Live Blogging from the Women's Sports Foundations's Annual Salute to Women in Sports!
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Tonight, I'm going to be live blogging from the Women's Sports Foundation's Annual Salute to Women in Sports event at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Stay tuned below around 6pm ET for some live coverage from the Red Carpet!
Tonight's evening hosts include Bob Costas, Mary Carillo, and Billie Jean King, Women's Sports Foundation's founder. Honorees include Annika Sorenstam, legendary golfer and philanthropist, Dick Ebersol, Chairman of NBC Universal Sports & Olympics, and Pat Summitt, University of Tennessee head women's basketball coach and all-time winningest coach in NCAA history.
Athletes in attendance will be:
Softball: Jessica Mendoza and Jennie Finch
Track & Field: Aimee Mullins, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Benita Fitzgerald Mosley
Boxing: Laila Ali
Golf: Annika Sorenstam, Nancy Lopez
Gymnastics: Dominique Dawes, Wendy Hilliard, Shawn Johnson, Kerri Strug
Swimming: Donna de Varona
Ice hockey: Angela Ruggiero, Jessie Vetter
Motocross: Ashley Fiolek
...and many more.
I invite you to participate with me in this event. You can post comments or suggestions below or feel free to respond to me via Twitter (@mhueter). I'll do my very best to respond. Thanks again, and go female athletes!
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- Filed Under:
- Media, SportsPLUS, Events, Live Blog
- Tags:
- Shawn Johnson
- Womens Sports Foundation
- annika sorenstam
- WSF
- jennie finch
- jessica mendoza
- angela ruggiero
- Nancy Lopez
- Dominique Dawes
- Kerri Strug
- Annual Salute to Women in Sports
- aimee mullins
- jackie joyner-kersee
- benita fitzgerald mosley
- laila ali
- Wendy Hilliard
- Donna de Varona
- Jessie Vetter
- Ashley Flolek
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