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Interview with Lindsey Vonn on set of Under Armour shoot
by anngaff
posted April 23, 2010 at 4:58pm

I interviewed Lindsey Vonn on set of the Under Armour "Protect this House" shoot for Under Armour in Denver about how she powers through injuries and negativity, who she looks up to, whether women's ski jumping should be in the Olympics, and how having a ...more

Running towards 2012: Wendy Shulik films the journeys of four Chicago women as they race towards an Olympic Trials Qualifier
by EliteRunning.com
posted April 21, 2010 at 5:39pm

We are excited to announce the making of a new documentary that captures the journeys of four Chicago women as they race towards qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Film producer Wendy Shulik of WendyCity Productions gained recognit...more

Interview with Canadian Silver Medalist Curler Cheryl Bernard (Podcast)
by MarQFPR
posted April 8, 2010 at 6:30am

  A month ago I had the great opportunity to interview Olympic Silver Medalist Cheryl Bernard on my "Somewhere in Vegas" podcast. Bernard and her team, who captured the hearts of Americans and Canadians alike, were able to bring the sport of cu r...more

Professional Sports vs. Olympic Sports
by Sport Management Education
posted March 22, 2010 at 9:09pm

In the world of sports, there is always something happening. With so many sports to choose from, fans certainly have a variety of events to watch each week. For example, just look at the overlap in terms of some of America’s major sports le...more

Anna Nichols makes history
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 19, 2010 at 8:58pm

The U.S.'s Anna Nichols became the first athlete to win gold at both the summer and winter Paralympics yesterday, taking top honors in the alpine skiing sitting downhill. This was Nichols' second gold of these games, and she also carried home a gold med...more

Networks can't be bothered to air Paralympics
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 16, 2010 at 8:24pm

Thanks to stellar human being and new IOC member Angela Ruggiero for reminding the country that yes, there are still elite athletes competing in Vancouver. Needless to say, NBC couldn't spare the dime to cover those elite athletes, but kicked it over to...more

British Columbia stays in spotlight as Paralympic Games launch March 12-21, 2010
by Karen Kefauver: Travel Journal
posted March 12, 2010 at 10:03am

British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province, rolls out the red carpet for the Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler, March 12 - 21, 2010. After two weeks of the amazing 2010 Olympic Winter Games, disabled athletes from around the w...more

Olympic Recap: Opening Ceremonies, Yahoo, Hockey and Fun!
by Jessica Mendoza's Blog
posted March 6, 2010 at 5:54pm

Wow, there were two big differences with this Olympics compared to any other I have ever been to. First and the most obvious is that because I was not competing, I could take in every aspect the Olympic Games had to offer. I could relax, did not have to...more

Reader XC ski question answered: Why change skis in the 50k race?
by Fair Game News
posted March 5, 2010 at 8:43pm

An FGN reader asked a terrific question about why racers changed skis in the 50k race. Rosie Brennan, a member of the Dartmouth College XC ski team who spoke with FGN contributor Sarah Odell, offered this explanation: You do not have to change skis. In ...more

Memorable moments from female athletes at the Winter Olympics
by Pretty Tough
posted March 3, 2010 at 6:32pm

All in all, the Vancouver Olympics were a roller coaster of emotion; so anticipated and anxiety-driven, filled with milestones and achievements as well as heartbreak. In the span of two weeks, there were personal, poignant moments to cherish, along wi...more

Smile and wave
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted March 3, 2010 at 4:24pm

People love visiting the Olympic Training Center. I guess I kind of get it…but not totally. It’s still just a bunch of training fields grouped together for different sports and they slap the Olympic rings on it and all of the sudden it seems really ...more

Olympic Ads: The Good, The Bad, And Versus
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 3, 2010 at 4:17pm

It was heartening to see three separate ads that showed little girls playing hockey as a normal, everyday activity. Its role as as a publicizer of the game and eventual goal for aspiring children is one of the strongest arguments for maintaining women's...more

After Vancouver, the baton is handed to Russia
by Pretty Tough
posted March 2, 2010 at 10:43pm

Do Svidanya (Goodbye) Vancouver. Do Vstretchi (See You) in Sochi. As the Vancouver Olympics come to a close, the focus turns to the other side of the globe and Russia’s first Winter Games which will take the Olympic movement to a new territory and a ...more

Looking forward to 2014 in Sochi
by Womenstake
posted March 2, 2010 at 4:55pm

by Nicole Marschean, Intern,National Women's Law Center As I watched the U.S.A. Men’s Hockey team step off the podium after receiving their silver medals, I couldn’t distinguish if I was more upset by the team’s thrilling overtime loss or by the ab...more

Winter Olympics Gay Postscript
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted March 2, 2010 at 4:53pm

The Vancouver Winter Olympics are over and I know I will be getting a lot more sleep now. I stayed up way past my bedtime several nights to watch the action during the past two weeks. Of the 4-5 publicly out lesbian athletes (there were no openly gay, bi...more

Bullying, gender expression, sexuality and Johnny Weir
by After Atalanta
posted March 2, 2010 at 10:10am

I've been thinking a lot about bullying lately. I live in an area under intense scrutiny for a recent bullying event that lead to a suicide in a local school. It is the second such incident in about a year in my area. The film Straightlaced about teens wh...more

NBC: The Last Straw
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 1, 2010 at 8:49pm

I recently wrote about my dissatisfaction with NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I really and truly thought that I had gotten it out of my system. Oh, how wrong I was. So here I sit on the last morning of the games wondering...more

Post mort for IOC: Why are the Olympics so sexist?!?
by Fair Game News
posted March 1, 2010 at 8:47pm

By Laura Pappano The closing ceremonies in Vancouver are finished, so let’s reflect: Why does a tremendous sport festival whose aim is to foster political goodwill remain so darned sexist? Events for women are typically lesser or shorter (or in the ca...more

Canada's Women's Hockey Team: Some Guy with a Website Hits the Nail on the Head
by anngaff
posted March 1, 2010 at 3:37pm

Thanks to @switzerblog for sending me a link to this comic by August J Pollack of someguywithawebsite.com. I got a good chuckle out of it, and hope you do too: ...more

Women’s Ice Hockey flashbacks of Olympic softball
by Jessica Mendoza's Blog
posted March 1, 2010 at 10:15am

As the Winter Olympic Games come to a close, I reflect on a story that stood out to me more than many others. Although I will be recapping later about all the other fun and crazy stories of our family’s trip to Vancouver and Whistler, I want to separate...more

On loving hockey and Canada Gold
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 1, 2010 at 10:15am

While my home team lost the goal medal in the men’s ice hockey final at the Vancouver Olympics, the game did serve one purpose. It reminded me – along with millions of other people watching – why I love hockey. You know how people say they love th...more

Do you believe in unlikely (Hockey) outcomes?!
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 28, 2010 at 1:34pm

Tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. EST, the United States Olympic hockey team will take on the Canadian Olympic hockey team in the Gold Medal game. In case you didn’t know hockey in Canada is a BIG deal. It is the national sport. It is America’s baseball, baske...more

Olympic Parenting: Please stick the landing
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 28, 2010 at 1:29pm

A guest post from Alison at Chatty Cricket. I love the Olympics. So much. I really was hell bent on writing about the drama that becomes the stuff of Legends at the Winter Olympics (Italian Ice Dancing Death stares in Torino! Jonny Moseley and his ama...more

Olympics End, but Vancouver remains in spotlight for Paralympic Games
by Karen Kefauver: Travel Journal
posted February 27, 2010 at 6:33pm

While the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics officially close tomorrow, it's just the beginning for the Paralympics Games, March 12-21, held in the same venues. Surely, Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada, will remain in the world's spotlight long after bo...more

Tuğba Karademir, first Turkish figure skater, competes in Olympics
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 27, 2010 at 3:12pm

Tugba Karademir, who finished 12th at the European World Championships in January, skated to Bazaar Istanbul to a 21st place finish on February 24, good enough to qualify for a spot in the Free Program. This was Karademir’s second Olympics; she was th...more

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