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President Obama fills out women’s brackets for ESPN

We all know President Barack Obama is a huge hoops fans. In fact after last year’s NCAA title, Obama invited the UConn women’s team to a championship ceremony at the White House and even ended up shooting baskets with the players.  At the time, he sa...more

Barbie partners with pro golfer Brittany Lincicome to inspire girls

Even as a young girl, Barbie was never my go-to doll.  Though never a huge Barbie  fan, I’ve admired some of the marketing moves Mattel has made over the years in an effort to keep the old girl relevant. Tattoo Barbie may have been my favorite. As pa...more

Nominate your female Sports Hero

March is Women’s History Month and there is no better way to honor female athletes than by nominating them for one of the Women’s Sports Foundation’s 2010 award programs. Current open nominations include: Sportswoman of the Year Award. Every year,...more

Formula for Success: Motivation, Focus & Drive

The past few weeks, ChickSpeak has covered the 2010 Olympic Winter Games by featuring articles on inspiring athletes and their practically unprecedented, awe-inspiring accomplishments - including Angela Ruggiero’s historical hockey games and Lindsey Jac...more

Official Vancouver 2010 Olympic Vehicles For Sale

During the last few months, more than 4,600 fuel-efficient Olympic-branded vehicles have been a familiar sight on the streets of Vancouver and Whistler as they whisk athletes, Olympic officials, and international VIPs and dignitaries to and from competit...more

How Olympic athletes pay the rent

If you’re dreaming of becoming an Olympic athlete, remember that beyond all the training, competition and glory there is a lot of financial struggle. Training for the Olympics (never mind competing) is at least a full-time (usually unpaid) job and even ...more

Serena inaugurates second Kenyan school

Always a trailblazer. Always doing good things.  Always going the extra miles. Just over a year after visiting Kenya to open the Serena Williams Secondary School in Matooni, Kenya, Serena Williams returned to the country to follow up on her humanitari...more

Run Like a Girl: Endurance Racing

Endurance racing can be intimidating but once you make the leap, the amount of support and encouragement that comes from the community is infectious. Not surprisingly, many of the races for women benefit a female-targeted charity or cause. Here are some g...more

The Olympics 2010: Spotlight on Amy Bennett

Chicks, when you think of a champion extreme athlete, what picture comes to mind? A sweat-soaked woman enduring a grueling race, her mind focused on nothing but victory? A fierce warrior climbing the last hill, winning by ten yards?  A girl documenting h...more

Female jockey Julie Krone is a “Freak”

I was delighted to read that award-winning filmmaker Katherine Brooks (”Loving Annabelle,” 2006, and “Waking Madison,” 2009) is making a film based on legendary female jockey Julie Krone.  The film is called “Freak,” which refers to a racing...more

2010 Olympics: The influence of advertising on quality broadcast journalism

Imagine yourself as Linsey Vonn yesterday – a native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, who has been working her whole life, since she was 2 years old, to bring home an Olympic gold in women’s downhill skiing. She finally does it, gives hugs to her family in ...more

Danica Patrick designs new Hot Wheels car

Patrick unveiled a sketch of her “Danicar” February 6th, 2010 at the Daytona International Speedway while announcing Hot Wheels return to NASCAR through a partnership with JR Motorsports . The custom die-cast vehicle was co-designed with the Hot Whee...more

Got Milk? Shawn Johnson does

Gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson is the latest milk-drinking celeb to don the famous Milk Mustache to inspire teens to ‘Drink Milk for a Change.’ Shawn joins the ranks of more than 290 other athletes, actors, models and musicians who have lent thei...more

The Olympics 2010: Spotlight on Angela Ruggiero, Hockey Player

Angela Ruggiero Hockey Player Specialty: Defense. Defenders hinder the other team to ensure that its players don’t score. Sometimes, they are referred to as “blueliners” because of they often stand on the blue boundary of the offensive zone. Angel...more

FREE DOWNLOAD: Women & the Winter Olympics Reference Guide

The Winter Games kick off in Vancouver Friday, February 12th and we’re stoked to see our fave female athletes compete in events like skiing, snowboarding, figure skating, luge, bobsled and more. For all the deets on who’s competing when, along with...more

The Olympics 2010: Spotlight on Lindsey Jacobellis, Snowboarder

Editor’s note: ChickSpeak will cover the Winter 2010 Olympics through highlighting inspiring and incredible women who are going for gold. Please check back every Monday for new profiles, compiled and written by Maxine Frendel. Lindsey “Lucky” Jacob...more

Black History Month – Honoring Female Athletes

Over the years, there have been many great black athletes. This month, to celebrate Black History Month, we’d like to honor some of the women who have contributed to the soul of sports. Pioneers Althea Gibson was a pioneer in both amateur tennis and pr...more

Winter X Games 14 – Women’s Results

Over and out. Winter X Games 14 has wrapped. Four days in Aspen delivered five-peats, double three-peats, and back-to-back golds. Read on to find out how the women fared. Friday, Jan. 29th – Women’s Skiing Superpipe A deserving  Jen Hudak won Women...more

Join the Women’s Sports Foundation in Washington

February 3, 2010 marks the 24th annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, a day to celebrate and promote girls’ and womens’ participation and excellence in sports. NGWSD is marked annually with events around the country and on Cap...more

Los Angeles Sol of WPS to fold

Goodbye Sol. We hardly knew ya. After attending most of the home games at the Home Depot Center, and watching some great soccer, it is with huge sadness we learn that the Los Angeles Sol folded today.   The notice comes after one season, despite the sta...more

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