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Pole Dancing for Kids: Progressive or Just Plain Wrong?
by The Rabbit Hole
posted September 12, 2012 at 8:10am

Photo from Fitbie.comPole dancing has become a popular exercise trend for women in recent years, but a dance studio in Duncan, British Columbia (which, by the way is nowhere near Vancouver) has opened a new can of worms by introducing a pole dancing class...more

What to Feed Your Young Athlete
by Performance Nutrition
posted September 12, 2012 at 8:08am

I get quite a few questions from parents who ask what they can feed their kids to keep them fueled for sports yet happy at mealtime. After all, no parent wants to hear their child complain at mealtime (or stubbornly sit at the table for hours like I did, ...more

Disney Looking for Sports Moms for their Panel
by Sports Girls Play
posted September 11, 2012 at 10:07pm

If you are a Mom who loves the Disney parks, does a lot of traveling with your child’s sports team or coordinates team travel, Disney invites you to apply for their Walt Disney World Moms Panel.  Until September 14 or until they reach 14,000...more

Save Money – Make Your Own Flexible Ice Packs
by Sports Girls Play
posted September 11, 2012 at 10:06pm

With three athletes in the house, it seems like one of them is always looking for an ice bag to help with an ache or pain. I have long used a bag of frozen vegetables as ice bags because the flexible ice packs you buy at the store can run between $8-12 de...more

AAUW holds event for Title IX
by Sports, Media & Society
posted September 11, 2012 at 8:17am

Title IX celebrated its "official" signing date birthday over the summer, but the education initiatives about the legislation are far from over. To set the tone for the new academic year, the State College chapter of the American Association of Universi...more

Big 12 Conference Reaches New Media Rights Agreement With ESPN And FOX
by Swish Appeal
posted September 8, 2012 at 9:21pm

After years of hubub surrounding conference realignment, particularly when talking about the Big 12 Conference, the renegotiation of television broadcasting rights has effectively squelched this topic and left the conference looking strong for over a de...more

Purple? Man, That’s So Gay!
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted September 8, 2012 at 12:38am

This is what the banner said. The banner was held up by student spectators at a nationally televised high school football in Alabama.  You can read about it here.  The purpose of the banner was to insult the opposing school team whose team colo...more

Athletes Celebrate Fashion’s Night Out
by A Glam Slam
posted September 8, 2012 at 12:35am

Athletes are continuing to make their presence known during another season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. Fans will see the pros dressed in designer threads, as they line show front rows to view the Spring 2013 men’s and women’s co...more

How Great Coaches Communicate
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 7, 2012 at 3:39pm

source I’ve talked before about the connection I see between the business world and athletics.  I think we’d all do well to study up on great business leaders to see how we can adapt their success to our world.  Saying that, here&rs...;more

Oregon parent pursues lawsuit
by Title IX Blog
posted September 7, 2012 at 7:23am

In July we wrote about Randy Anderson, a parent of a softball player in the Seaside School District in Oregon. He was challenging the lack of access the girls' softball team had to the city's new premier athletic facility. The school district later announ...more

“Comfort Foods” Good for Your Cholesterol – Yes, It’s True!
by Balanced Health and Nutrition
posted September 6, 2012 at 10:23pm

I made an appearance on Let’s Talk Live!, a DC based morning talk show, for National Cholesterol Education Month. It’s a great time to look at the food you eat and look for opportunities to make changes. It’s a good idea to minimize inta...more

The importance of strength training
by Fast at Forty
posted September 6, 2012 at 1:29pm

Most triathletes adamantly hate strength training. They willingly spend five or six hours on the bike, but 30 minutes in the gym lifting weights is heresy. The literature on this topic has been mixed, with some researchers promoting strength training as a...more

3 Lessons Our Female Athletes Should Learn
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 5, 2012 at 10:53pm

source While I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a feminist, I do think there are certain things that coaches of female-athletes must talk to their athletes about.  I don’t mean sit them down at a team meeting and talk, but it can be an i...more

Pretty Tough #6: Fifteen Love – On Sale Now
by Pretty Tough
posted September 5, 2012 at 8:47am

Just in time for the U.S. Open, Fifteen Love, the latest book in the popular Pretty Tough series, serves up an ace. Maggie Anderson and her twin sister, Bella, are a doubles team destined for tennis greatness. They’ve just started their freshman ye...more

KiraGrace – The Ultimate Warrior Goddess
by Pretty Tough
posted September 5, 2012 at 8:43am

KiraGrace is pretty awesome. The company’s semi-new warrior yoga collection celebrates what it means to be Pretty Tough. KiraGrace explains, “The warrior woman is confident, fierce, strong and wise. She is a leader, and she inspires through he...more

Let There Be Light: The Soccket Ball
by The Rabbit Hole
posted September 4, 2012 at 11:01pm

Soccket Ball. Photo from Grand Challenge Stories. We know all too well how groups like Right to Play use soccer in low-income nations to facilitate peace and "development"; but, have you heard of soccer providing electricity?  The Soccket ball was d...more

Visualization Could Be The Key To Your Success
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 4, 2012 at 7:12am

source I’m back people! My blog vacation is over and I’m back at it…enjoy! When I was a high school athlete, I had a track coach who was big into visualization.  He would take the entire team into a room, turn down the lights, ma...more

Sportista: New book looks at female sports fandom
by Sports, Media & Society
posted September 3, 2012 at 7:56am

If you had to describe female sports fans, what would you say about them? How do they consume sports? How do they talk about sports? How are they “treated” by the traditionally male sports culture? What are the media outlets that serve their ...more

Social Justice Feminism Conference at University of Cincinnati
by Title IX Blog
posted September 2, 2012 at 8:25pm

Allow me to plug an upcoming conference on Social Justice Feminism, sponsored by the Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice at the University of Cincinnati School of Law.  From October 25 to October 27, panelists including advocates, activists, ...more

Recapping my experience at the FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in St. Kitts and Nevis
by Soccer Science
posted September 2, 2012 at 8:33am

After the course in St. Lucia, I flew to St. Kitts and Nevis, where I had the honor of working as a Communications and Marketing Instructor for another FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar. My flight out of St. Lucia was really early in the morning, an...more

Federal Court Enjoins Nonvoluntary Single-Sex Classes in West Virginia
by Title IX Blog
posted August 31, 2012 at 5:49pm

A federal district court in West Virginia recently ordered an injunction against single-sex classes at Van Devender Middle School in Parkersburg, West Virginia (for an earlier post about the lawsuit, filed by the ACLU on behalf of a parent, see here).&nbs...;more

Why Women’s Athletics? Selling Its Benefits In Tough Economic Times
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 31, 2012 at 3:33pm

source I wrote this article for the Fall 2010 NCAA Champion magazine.  I found that the more I talked to female athletes at all levels, many of them really didn’t understand Title IX or the value of women’s athletics.  My goal in th...more

Cheer Coach's Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss
by Title IX Blog
posted August 31, 2012 at 8:34am

We blogged last year about Debbie Greenwell's lawsuit against the University of Alabama.  Greenwell had been the university's highly successful cheerleading coach until she was terminated from her position for reasons that she alleges are retaliatory...more

Is Islam Compatible With Women's Sports, Fitness and Health?
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 31, 2012 at 8:22am

By Shahnaz Taplin-Chinoy As the Olympian winners savor their gold, silver and bronze medals and the London party winds down, I think much of the world is still perplexed by the intersection between Islam, women and sports.The global Muslim mosaic is mult...more

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