Dear and Yonder is an ocean odyssey of the female kind. Featuring surfers Lisa Andersen, Kassia Meador, Sofia Mulanovich, Sally Fitzgibbons, Belinda Baggs, Linda Benson, Rell Sunn, Silvana Lima, Prue Jeffries, Coco Ho, Stephanie Gilmore, and more, the e...more
(Ed. Note: Every few weeks, we “pass the torch” to a different blogger in our community who is responsible for rounding up the best blog posts about women’sports. If you’re interested in accepting the torch, contact us and we’ll put you on the s...more
Remember that Texas/Texas A&M; softball game I discussed a couple blog posts ago? Well, in the third inning commentators Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza, and Michele Smith interviewed Dr. Donna Lopiano who was recently named Chair of the Women's Baseb...more
Pops and Sunshine is a novel that takes us through the emotional journey of Lisa Nelson, Rookie on the Duramed FUTURES Tour, as she faces her last chance to make it to the LPGA and the family pressures she has back home in Tennessee.
By chance, Lisa find...more
American Venus Williams at press conference during previews for the WTA Internazionali BNL D'Italia at Foro Italico on May 3, 2009 in Rome, Italy.(Photos by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
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Megan Moulton-Levy, USAAmerican Megan Moulton-Levy has turned her world travels as a professional tennis player into an opportunity to get in some spectacular photography. Recently Megan's tournaments have taken her to the African and European continents....more
The conversation then turns to the not only the state of women's MMA but women's sports in general and how the pay scale is so different in each sport between the genders (except for tennis and golf, maybe), making it difficult for women to make it...more
I absolutely LOVE this campaign, it is too much fun!In this first video you see DSRL coaches Eli and Peyton Manning and Venus and Serena Williams put their 'twist, lick and dunk' coaching skills to work as they develop team strategy. Listen to the hard c...more
This classic Nike ad from 1995 is great still to this day as it really helps hit home the benefits of girls playing sports!
Getting girls active and involved in sports is one of the best things we can do for them. Sports teaches so many life lessons an...more
I first found out about Bear Butte Running Camp through a Nike Pack E-mail encouraging some of us Los Angeles area runners to audition for a new “Mockumentary” that Nike was filming. I read through the description of the ad and questioned whether or n...more
Kara Goucher was in tears. As soon as she hit the finish line. She had given it everything she had on that day and on the hundreds of days leading up to it: the tough training, the sacrifices, the tweaks in nutrition, the meticulous planning of each and...more
More and more sports organizations have a dedicated YouTube channel that fans can subscribe to. Much of this content can only be found on the internet even if the outlet has a dedicated television or cable broadcast network. I've updated my subscription...more
On Friday, I conducted one of my favorite interviews - an informed telephone conversation with Chantelle Anderson who plays for the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream.
Chantelle touched on many different points in this interview, but this discussion was not cent...more
If you live in New England, the Monday of the Boston Marathon is practically a holiday. This year, they've really been building up the hype and for those of us who didn't think we could wait all the way until Monday for the action, the Boston Athlet...more
Last month I received a note from a teacher at Apopka High School in Apopka, Florida who is a huge fan of ”Pretty Tough” by Liz Tigelaar, the first book in our young adult sporty fiction series.
JoJo says, “I loved it as a teacher who sees s...more
Just a couple hours ago, Big 12 leader Missouri completed a 12-0 run-rule shellacking of Texas Tech here in Lubbock (article). As noted in the ESPN.com article I cited in yesterday's posting, Mizzou relies on both aggressive baserunning and powerful hitt...more
Women's Sports Talk Radio is on every Saturday at 1:00 pm PST. Today is the Women's Sports Roundtable - a feature they have every month. I was quite excited when they asked me to be a part of the broadcast this week. The panel members other than myself...more
UPDATE (4/17/09):
Check out the women's invitational steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays (commentated by Yours Truly). The winner, Olympian Lindsey Anderson, ran a world-leading time.
USA women steeplers, in the first semi-final race of Olym...more
Check out this "mockumentary" just released by Nike. They even got some pretty high-profile runners to participate. That's Lauren Fleshman, sub-15 minute 5000m runner, naked behind a guitar. And at the end, that's Adam and Kara Goucher, ...more
Serena Williams and Selita EbanksAmerican tennis superstar Serena Williams and fashion model Selita Ebanks highlight the red carpet of the 6th Annual New Yorkers For Children Spring Dinner Dance at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York City on Wednesday...more
… as if you needed ideas.
Today is the last day you can vote for your favorites in the Sport for Change contest finalists run by Nike and Ashoka. This post contains links to the finalists, as well as some social media they’ve shared with the world.
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American Venus Williams will participate in what will be the marquee match for Wednesday, April 15. Venus and India's' Sania Mirza will play in the Stadium court during the day session.Former NBA baller Julius 'Dr. J' Erving is seen here with Murphy Jens...more
