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Bring on the Olympics: Luge
by After Atalanta
posted November 27, 2009 at 9:21pm
It's the day after American Thanksgiving and you know what that means...Time to talk luge. (What? Did you think I was really going to go the mall on Black Friday?)When I was in Canada a few weeks ago commercials for the Olympics were everywhere. Not so mu...more
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Fans can design Lindsey Vonn’s Olympic helmet
by Pretty Tough
posted November 19, 2009 at 10:51pm
As the Winter Olympics draw close, we can’t wait to bring you all the exciting promotions and activities being planned to support the Games and all the athletes.
One of our fave winter athletes is skier Lindsey Vonn. Now NBCOlympics.com invites fans ...more
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Ski Jumping: Not everyone is moving on
by After Atalanta
posted November 16, 2009 at 11:21am
The IOC has stated that, in the wake of the Canadian appeal's court decision to uphold the lower court decision, it is pleased that it can now move on and focus on the forthcoming games.Yes, it must be nice when a legal entity says it cannot hold you resp...more
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New Boxer Aims for 2016 Olympics
by The Glowing Edge
posted November 14, 2009 at 2:05pm
This is probably one of the most exciting things I have had the honor of doing recently. A few weeks ago a young girl came to the gym and told Bonnie that she wanted to compete. She is nine years old. Her father brought her every time the boxing team m...more
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Final blow for female ski jumpers
by After Atalanta
posted November 14, 2009 at 12:41pm
The appeal, filed by a group of female ski jumpers attempting to get their sport into the Vancouver Games, was dismissed after two days of hearings in a Canadian court of appeals this week. The court agreed with the lower court ruling that it was the IOC ...more
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Ski jumpers still fighting
by After Atalanta
posted November 12, 2009 at 9:35pm
In my ongoing effort to offer some support for the women (and men) who continue to fight for women's ski jumping in the Vancouver Olympics (less than 100 days away now) I direct you to this article from the Christian Science Monitor. It is quite thorough ...more
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Olympic flame for Vancouver Games lit in Greece
by Pretty Tough
posted October 22, 2009 at 7:58pm
With only 113 days until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, the Olympic torch was lit today in a ceremony at the site of the ancient Olympics in Greece. A relay will take the torch 28,000 miles around Canada before the start of...more
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Human rights and the Olympics
by After Atalanta
posted October 19, 2009 at 4:34pm
If you have not gotten over Chicago's early-round loss on the Olympic site voting, well, in the words of Nike (who will certainly be a presence in Brazil) just do it. I, personally, was glad the US did not get another games so early on. And that South Ame...more
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What’s new at the Olympics?
by Pretty Tough
posted October 14, 2009 at 8:57pm
For a non-Olympic year, the Olympics have been in the news a lot lately. There’s the controversy over whether female ski jumpers should be allowed to compete at the next Winter Games, the debate over which new sports should be added to the programme...more
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Boxing and Breasts in the News, for Good and Ill
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 14, 2009 at 12:28pm
I know, I just posted on the freaky hybrid sport of chessboxing and now I have to talk about breasts and boxing and the 2012 Olympics. The tags on my blog are getting weirder and weirder.
SO. Here’s what’s up. There are several countries still tha...more
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Hello, Pot? This is the Kettle...
by After Atalanta
posted October 10, 2009 at 12:36pm
...you're black.The pot in the title is Jacques Rogge who, along with other IOC members, are engaging in "quiet diplomacy" with three countries who the IOC does not feel is doing a suitable job supporting Olympic female athletes. Part of the quiet is the ...more
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Afghan women to train for Olympic boxing
by The Glowing Edge
posted October 5, 2009 at 3:10pm
Twenty-five women from Afghanistan are training to box at the 2012 Olympics; the International Boxing Association has approved the wearing of hijabs beneath their headgear and clothes that cover their bodies in order to meet Islamic religious requireme...more
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Rio Was The Right Choice- Updated
by Women's Sports Blog
posted October 2, 2009 at 4:36pm
Still sick, but can't resist commenting. The American Exceptionalist whining has started. Jessica Mendoza, I'm looking at you, because you should know better. Why did the lovely city but concomitantly corrupt sinkhole that is Chicago deserve to host...more
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Weekly Twitter Wrap
by LHiggs
posted October 2, 2009 at 3:10pm
This week I did a little research on the women that I was featuring in my wrap. It was somewhat interesting, but not all that surprising, to see how many followers each athlete had. ShawneyJ (Shawn Johnson) - 42,724 Followers NLiukin (Nastia Liukin) - 17,...more
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Rio de Janeiro Awarded 2016 Olympic Games
by Sports Girls Play
posted October 2, 2009 at 2:04pm
Congratulations to the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for being awarded the honor of hosting the 2016 Olympic Games. It will be the first time any South American country has hosted an Olympic event. Rio outlasted finalist cities Chicago, Tokyo, and Ma...more
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Female jumpers: Whatcha talkin' about, Rogge?
by After Atalanta
posted September 15, 2009 at 11:47am
Well they put it much more politely, of course. But here is the letter by female ski jumpers basically asking for explicit answers as to why they have been excluded from the forthcoming winter Olympics.In addition to citing the human rights laws of Canada...more
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Natalie Coughlin in the limelight
by Athletic Women Blog
posted September 9, 2009 at 3:56pm
A dash of fame comes with winning eleven Olympic medals, but even that might not be enough to prepare an athlete for what happens when she is cast in a popular prime-time television show.
I have argued that Natalie Coughlin deserves far greater recogniti...more
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Women's Hockey: (No) check, please
by After Atalanta
posted September 9, 2009 at 11:37am
The perennial debate in women's hockey is back, intensified by the forthcoming start of the season, and the Vancouver Olympics. To check or not to check.It's an issue the semi-pro players in Nancy Theberge's study of Canadian hockey spoke about. And it ap...more
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USA Hockey: 2009-2010 Edition
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 27, 2009 at 1:33pm
The nats have announced the roster for the team which will take part in the 10-game tour leading up to the Olympics. Funny how the press release doesn't even name most of the players, instead identifying them by career highlights, and you have to click ...more
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Boxing: Cuba says no way, India says hooray!
by After Atalanta
posted August 27, 2009 at 12:41pm
Cuba may not want its female citizens boxing, but Indian women, who have been stepping into the ring for a while now, are excited about showcasing their skills at the Olympics in 2012. In fact the Indian women are probably the second best in the world aft...more
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