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Female Sports Fans - On the outside looking in
by The Rabbit Hole
posted February 6, 2012 at 12:11am

Photo from ESPNW Although less an anomaly today than ever before, the female sports fan continues to remain a creature that is received with much criticism and apprehension.  The fact that I have to specify "female" sports fan indicates that this is...more

Keep Your Heart Health
by Performance Nutrition
posted February 6, 2012 at 12:08am

By Sara Shipley, nutrition student, University of Central Oklahoma February is National Heart Month. With heart disease as the leading cause of death in the US and the leading killer of women, an increased awareness of this disease is important. The Amer...more

Food, football, feminism and a Super Bowl unseen
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted February 5, 2012 at 3:49pm

Tweet During the height of my most ardent feminist days, I gave up watching the Super Bowl. Voluntarily. This was Super Bowl XIX in 1985, the 49ers vs. the Dolphins. Joe Montana vs. Dan Marino. Hyped as a classic showdown between the two brightest young...more

Muslim high school basketball player wears her faith with pride on court
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 5, 2012 at 1:37am

Tabb's Yasmeen Amer (Kaitlin McKeown, Daily Press / February 2, 2012)By Marty O'Brien, [email protected] | 757-247-4963YORK —— There were times after Yasmeen Amer began wearing a hijab that she felt conf...more

St. John's Red Storm Capsize Seton Hall Pirates, 55-25
by Swish Appeal
posted February 5, 2012 at 1:33am

Image: RedStormSports.com Just the Facts, Ma'am: A record-setting defensive performance by the Red Storm, punctuated by an 18-0 run to open the game, set St. John's up for a 55-25 win at Seton Hall. Shenneika Smith led all scorers with 15 points, adding...more

Washington Huskies Forward Marjorie Heard Undergoes Surgery
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted February 5, 2012 at 1:12am

Image: GoHuskies.com Washington Huskies sophomore F Marjorie Heard underwent successful surgery in Seattle on Friday. She's expected to be fully rehabilitated for the 2012-13 basketball season.   @MarjieHeard40Marjorie HeardUp for surgery #gotime ...more

Documentary feature film "Ready to Fly" about women ski jumpers opens February 10 in Salt Lake
by anngaff
posted February 4, 2012 at 4:40pm

Ready to Fly Trailer: Salt Lake City, Utah, via release — Ski jumping hits the big screen Friday, Feb. 10 with the World Premiere of the new documentary feature film "Ready To Fly," which tells the powerful true story of women ski jumpers and the...more

Basketball Star Rebecca Lobo Back On The Court Coaching Second-Graders
by Pretty Tough
posted February 4, 2012 at 4:22pm

Seventeen years after helping lead UConn to a national championship, and nine years after retiring from the WNBA, Rebecca Lobo is back on the basketball court. Only this time, Lobo is not a UConn Husky or a Connecticut Sun, but a Blue Knight at St. Mary&...more

Sign The Petition: Allow girls & women to play Football wearing the proper Headscarfs - Hijab
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 4, 2012 at 3:38pm

To Sign: http://www.change.org/petitions/allow-girls-women-to-play-football-wearing-headscarfs?utm_medium=email&utm_source=action_alert Why This Is Important: During youth Olympics Football Tournament in Singapore 2010, FIFA & the executi...more

#22 Georgia Tech Stings North Carolina State in Overtime
by Swish Appeal
posted February 4, 2012 at 3:16pm

Image: RamblinWreck.com The game of basketball is full of ebbs and flows, a game of runs and in Georgia Tech’s 75-68 overtime victory North Carolina State, this was the case. Early on, it looked like North Carolina State was primed for the upset o...more

Defense Key in 62-49 Stanford win over ASU
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted February 4, 2012 at 3:09pm

Image: Deirdre Hamill/The Arizona Republic Once again, the sisters Ogwumike lead the way and saved the day. And once again a Pac-12 team holds the Stanford’s Women’s Basketball Team close well into the second half and then the sisters get u...more

Title IX Sexual Harassment Federal Court Decisions Handed Down
by Title IX Blog
posted February 4, 2012 at 2:01pm

Federal courts recently issued decisions in a couple of Title IX sexual harassment decisions.The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss claims filed by a former student that the University of the Pacific failed ...more

Caution: 3 Players Who Can Ruin Your Team Chemistry
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted February 4, 2012 at 2:40am

source “Who is on the team matters more than what the team does.” – One bad apple DOES spoil the whole barrel I’ve coached her, and I’m sure you have too. The player who instantaneously sucks the fun/joy/life out of your t...more

The Weekend Ahead in Track & Field : Colleges
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted February 3, 2012 at 9:46pm

The collegiate action will be hot & heavy this weekend. New Balance Collegiate Invitational The New Balance Collegiate Invitational will be on Friday and Saturday at Manhattan’s Armory Track & Field Center. 200 teams, 26 states, five coun...more

Do You Have an Angry Coach?
by Loren Fogelman
posted February 3, 2012 at 9:44pm

Not all coaches are created equal. Some coaches just don’t know how to motivate their team....more

ADIDAS Unveils 2012 NBA All-Star Game Uniforms
by A Glam Slam
posted February 3, 2012 at 3:10am

No NBA All-Star game would be complete without a new set of uniform and footwear styles. Today adidas unveiled the All-Star uniforms that the game’s top ballers will don in Orlando on February 26th. Designers took full advantage of the site of the 6...more

Another Invitation to Make a Difference
by One Sport Voice
posted February 2, 2012 at 9:01pm

I just saw this come across Twitter and loved it.Since it involved snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler, I felt it  “sport related” enough to blog about. Tweet: @oakley: Join Oakley’s @GretchenBleiler #reusablechallenge and be entered to w...more

USC 50, UCSB 39
by They're Playing Basketball
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:16pm

Freshman forward Alexyz Vaioletama grabs one of her team and game-high 15 rebounds in last night's first half.Jacki Gemelos, left, and Briana Gilbreath, who sustained a non-ACL knee injury last week. Gemelos grabbed a ball during second-half shoot-around ...more

When they banned soccer ...
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:04pm

Dick Kerr Ladies Vs St Helen's Ladies 1920 So just when you think you've heard it all when it comes to things men do to stop women playing sport, you hear another story. A ban on women's soccer anyone? I posted about the ban in Brazil a few months back,...more

Indiana Scheduling Practice Violates Title IX, Appellate Court Rules
by Title IX Blog
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:57am

Today the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a scheduling practice that reserves "prime time" Friday night scheduling for boys basketball games while relegating the girls' games mostly to the less preferential weeknights, violates Title IX. The ...more

Why we don’t need Girls and Women in Sports Day
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:53am

Tweet Over the weekend I drove by the public park where I used to play softball as a girl, in the years just before Title IX. I noticed a group of a half dozen girls, in their competitive full attire, from gloves down to socks, stirrups and cleats, hudd...more

A day to remember women in sports
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:50am

Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day! Today serves as a reminder of the accomplishments, contributions, and struggles of girls and women in their journey through sports and will be celebrated nationwide throughout the week. This year, the Nationa...more

Pac-12 College Hoops Power Rankings
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:45am

It's National Girls and Women in Sports Day -- a time when asked to celebrate women in athletics and how they've influenced you. But what makes the celebration remarkable this go-round is it's also the 40th year of the Title IX legislation. I would have ...more

Life’s Lessons: In Honor Of National Girls And Women In Sports Day #NGWSD
by Moving Down the Right Track
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:42am

Michelle Obama, the 1st lady of the United States and leading advocate in the fight against childhood obesity, Cynthia McClain-Hill, a California Super Lawyer, political force in Los Angeles and former president of Nation Association of Women Business Own...more

National Girls and Women in Sports Day #NGWSD
by Alison M. Starnes Blog
posted February 2, 2012 at 1:40am

It is National Girls and Women in Sports Day.  Who would have thought? Why are sports so important for women? Sports build confidence, character, and responsibility.  Sports demonstrate to a young girl that she is strong, capable, and worthy. ...more

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