s wakeboarding with her sixth world cup title win on Sunday at the International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation (IWWF) Wakeboard World Cup in Mandura¬...more

2012 NCAA Women's Tournament: A Look Ahead to St. John's Vs. Oklahoma
by Swish Appeal
posted March 21, 2012 at 9:34am

St. John's and Oklahoma will be stepping out on the hardwood of the Lloyd Noble Center tonight to fight for a chance to "survive and advance" to the Sweet Sixteen, in the words of Red Storm head coach Kim Barnes Arico. She thinks that her team played t...more

Fearless Fourth Grader Conquers Ski Jump
by Pretty Tough
posted March 21, 2012 at 9:29am

A 10 year old girl wearing a helmet cam talks herself through her fear at the top of a ski jump, then sails down a 40-meter ramp for the first time. Here goes…something. Watch out Lindsey Van.   Related Posts: Ready To Fly   ...more

The Fastest Game Just Got a Little Faster
by Women's Professional Racquetball
posted March 21, 2012 at 9:20am

The 5280 – Mile High Pro-Am Denver, CO By:  Sarah Warhaftig WPRO athletes all have their training secrets before tournaments: diet, training and mental work.  However, coming to the city that sits one mile above sea level may not have ...more

Track and Field: Pro Athlete of the Week Awards
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted March 21, 2012 at 9:08am

I started doing college athlete of the week awards because no one else does it on a national level. No one does a worldwide athlete of the week award for pros, either. Sounds like a job for me! Here we go… Women’s athlete of the week: Nad...more

Banking on Saudi Arabia - London may be first Olympic Games in which all nations field women
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted March 20, 2012 at 4:00pm

LONDON — The prospect of Saudi Arabia sending women athletes and officials to the Olympics for the first time has increased following talks with the IOC on a list of potential female competitors for the London Games. Saudi Arabia is one of three co...more

Midday Links: SEC Teams Succeeding In NCAA Tournament While Toledo Cruises Through WNIT
by Swish Appeal
posted March 20, 2012 at 3:59pm

A quick trip around SB Nation for commentary on the 2012 NCAA tournament results from yesterday's second round action: David Hooper of Rocky Top Talk wrote that Tennessee's 63-48 win over DePaul in the second round of the tournament wasn't pretty, but m...more

Cyborg Santos to Appear at InvictaFC 1
by Wombat Sports
posted March 20, 2012 at 12:58pm

The toughest female fighter on the planet will be in Kansas City on Apr. 28. Announced on her twitter Monday night, Strikeforce’s Cyborg Santos announced she will be in attendance at InvictaFC’s initial card next month. Santos has been out ...more

Texas Head Coach Gail Goestenkors To Resign
by Swish Appeal
posted March 20, 2012 at 12:52pm

University of Texas head coach Gail Goestenkors is expected to resign today, according to the Austin American-Statesman. Her last day at UT will be Friday, March 23rd, she said in statements to the press at her announcement. Texas has been ousted in the...more

Let's get ready to rumble.....second round
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 20, 2012 at 12:49pm

Just finished off the night with that insane Kentucky-Green Bay game. And I'm supposed to be getting ready for bed.#2 Kentucky 65, #7 Green Bay 62. The Wildcats had 34 turnovers (!!)Tonight's Tournament upsets:#11 Gonzaga 65, #3 Miami 54.#5 South Carolina...more

Stanford Roughs up West Virginia in Round Two
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 20, 2012 at 12:45pm

Stanford Women’s Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer won this game against West Virginia the day before it was played. Tara is not one to toot her own horn or run to the media, so when she DOES talk to the media, Stanford fans notice. She did it a few ...more

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