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Got Milk? Dara (I mean Dairy) Torres does.
by One Sport Voice
posted April 13, 2009 at 7:47pm

The ‘Got Milk?’ campaign has a long history of featuring celebrities and athletes who encourage consumers to increase milk consumption for improved health. Athletes for example such as, Diana Taurasi, Steve Nash, Serena Williams, and David Beckham h...more

Virginia Madsen teams up for female ski jumper doc
by Pretty Tough
posted April 10, 2009 at 7:24pm

Actress Virginia Madsen (Sideways, Prairie Home Companion, The Haunting) and Title IX Productions, the film company she formed last year, are taking on a good fight - the right for women ski jumpers to compete in the Olympic games. Titled “Fighting Gr...more

Age is Just a Number - The New Book by Dara Torres
by Sports Girls Play
posted April 10, 2009 at 11:06am

Olympic Swimmer Dara Torres made the sports world sit up and take notice last summer when she made the US Olympic Swimming team at age 41, and proceeded to win 3 silver medals in Beijing. Eight months later, Dara released her memoirs entitled, Age is Just...more

Softball aspires to make the shorter shortlist
by Women's Sports Nation
posted April 1, 2009 at 1:43am

Softball Reacts Positively to IOC Shortlist NewsISF president: “With odds of 2 out of 7 to make shortlist, softball will re-double efforts to communicate incredible value to Olympic Movement”Plant City, Florida (USA); 30th March 2009: International So...more

Is the Sports Media Turning Shawn and Nastia Into the New Michelle and Tara?
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 25, 2009 at 12:59am

Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin at the 2008 Olympics Two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times published a pair of articles contrasting the current careers of U.S. gymnasts Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin. The Times spoke to the “graceful” Lukin about t...more

Softball represents at SportAccord
by Women's Sports Nation
posted March 24, 2009 at 9:48pm

SPORTACCORD PROVIDES GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOFTBALL TO PROVE OLYMPIC PEDIGREE ISFPresident: “Softball is having a great impact on communities around the world” Denver, Colorado (USA); 23rd March 2009 - International softball representatives are arrivi...more

Foul Ball: Muslim Women Banned from Sports Participation
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted March 21, 2009 at 3:15pm

In this essay, Rochelle Terman considers the role of Muslim women in sports on the global scene, especially in light of the current Olympic Games. (WLUML Networkers) "Mehboba Ahdyar, a 19-year-old sprinter from Kabul, has been an inspiration and role mo...more

Almitu Bekele won a gold medal in the women's 3,000-meter event
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted March 16, 2009 at 10:25am

Even though athletics is one of the most ancient sports in the world, this sport was not introduced to Turkey until the 1870s by Galatasaray High School's Monsieur Curel, a physical education teacher originally from France.The sport gained popularity afte...more

Don’t Forget to Watch Shawn Johnson on Dancing with the Stars
by Sports Girls Play
posted March 8, 2009 at 10:51pm

Dancing with the Stars season 8 starts Monday, March 9th and it will feature its youngest competitor ever - Olympic gymnast, Shawn Johnson. Shawn has been keeping us posted on her new life in L.A. on her blog....more

IOC Celebrates 2009 Women and Sport Awards & International Women's Day
by Pretty Tough
posted March 5, 2009 at 1:36pm

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic Family today celebrated International Women's Day and the 2009 Women and Sport Awards, where five exceptional personalities in the world of sport received accolades....more

The Key Ingredient To Becoming An Elite Female Hockey Player
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 1, 2009 at 11:01pm

There is now less than a year until the start of the women’s hockey event at the Vancouver Olympics. For the elite female hockey players who aspire to represent their country at the Games, now is the time to impress....more

Happy Anniversary, Tonya and Nancy
by Pretty Tough
posted February 24, 2009 at 12:51pm

ESPN’s Sports Century video includes the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan figure skating incident as one of its most memorable sports moments of the 20th century....more

Women Talk Sports Blogderby: Round 1
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted February 21, 2009 at 12:49pm

Welcome to the very first Women Talk Sports (WTS) Blogderby, Round 1. Every few weeks, we will “pass the torch” to a different blogger in our community who will be responsible for rounding up the best blog posts about women’s sports....more

Meet Tanni Grey-Thompson: Paralympic phenom, cultural feminist
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted February 20, 2009 at 4:26pm

Recently retired Tanni Grey-Thompson is now a Gamechangers judge. She’s Britain’s greatest ever paralympic athlete. In the below video, she talks about her career and how her wheelchair gave her the freedom to do what she wanted. According to Gamec...more

Cooking with Carolina Kluft
by Pretty Tough
posted February 17, 2009 at 4:57pm

FloTrack has a fun video with 2004 Olympic Heptathlon Gold Medalist Carolina Kluft cooking Swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes at her house in Kariskona, Sweden, for their “Off Track Tuesday” feature...more

Gender Equality in 2012?
by Pretty Tough
posted February 17, 2009 at 1:57pm

Did you know that 40 more events are offered for the men than the women at the Olympics? That’s 120 medals the women are not allowed to chase. Britain's Olympic minister Tessa Jowell wants equality in 2012....more

Softball returns completed questionnaire to IOC
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 16, 2009 at 1:26pm

The International Softball Federation (ISF) has reached another significant milestone in its campaign for reinstatement to the Olympic Summer Games with delivery today of the International Olympic Committee's 2016 Programme Review Questionnaire...more

Pole Vault Queen Isinbaeva Breaks her Own World Record
by Pretty Tough
posted February 16, 2009 at 1:58am

Pole Vault Olympic Champ and World Indoor and Outdoor Record Holder Yelena Isinbaeva broke her own world record todat, vaulting over a height of 5.00 meters in Donetsk, Ukraine, at the Bubka Memorial Sunday....more

SteepleChic Anna Willard Wins Mile at Tyson Invite
by Pretty Tough
posted February 14, 2009 at 1:05pm

The Nutrilite Women’s Mile at the Tyson Invitational Indoor Track & Field Meet in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Friday night was loaded....more

Pole Vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva to Sign with Li Ning
by WomenTalkSports
posted February 12, 2009 at 11:55am

Russian pole vault Olympic Champ and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva has agreed to a multi million-dollar contract with China's largest sportswear retailer Li Ning. "There is no athlete on the track circuit that earns that kind of money."...more

Flanagan Sets American Record, Ex-Coach Talks About Split
by Pretty Tough
posted February 9, 2009 at 5:17pm

Shalane Flanagan has had quite the February. Earlier this week, she announced her split with coach John Cook. On Saturday, she toed the line at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games with the intent to break an American Record....more

Long distance runner Flanagan splits with coach
by Pretty Tough
posted February 5, 2009 at 11:53am

Was this a joke? I saw the headline on another website, and then a link to a USA Today article. No, this was definitely not a joke. Shalane Flanagan, 2008 Bronze Medalist and the American Record holder in the 10,000m, has parted ways with her coach Joh...more

Who’s your state’s best female athlete ever?
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted February 5, 2009 at 9:46am

Yesterday, in celebration of National Girls and Women in Sport Day, Sports Illustrated did something really cool - they featured the best female athletes from each state (totaling 51, of course). Special thanks to @LegacyDirect for tweeting about this. ...more

Swimmer Erin Popovich named USOC Paralympian of the Year
by Pretty Tough
posted January 26, 2009 at 12:17pm

Fort Collins swimmer Erin Popovich was named Paralympian of the Year for 2008 by the U.S. Olympic Committee Jan 22. At her third Paralympic Games in Beijing, Popovich collected 4 gold medals and 2 silver, bringing her career total to 14 gold and 5 silver....more

Winter X Games: Torah Bright Wins Gold in Snowboard SuperPipe
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted January 25, 2009 at 5:29pm

In the elimination round, Australian snowboarder Torah Bright set a Winter X Games scoring record of 97.66. Although she was not able to surmount that score, her score of 91.33 was enough to secure her the gold medal on Friday over silver medalist Kelly ...more

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