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Artistic Defiance: Street art and mega-events
by The Rabbit Hole
posted October 10, 2014 at 12:17pm

I have never really understood art.  For some, paint on a canvas speaks to them like another human being.  For me, I hear nothing but silence, especially when we are talking about the Jackson Pollack - a three year old could have done that - typ...more

States of Exception: A review of Dave Zirin's "Brazil's Dance with the Devil"
by The Rabbit Hole
posted September 24, 2014 at 5:01pm

"The World Cup is like a marvellous party, but what happens the next day when we're hung over and the bill comes due?"This summer the sports editor for The Nation released a new book titled, Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and ...more

Help Joanna Hayes celebrate the 10th Anniversary of her Olympic gold medal! #MyMedals #MyStory
by Joanna Hayes
posted August 24, 2014 at 5:09pm

Today, August 24, is the day that I won my Olympic gold medal in 2004 in Athens Greece. Not only did I win the 100 meter hurdles but I broke the Olympic record with a personal best time of 12.37! It is very hard to put my feelings into words but one word...more

From the archives: The gap between sports and art
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted August 8, 2014 at 4:27pm

While I’m taking a summer break from the blog, I’m reposting and updating selected links from the archive. * * * * * * * * Sports art exhibits are not uncommon, but they’re not talked or written about all that much either. Despite som...more

Lashinda Demus: My trip to the OTC to find out what the heck is wrong!
by Official Website of Lashinda Demus - Go Woman Go
posted August 1, 2014 at 1:14pm

Have any athletes out there ever got to the point where you actually wish something terrible was wrong with you so that you had a valid excuse for your disappointing performance? 2014 was the first “bad season” of my career. I have dealt...more

World Conference on Women and Sport: Message from Helsinki is about access and leadership
by Fair Game News
posted June 13, 2014 at 6:21pm

By Laura Pappano The 6th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport opened yesterday in Helsinki, Finland 20 years after the first gathering in 1994 in Brighton, England produced a declaration calling on governments and sports organizations to work for...more

Amy Purdy wins Sochi Paralympic medal, heads to LA for DWTS debut
by Pretty Tough
posted March 15, 2014 at 9:56am

Para-snowboarding took place for the first time in the history of the Paralympic Winter Games today and American snowboarder Amy Purdy captured a bronze medal. After the medal ceremony tonight, Purdy will catch a flight to Los Angeles to prepare for ...more

It’s a Wrap – Final Thoughts on the Sochi Olympics
by Pretty Tough
posted February 25, 2014 at 9:09am

The largest and most expensive Winter Olympic Games in history wrapped up in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. There were lots of hits and misses over the past two weeks – surprise victories, heart-breaking losses and unexpected missteps.  ...;more

Sochi Olympics Style Recap: From Golden Moments To Fashion Faux Pas
by A Glam Slam
posted February 23, 2014 at 9:45am

The Olympics take place on a grand stage and companies are tasked with designing apparel for athletes that merges technical innovations with a memorable style. At the Winter Games, competitions were marked by sartorial displays of team pride from countrie...more

Bronze Medalist Erin Hamlin Partners with USA Luge Slider Search
by Pretty Tough
posted February 19, 2014 at 10:48pm

Erin Hamlin is a three-time Olympian and the first female American luger to medal at any Winter Olympics, as well as the first American of either gender to medal in singles competition. Hamlin, a New York state native, came to Sochi to make amends for ...more

You can literally see the inequality
by After Atalanta
posted February 14, 2014 at 8:13pm

Last weekish I wrote about my astonishment that there isn't a 4-women bobsled event and how this speaks to the inequality that still remains in the Olympics in spite of visible and highly touted progress (i.e., the much-belated inclusion of women's ski ju...more

The Game Doesn’t Stop After A Bad Call: CAN Hockey beats USA 3-2 in 1st Round
by The First Line
posted February 13, 2014 at 12:09pm

Before we launch into that, let us pause for a moment to contemplate exactly how bad that call was.  It was probably top three in the worst call pantheon I have personally witnessed.  What makes it particularly egregious is that the referee know...more

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