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December Member Happenings
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted December 14, 2012 at 7:42am

Author:  NACWAA Oberlin College has announced that Natalie Winkelfoos will take over the role of Delta Lodge director of athletics and physical education. She had served as interim AD at Oberlin since June. Jamie Bouyer, ma...more

Turkey takes a step to lift hijab ban on professional athletes: Hijabi Photos are now accepted for licence applications
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted December 14, 2012 at 7:34am

Headscarved Martial Arts Professional Yenigül UzanPreviously, women could not wear a headscarf while engaged in a professional sport and were not able to obtain a professional sports license without removing the headscarf for the requisite photo. In ...more

Butte Enters Voluntary Resolution Agreement
by Title IX Blog
posted December 13, 2012 at 7:29pm

Butte (Montana) School  District No. 1. has entered into a voluntary resolution agreement with the Office for Civil Rights that will resolve a Title IX complaint filed against the district challenging inequities in the athletic facilities available f...more

Steroids, moralizing and the Baseball Hall of Fame
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted December 13, 2012 at 2:23pm

Tweet My objections to the War on Steroids are not subtle, nor are they conflicted, as I have written here and here and here. The caveat has always been that I’m more concerned about the public unaccountability of the taxpayer-funded USADA than at...more

The Iowa disconnect?
by After Atalanta
posted December 13, 2012 at 7:37am

One of my favorite college administrators had a lot of interesting axioms, which those of us who worked with her believed were largely of her own creation. But now I realize, they were just old. Like nineteenth century old in the case of one of my (and I ...more

4 Tools Every Coach Needs In Their Toolbox
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 13, 2012 at 7:30am

source Folks who are fixer uppers or tinklers know that the key to handling any situation is having a nice toolbox.  Whether its needle nosed pliers or a power saw or cordless drill…these things will prove to be essential for any job that nee...more

Alan Hubbard: Will the IOC remain largely a preserve of the rich, the venerable – and the male?
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted December 12, 2012 at 9:09pm

In support of a leading figure, El MoutawakelA visit to Athens this week confirmed the view that the future of London's Olympic Stadium must involve a football club. Without the presence of the round ball game the stadium which gloriously hosted the Olymp...more

The future of independent sports websites
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted December 11, 2012 at 9:40pm

Tweet On Sunday NBC Sports and Yahoo! Sports announced that they have entered into a content-sharing arrangement, the latest example of old/new media collaboration in the hotly contested sports domain. Unlike Turner Sports‘ recent acquisition of B...more

List of Holiday Ridiculousness (@TiffanyWeimer blog)
by Tiffany Weimer
posted December 11, 2012 at 8:18am

Since the holiday season is among us, I thought it be best to provide a List of Holiday Ridiculousness so that everyone can join in on the ridiculousness together. Forever! 1. Don’t go shopping on the weekends. There are ways around it 2. If you d...more

Regrouping after a disappointing race
by Fast at Forty
posted December 11, 2012 at 7:59am

A key race comes with a lot of emotional and physical investment. The hours spent training and mentally preparing are too numerous to count. Anticipating the event can cause moments of excitement nestled in an anxiety ridden wrapper. Thoughts of well exec...more

“Girly” Girls Can Be Athletes Too
by Game On! Sports Camp 4 Girls
posted December 11, 2012 at 7:53am

I was at a 2012 holiday party when I heard a young father claim with certainty “my 2-year-old daughter is too much of a Girly Girl to ever play sports.” I have to admit that I was taken aback by the comment for a few different reasons.  ...more

The 5 Stages Of A Coach’s Career
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 10, 2012 at 9:03pm

source Let me tell you what I think about coaches: we’re crazy in our preparation and dedication, we work long hours and love it, we give up our nights and weekends, we mentor our student-athletes, we demand big things from them and even more from ...more

A case study of roster management and prong two
by Title IX Blog
posted December 10, 2012 at 9:01pm

The University of Georgia's student newspaper has an article on how the school approached compliance with Title IX and what this means for the athletic department, student-athletes, and club sports. Regarding the latter, it seems that many club sports are...more

Nature Deficit Disorder: The importance of the built environment and children's health
by The Rabbit Hole
posted December 8, 2012 at 10:00pm

Photo from Playscapes."As the garden has grown over the last two years, its play value has increased. Kids play hide and seek inside mature native shrubs, dig holes to compost their recess snacks and use the boulders and logs to play games. One of the won...more

Friday arts: The boxing art of George Bellows
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted December 8, 2012 at 8:09am

Tweet Just as I’ve been enjoying digging into literature and art on boxing comes plenty of rave reviews about an exhibition of the work of American realist painter George Bellows. This summer the tour began at the National Gallery of Art in Washing...more

Minute-by-minute compliance?
by Title IX Blog
posted December 7, 2012 at 6:11pm

There has not been much news around the addition of teams at the collegiate level of late. A few here and there, a mention of Title IX compliance.The forthcoming additions of two women's teams at Central Michigan University is the same. Women's golf and l...more

10 Essential Characteristics Of Winners
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 7, 2012 at 6:09pm

source “I want winners!” –Mike Singletary, former Head Football Coach, San Francisco 49ers Recruiting is any team’s lifeblood.  You need new people for different ways of looking at things, different skill sets, and to take y...more

Corporate Greed Is Chewing Up The Olympics
by Off The Court
posted December 7, 2012 at 8:13am

A man holds placards protesting against the corporate sponsorship of and militarisation of the London 2012 Olympics. (Demotix.com) If there was a competition for corporate grubbiness ruining sporting events, the Olympics would take gold every time. Thi...more

Amar’e Stoudemire’s Denim Vest & Ralph Lauren Olympic Unis Make Time’s “Worst Dressed” List
by A Glam Slam
posted December 7, 2012 at 8:08am

TIME magazine has released more than 55 lists covering a wide-range of topics, all meant to ”survey the highs and lows, the good and the bad of the past 12 months.” Fashion and sports collide in a major way as this year’s ...more

Members on the Move, 10 Join NACWAA
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted December 7, 2012 at 7:58am

Author:  NACWAA Tricia Turley Brandenburg has been hired as deputy athletic director for internal operations/SWA at Towson University. She was formerly senior associate athletic director at Ohio University. Maureen Harty, former...more

Behind-The-Scenes on the Set of “Pretty Tough”
by Pretty Tough
posted December 6, 2012 at 7:23am

  Meet the talented cast and crew of the hit web series Pretty Tough. Director Stewart Hendler (Sorority Row) and stars Adelaide Kane (Power Rangers), Crystal Young (LonelyGirl15), Beth Behrs (2 Broke Girls), Matthew Florida (90210) along with oth...more

10 Traits Shared By Losers…and Feared By Coaches
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 5, 2012 at 6:33pm

source When you hear the word “loser”, you think of awful people with no ambition in life.  But that’s not always the case, sometimes they are incredibly talented, charming, and fun people to be around.  Sometimes they’r...more

The sports media’s rush to judgment on a tragedy
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted December 5, 2012 at 7:23am

  Only a few hours after Jovan Belcher of the Kansas City Chiefs shot his girlfriend to death and then took his own life, grand pronouncements about the cause of this tragedy predictably made their way into publication, and on television airwaves. ...more

Using The Movie Hoosiers As A Teaching Tool
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted December 3, 2012 at 10:38pm

source In Effective Use of Films For Goal Setting, I talked about the movie Hoosiers and how it can be used to challenge your team to blow past preconceived notions of how good they can be.  I haven’t used the movie as a rah-rah “let&rsq...;more

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