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Journalists Expose Lack of Title IX Compliance in Bay Area Schools
by Title IX Blog
posted November 2, 2012 at 7:05pm

A team of investigative reporters from the Bay Area NBC News affiliate reported this week that few area schools comply with Title IX's requirement that districts appoint a Title IX Coordinator to oversee compliance and receive and handle complaints about ...more

Spelman College focusing on fitness, not athletics
by After Atalanta
posted November 2, 2012 at 6:32pm

Here's a bold move in this era of big-time sports: Spelman College is eliminating its intercollegiate athletics program at the end of the year. The all-female HBCU, lead by President Beverly Daniel Tatum, will take the $1 million annual budget for athleti...more

Members in the News & Membership Additions
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted November 2, 2012 at 2:28pm

Author:  NACWAA Former Associate Director of Athletics Tamara Tranter has taken the position of director of development at Wayne State University. Karen Stromme, assistant athletics director at the University of Minnesota Duluth...more

Getting into the Halloween Spirit (A byline to finish line blog)
by Byline to Finish Line
posted October 31, 2012 at 9:53pm

Confession time: I have never been a huge fan of Halloween. First off, I don’t enjoy being scared. I don’t do horror movies. I still have nightmares from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video. Second, I’ve never had a grea...more

Instantly Bond Your Team
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted October 31, 2012 at 8:53pm

source The concept: Think of something you’ve always wanted to do…and try it. Who: Our teams. What: 30 Day Challenge When: A thirty day period during our seasons. How:  We’ll talk about that in a moment. What if we created a sha...more

Setting Up Players to Fail
by Softball Performance Blog
posted October 30, 2012 at 6:33pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog A few years ago, one of my pitching students was in a tough predicament on her team. It was coached by, shall we say, some less than scrupulous parents who were primarily in it to make their dau...more

JILL OF ALL TRADES: How Being a Multi-Sport Athlete Keeps Me Balanced
by SemperSarah
posted October 30, 2012 at 6:21pm

Being active is my lifeblood. Whether I am playing soccer or snowboarding, I welcome every athletic adventure that comes my way. The variety of sports I participate in encourages balance, balance enhances health, and health breeds happiness....more

Funny as a heart attack (Pretty Strong Blog)
by Pretty Strong
posted October 30, 2012 at 7:50am

When i was at the training center through all my struggles that i'd been through over the year i found out i developed severe anxiety and depression. i'd been to a doctor and she gave me anti anxiety meds and told me to take it at night before bed. well, ...more

The Importance of Health Insurance: ObamaCare (MacKenzie Hill blog)
by Moving Down the Right Track
posted October 30, 2012 at 7:30am

Hey Everyone, So, I know it has been a while since I have posted but I’ve been resting for the past couples of days fighting off my Asthma.  I’m happy to say that I am at the tail end of it and should be back to 100% in the next day or t...more

GIVEAWAY: Sweat Pretty with Puma and Boxer Cara Castronuova
by Pretty Tough
posted October 30, 2012 at 7:25am

(Contest is run through Pretty Tough, please go to their orginal post to enter) If finding time to get to the gym for an extra training session is a drag, check out this new Puma fitness series hosted by Golden Gloves boxing champ Cara Castronuova. Cara ...more

Procrastination and new beginnings
by Byline to Finish Line
posted October 29, 2012 at 9:22pm

I am not a neat freak. In fact I am very much the opposite of a neat freak. There are times when my apartment looks as if it’s been ransacked. There may have been episodes when well-intentioned friends have thought about calling child protective ser...more

Sometimes Softball is More Than a Game
by Softball Performance Blog
posted October 29, 2012 at 9:14pm

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog This past Saturday I had a softball junkie's great day. I was able to get out to see all or part of six games where students and/or former players of mine were playing. It was quite an upbeat d...more

How Women Can Be Successful As Leaders
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted October 29, 2012 at 8:50pm

source In my post, 3 Ways To Keep Females In Coaching And Athletics Administration, I talk about the lack of ladies in athletics…and the numbers were pretty dramatic.  If you’re interested in seeing all of the numbers and a link to the ...more

Getting "Chicked": The most embarrassing thing for a guy?
by The Rabbit Hole
posted October 27, 2012 at 10:11am

Photo by Ron. My-photo-blog. Lindsey Vonn, two-time Olympic gold medallist skier and two-time World Championship gold medallist, wants to race with the boys.  It is something she has always dreamed of.  With all the red tape in the way in may n...more

How To Inspire Those Around Us
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted October 27, 2012 at 10:05am

source X’s and O’s…I’m sure most of us feel pretty solid about our grasp of the nuts and bolts of the game.  Of course we’re always trying to learn more and love to hear about the newest thing, but we’re mostly h...more

The Death of the Team Party
by Softball Performance Blog
posted October 27, 2012 at 10:02am

Guest post by Ken Krause, Life in the Fastpitch Lane blog Back when my oldest daughter played travel ball, there used to be aphenomenon known as the end of the season team party. A family (usually one with a pool) would volunteer to host, and everyon...more

Members News and Happenings (@NACWAA)
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted October 26, 2012 at 8:11am

Author:  NACWAA M. Dianne Murphy, Columbia University’s director of intercollegiate athletics and physical education, was inducted into the University of Denver’s Athletics Hall of Fame on October 25. Murphy served as...more

Great Cross Country Courses: Rim Rock Farm
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted October 24, 2012 at 7:56pm

Rim Rock Farm is the home of the Kansas Jayhawks, Lawrence’s high school teams, and the KHSAA state championships. It hosted the 1998 NCAA Championships (in a one-off experiment of running the D-I and D-II meets at a single site). It is many thi...more

The Slut-Shaming of Lance Armstrong
by Draft Day Suit
posted October 24, 2012 at 7:44pm

After having read the report what is obvious is that Lance Armstrong did most likely “Pete Rose” me and the rest of the world who thought it couldn’t be possible. He did dope. It was genius. It was well done, and really – bravo for...more

7 Eggcellent Reasons to Eat Eggs
by Balanced Health and Nutrition
posted October 24, 2012 at 7:42pm

I’m excited to share content with fellow RD bloggers Julie Upton and Katherine Brookings of Appetite for Health. Each month, we exchange our favorite posts and re-post them on our own blogs. So, you will start to see some more of my writing on their...more

The Secret to Leading? Embracing Your Followers
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted October 24, 2012 at 7:36pm

source We all have things that we say so much that they become a coaching maxim. One of mine is “enough about leadership, we need followership classes!” We’ve got two groups of people on our teams: leaders and followers…and both ...more

Amid Glares, Female Weight Lifters Compete
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted October 24, 2012 at 7:33pm

By KAREN LEIGHWomen weight lifters in the United Arab Emirates, like Amna Al Haddad, are competing in what is thought of as a "man's sport."DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In a private gym tucked away in the warren of villas in the ritzy Jumeirah...more

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