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Video of Fox Business Happy Hour Interview
by anngaff
posted February 12, 2010 at 8:56pm

Here it is, folks. The video of the short interview I did with Fox Business Happy Hour (Host Rebecca Diamond). If it won't play for you below, try this link. Watch the latest business video at video.foxbusiness.com ...more

Why can't women be athletic and sexy, too?
by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl
posted February 12, 2010 at 12:19pm

I'm sorry. But I have to do it. I have to speak out on behalf of those of us who aren't really bothered by the recent Sports Illustrated sagas. First, there was that post that crashed the Women Talk Sports site. You rem...more

Olympic dream a reality for Iran's female skier
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 12, 2010 at 12:10pm

By Samira Simone and Azadeh Ansari, CNN (CNN) -- Marjan Kalhor is already a champion, even though the Olympic flame has yet to blaze in Vancouver, Canada. Her dream has come true, even without a podium finish. "I always asked my brother, 'Why can't a...more

Iran’s first Olympic woman skier to carry the flag
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 12, 2010 at 11:21am

Vancouver, Feb 9 – Iranian alpine skier Marjan Kalhor will carry her country’s flag at the opening ceremony of the winter Games in Vancouver, organising officials said. Kalhor will be the first woman to represent Iran at the winter Olympics, compet...more

Good thing she knows how to pose in a bathing suit
by After Atalanta
posted February 11, 2010 at 7:07pm

Because if Lindsey Vonn had a plan to gain Michael Phelps-like fame by winning many medals and becoming a highly decorated American skier, she might have to fall back on her modeling career.I refrained from commenting on the little upsurge in controversy ...more

Thank you, Sports Illustrated!!!!!!!!!!! (From a women’s sports fan)
by Fair Game News
posted February 11, 2010 at 12:31pm

By Laura Pappano As a Sports Illustrated subscriber, I just want to offer a big “Thank You” for all the recent coverage of Lindsey Vonn – or should I say “un”-coverage? If crazy feminists got all in a wad about last week’s cover photo of V...more

Short Video on Sports Illustrated photographs of female athletes
by One Sport Voice
posted February 10, 2010 at 7:06pm

One of our local Minneapolis NBC affiliate KARE11 reporters, Jana Shortal, did a great piece on why the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and Lindsey Vonn SI cover might be problematic. It is short and to the point. To watch the video, click here. ...more

Lindsey Vonn: uncovering a controversy
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 10, 2010 at 3:56pm

Yesterday, I predicted the Lindsey Vonn-SI cover controversy, despite a brief lull, wasn't over yet. And you're about to see why. Say what you will about Vonn, but she is making the most of her "Olympic moment"—as well she should. This is a clever woman...more

Vonn Watch: Part II
by One Sport Voice
posted February 10, 2010 at 11:24am

  Ok, so if you didn’t agree with my critique (and many didn’t!) of the February 8, 2010 Sports Illustrated cover of Olympian Lindsey Vonn that can be interpreted as sexualized, the photographs of Vonn and other female athletes in the 20...more

GameOn Podcast: Johnny Weir & Michelle Roark
by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl
posted February 9, 2010 at 6:55pm

We love "Be Good, Johnny Weir" — the reality show on the Sundance Channel starring our new pal Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir. Oh and we can't wait to watch our pal Michelle Roark, Olympic skier, go for the gold, then try some of her perfume. And w...more

Paralympian Sara Will to be inducted into U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted February 9, 2010 at 6:41pm

Sara Will loves to ski. When she became paralyzed in a skiing accident in 1988, she didn't turn her back on the sport. Instead, she picked up a book on adaptive skiing by Hal O'Leary and started to train under him at Winter Park. Within three years she wo...more

More on Lindsey Vonn: "Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 9, 2010 at 12:27pm

An aphorism of James Thurber's (a takeoff on Wordsworth's "All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity") fittingly introduces this post. Now that the brouhaha over the Lind...more

Reaction to Vonn Sports Illustrated cover uncovers more than expected
by One Sport Voice
posted February 8, 2010 at 4:22pm

Now that the reactions to my blog post about the Lindsey Vonn Sports Illustrated cover has waned, I wanted to share some thoughts. What I have found interesting about the Vonn post, is not that so many disagreed with my critique of the cover, but that ...more

The Soul of Skiing
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted February 8, 2010 at 3:40pm

Surveys cite high cost as the main reason people avoid skiing. Those who think this way haven’t made the commitment.Skiing is not about lift tickets. It’s a lifestyle. It’s being a skier, an identity not felt just between November and April but all ...more

First female Iranian skier all set for Olympics
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 7, 2010 at 2:02pm

Marjan Kalhor, who never imagined she would one day become the first Iranian woman to take part in the Winter Olympics, insists her moment of history will not fall foul of her country's conservative rulers.Kalhor will compete in the Alpine slalom and gi...more

Lindsey Vonn’s Sports Illustrated cover causes a stir
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 6, 2010 at 9:30pm

Last week skier Lindsey Vonn was in the news because some jerk in the media suggested that Vonn would have an advantage in the downhill events because she was carrying extra weight, so I was pleased when I saw this week’s cover of Sports Illustrated bec...more

Lindsey Vonn SI Cover - Get Over it!
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted February 6, 2010 at 2:37pm

The people dissing the Sports Illustrated cover shot of Lindsey Vonn apparently have never seen a ski race. Vonn is crouched in a classic downhill tuck, a position DH racers maintain throughout their entire run. It's what she does, and does better than an...more

Commentary on SI's Vonn cover: Why the outrage?
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 6, 2010 at 2:34pm

A blog post earlier today by Nicole LaVoi, a researcher at the Tucker Center for Girls and Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota, has drawn a great deal of attention from national and international media. It has also drawn a great deal of rage aim...more

Vonn Watch: Sports Illustrated Cover is Predictable
by One Sport Voice
posted February 5, 2010 at 3:44pm

Sports Illustrated February 8, 2010 Cover I’ve thought to myself and predicted out loud that leading up to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics that we would see a LOT of Lindsey Vonn in the media. Vonn is first a GREAT athlete, but she also represents n...more

The SI cover debate
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 5, 2010 at 11:22am

What does a picture say? If it’s the Sports Illustrated cover of it’s Winter Olympics preview featuring Lindsey Vonn, quite a bit. A brief post critiquing the choice of photo for the cover by Nicole M. LaVoi, a sports psychology and sports sociolog...more

Ski clothing pioneer Obermeyer still going strong at 90
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted February 4, 2010 at 12:31pm

Klaus Obermeyer, founder and president of Sport Obermeyer, has a 100-watt smile and a successful business to match. For a long time, he's been a leader in the ski clothing biz. Here he is with me and a fellow journalist from New Jersey (nj.com) at the SIA...more

New ski technology great for women
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted February 3, 2010 at 8:04pm

At the on-snow demo of Snow Industries America (SIA), a continuation of the Snow Show in Denver, I demoed a few skis with the new "rocker" technology. Basically, the rocker is a reserve camber, where instead of bowing in the middle, the ski's middle is fl...more

The 14th Annual Winter X Games, Aspen CO
by Westbound Boarder
posted February 2, 2010 at 10:41pm

The Winter X Games is one of the largest annual contests of the year and is notorious for pushing its competitors to the next level and raising industry standards year after year. This year was no exception, especially since the 2010 Olympics in Vancouv...more

Winter X Games 14 – Women’s Results
by Pretty Tough
posted February 2, 2010 at 12:37pm

Over and out. Winter X Games 14 has wrapped. Four days in Aspen delivered five-peats, double three-peats, and back-to-back golds. Read on to find out how the women fared. Friday, Jan. 29th – Women’s Skiing Superpipe A deserving Jen Hudak won Women...more

New slope fashions revealed at snow show in Denver
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted February 1, 2010 at 4:37pm

I previewed fashions for next year's ski season at the annual Snow Industries America (SIA) Snow Show in Denver Jan. 28-32. Remember the neon color craze of the 80s? It's baaaaack! Though not as blinding bright as that bygone era, snow clothes for next s...more

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