"famous-women-in-sports" Articles & Blogs:
The Awful Reality of an Athlete’s Wife
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Thinking about getting involved with a sports star? Author’s and former partners of famous athletes, Sherrie Daly and Rosa Blasi, want you to read their books before dating a sports player. The books “Teed Off” and “Jock Itch&rdquo...[Read on] |
DC shakeup. The ugly paradox.
| DC shakeup. No, not that DC. I refer here to DC Comics, which now has a new name—DC Entertainment—and a new president. This overhaul by parent company Warner Bros. bodes well for a forthcoming Wonder Woman film. Another sign that things are looking up...[Read on] |
New report on gender in televised sports
| Two colleagues, Mike Messner (USC) and Cheryl Cooky (Purdue), just finished the latest installment of a longitudinal study GENDER IN TELEVISED SPORTS: NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS SHOWS, 1989-2009. The report can downloaded for free here.
The res...[Read on] |
BlogHer'10 - Women in Sports Panel
| Re-capping BLOGHER '10
Driving into New York City this weekend for the BlogHer event was definately something I was looking forward to participating in. I honestly didnt know exactly what to expect, but I felt as though bringing a professional athe...[Read on] |
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is credited with the famous quote, “Well-behaved women seldom make history,” which is a phrase that has since become a slogan of just about everyone and their grandma. (There’s even a coffee mug floating around the...[Read on] |
Marketing Sports: “Wine & Pampering” v. “Beer & Back Waxing”
| So after posting my last blog “Are Women Sport Fans?” I had a couple conversations with colleagues about female sport fans and how we “market” sport to women which spurred some additional thoughts. As I mentioned previously, females comprise 53% o...[Read on] |
Female fandom: Study says they don't like the pros
| A study out of Canada about the gendered nature of fandom reveals that women are not huge fans of professional sports. Not a shocker despite the plethora of popular media accounts of women forming fan clubs and becoming the latest target demographic for f...[Read on] |
Debate in Saudi Arabia over Women's Sports
| Recently, the Saudi public, government, and religious discourse has been engaged in a debate over women's sports, particularly women's gyms, physical education instruction in girls' schools, and competitive sports clubs for women.The issue of women's spor...[Read on] |
Ted Stevens Was Guardian Angel of Women in Sports
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Published remembrances of my friend and sometime colleague Sen. Ted Stevens, who perished last week in a tragic plane crash in Alaska, haven't said much about his dedicated support of legislation that changed so much for women and girls in ...[Read on] |
Women breaking barriers: A milestone
| From the Association for Women in Sports Media: Today marks the 35th anniversary of Robin Herman and Marcel St. Cyr becoming the first female sports reporters to enter a locker room for post-game interviews.Herman was a reporter at The New York Times and ...[Read on] |
Women's Equality
| Equality
Going to the polls to vote, or stepping out on the court to play a basketball game, I realize that I have a voice. My voice stands for all women. Women who were not and still cannot vote for anything. For women who cannot participate in sports a...[Read on] |
Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day!
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Today, I’m celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day by actually playing. I’ve got a rec game scheduled for tonight at 7pm, and play with a community of women who live in NYC and have played competitive basketball at some point in their lives...[Read on] |
Sports Journalism, Athletes in for a Big Challenge
| TMZ.com, a leading gossip and celebrity news web site, has entered the sports media market, launching TMZ Sports at the start of the year. And if its recent coverage of the Gilbert Arenas story is any indication, established sports media outlets are facin...[Read on] |
Women Who Dared: Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt, Barbara Walters, Rosa Parks and More (Photos)
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In honor of Women’s History Month, wowOwow and the website findingDulcinea.com pay tribute to 15 inspirational women who helped to shape the world in which we livePhoto Essay | Today 8:30 amIn honor of Women’s History Month, wowOwow.com has te...[Read on] |
Michelle Obama - Get Girls Active in Sports to Decrease Obesity
| I'm the type of person that wants tangible results. And if I don't get them doing something one way, I'll stop and find out a better way to accomplish what I want. And my mindset is obviously a bit perplexing to people who just do as they are told an...[Read on] |
Thoughts On New Nike Women Campaign: "My Butt is Big"
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I first want to preface this post by stating that I am indeed, obsessed with shoes. My son (at the age of 6) has more than 100 pairs, three fourths of which are Nike/Jordan brand. I own several pair of Nike's myself, although I ultimately prefer 5 inch+...[Read on] |
Japan's Dancing Grannies Defy the Aging Routine
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TOKYO (WOMENSENEWS)--Japan's relations with China may be strained these days, but that didn't stop eight elderly Japanese women from turning up at Shanghai's World Expo 2010 earlier this month to perform one of their famous song-and-dance routines.
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Katie Reyes: Breaking down barriers one game at a time
| by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center
Yesterday, a quiet thirteen-year-old girl made history just doing something she loves – playing baseball. Katie Reyes may or may not have known that her actions made history, although s...[Read on] |
On the Continuum: Women’s Sports
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I went to a lunch earlier this week where Donna Orender, the President of the WNBA was the speaker. It was a small group of women from a diversity of professions. She talked about her life and how she has gotten to where she is now.
A little backgrou...[Read on] |
Christine Brennan: Title IX Not to Blame for "Poor Decision-Making of Athletic Directors"
| Christine Brennan, sports reporter and columnist for USA Today, was recently interviewed by Real Clear Sports. Brennan's consistent support and advocacy for Title IX was reflected, in particular, in her explanation for why Title IX is not to blame for cu...[Read on] |
Do you love sports? Are you a member of Blogher?
| Did you know that 94% of girls in U.S. play sports?
Unfortunately, there is a lack of female athletes being represented in mass media and that is the cultural image of female athletes being absorbed by the majority of young girls who choose to play.
Fo...[Read on] |
Danica Patrick: Hot or Not?
| by Ethan Austin.
Ethan Austin is a blogger for Play City, a website that encourages young people to use sports as a catalyst for positive social change
Danica Patrick is moving to NASCAR! Woohoo!!!! She'll be the first woman ever...[Read on] |
A new low in coverage of Tiger Woods...in Vanity Fair?
| The cover on the latest Vanity Fair, which includes a story by Buzz Bissinger with sordid details about Tiger Woods' extramarital affairs, plays so baldly to racist stereotypes about black, male athletes that the infamous 2008 Vogue cover pales in compar...[Read on] |
Mexican women directors get some notice
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Patricia Riggen
Cool piece in Newsweek about women directors gaining prominence in Mexico.
They may live in the shadows of their more famous male countrymates like Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón, but women directors like E...[Read on] |
ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue - Are my interests prurient?
| I have to say that the more I read about ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue the more I am looking forward to its release next week. And I am not the only one.I think many are intrigued by whether and how this naked stars/serious message thing is going to work...[Read on] |
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