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OCR Investigations Underway In...
by Title IX Blog
posted April 12, 2013 at 9:40pm

...Framingham, Massachusetts, where students have been complaining and protesting that high school officials took it easy on a male student-athlete accused of sexual assault, even after his second offense.  The students note that the school's drug an...more

Ayatollah Khameini Praises Iranian Female Athletes for Wearing Hijab in Sports Fields
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted April 12, 2013 at 9:09pm

Supreme Leader Praises Iranian Female Athletes for Wearing Hijab in Sports FieldsTEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader ofthe Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei lauded Iran's female athletes for respecting the Islamic ...;more

An Open Letter to Sports Leaders: Take Responsibility to End the Degradation of Women
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted April 12, 2013 at 9:01pm

Author:  NACWAA To Sports Leaders, Administrators, Coaches, Parents, Participants and Media: Lost in the public outrage surrounding former Rutgers University Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Rice’s appalling mistreat...more

1 on 1 drills: teaching athletes to get over the fear of getting beat
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 11, 2013 at 9:08pm

  1 on 1 drills. Players either love them or hate them. One of the hardest things to do (and teach) is gap control. It doesn’t matter if you’re a defensemen defending a 1v1 coming over your blue-line or a forward on the backcheck tryin...more

Today is National Equal Pay Day 2013-See Data on College Female Coaches
by One Sport Voice
posted April 9, 2013 at 9:13pm

I’m re-posting a poster on Economic Inequality & Female Coaches in honor of Equal Pay Day 2013. #EqualPayDay Download poster by clicking on picture ...more

African American Women in baseball: The Other Integrationist
by SportyEsquire
posted April 9, 2013 at 8:54am

This Friday, April 12, 2013, 42 the story of Jackie Robinson hits theaters.  Who doesn’t love America’s favorite pastime?!  I’m particularly excited because I love to see the stories of people of color’s impact on Ameri...more

Experience Umami “The Fifth Taste” with this Ratatouille Recipe
by Balanced Health and Nutrition
posted April 4, 2013 at 10:13pm

How Humans Experience Taste If I asked you to name a food you’ve had that fits into each of the categories of sweet, sour, bitter, and salty, you could do it with ease. But what about umami? (ewww-mom-e) Umami is the least known taste in our cul...more

Article Examines Standing Issue in Title IX Case
by Title IX Blog
posted April 3, 2013 at 9:15pm

In the current issue of Sports Lawyers Journal, student author Colton Puckett criticizes the federal court's standing analysis in American Sports Council v. Department of Education, the case in which ASC sought to have courts declare the three-part test i...more

Psychotic Coach Behavior: Have We Really So Totally Lost Our Way in College Athletics?
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted April 3, 2013 at 9:14pm

On Tuesday Outside the Lines aired a segment featuring a video of Mike Rice, the Rutgers men’s basketball coach, physically, emotionally and verbally bullying players on his team during practice. Not just one time at one practice, the video was a mo...more

Saudi Arabia To Allow Women to Ride Bikes...for fun only.
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted April 3, 2013 at 8:21am

BY: SHIREEN AHMEDSaudi Arabia has made more progress in women’s participation in athletics. This week they allowed Women’s Sports clubs despite previous concerns of girls exercising, potentially tearing their hymens.  That Saudi women wil...more

Struggling With Balanced Eating Habits? Choose My Plate!
by Balanced Health and Nutrition
posted April 2, 2013 at 7:52pm

If you have ever played darts, or even if you just understand it, then you know how to use “Choose My Plate” to help you put together healthy plates at each meal. Choose my plate is the guide (and best I’ve seen) from the USDA to empower...more

More gradual steps or a big leap for the WNBA?
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted April 2, 2013 at 12:46pm

Tweet Can the outgoing trifecta of women’s college basketball’s most visible stars attract a bigger spotlight for the WNBA? That’s what both the league and ESPN are banking on as they held a tightly-staged press conference Thursday to...more

Cyndi Elias, Kickin' Cancer's Butt
by TJ's Turf
posted April 2, 2013 at 12:42pm

I first read heard about Cyndi Elias last October when I read her story in this "Turning Point" column in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. At that point, she was training for the 2012 NYC Marathon. She was one of the many registered runners who tra...more

Nike RED: Saving Lives with Soccer and Shoelaces
by The Rabbit Hole
posted April 2, 2013 at 8:55am

What is the point of research sitting in some dusty old journal that isn't accessible to most of the public? Nothing, in my opinion; hence, the following is a shameless plug for my own research.  This post touches on a couple of points from of a rece...more

How to Boost Team Morale
by jschonb
posted April 1, 2013 at 7:32pm

Let's talk about your team. They just don't seem to be on the same page, there isn't any chemistry, everyone seems to be a star, and no one is a team player. This, coupled with a few bad loses last season, has crippled your teams morale. Now you've got to...more

Title IX Is No Excuse to Reject Transgender Applicants to Women's Colleges
by Title IX Blog
posted April 1, 2013 at 12:08pm

Smith College, a women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, has made news in recent weeks (see, e.g., here, here, and here) for its widely publicized decision to refuse to consider the application of a transgender applicant.  According to the rej...more

The Kingdom is Changing: Saudi Arabia To Allow Women's Sports Clubs
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted March 31, 2013 at 5:00pm

BY: SHIREEN AHMEDThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced that athletic activity for women may be sanctioned in the form of segregated sports clubs.This is welcome news considering that in 2009 a Saudi cleric declared that women ought not to participate ...more

ACLU Challenges Single-Sex Classes in Wisconsin
by Title IX Blog
posted March 30, 2013 at 6:45pm

The Wisconsin chapter of the ACLU has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, challenging single-sex classes at one middle school and two elementary schools. Riverview Middle School in Barron separated fifth-grade girls and boys in langua...more

Palestine Women's Team in line for FIFA development boost
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted March 29, 2013 at 9:21pm

Football development in Palestine is set to take the spotlight with the official inauguration of four Goal projects, incorporating an overall FIFA investment of approximately USD $4,500,000, scheduled for next summer.In addition to Goal project ...more

UPDATE: ESPN inks six-year extension with WNBA and league changes logo
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 29, 2013 at 4:20pm

The WNBA signed a six-year extension with ESPN that is separate from the network's NBA deal, according to breaking news from Sports Business Daily. Sources said the deal is worth $12M per year, which amounts to about $1M per WNBA team, and runs through t...more

National Pro Fastpitch Reaches 16-Game Deal with ESPN
by anngaff
posted March 29, 2013 at 2:38pm

Photo via USSSAPride.com Six Games to air on ESPN2; Additional 10 Games Live Streamed on ESPN3 Nashville, TN, via release – National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) has reached an agreement with ESPN to carry16-games across ESPN2 and ESPN3, making this the ...more

Top Ten Ways RDs Can Get Involved With “Let’s Move”
by Balanced Health and Nutrition
posted March 28, 2013 at 10:15pm

I love “Let’s Move” for several reasons. First, it focuses on realistic and healthful habits. It’s not just nutrition or just exercise. It is also positive in its messaging… for the most part. My one criticism is the emphas...more

Sweet 16: Washington's remaining ties to March Madness
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 28, 2013 at 4:49pm

UPDATE: I mistakenly forgot two locals to follow in the remaining of the WNIT tournament. Junior G Sam Pettinger from Archbishop Murphy HS and sophomore G Clare Conricode from Holy Names HS will lineup for Pacific tonight against Utah. ---------------...more

Coaches, Athletes and Sex: Not a Good Game Plan
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted March 26, 2013 at 6:41pm

In December, Bev Kearney, the highly successful women’s track and field coach at the University of Texas, was looking forward to a new contract from the university with a substantial raise.  In early January she resigned to avoid being fired f...more

Washington coach Kevin McGuff agreed to a contract extension
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted March 26, 2013 at 6:25pm

In two years, Washington coach Kevin McGuff has experienced success that the program hasn't seen in decades. No wonder his contract was extended through 2020. Terms of the deal were not immediately released. McGuff, whose team's season ended Sunday with...more

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