"mia-hamm" Articles & Blogs:
WPS gives us the publicity campaign we've been looking for!
| This campaign is the first I've seen for the WPS that looks like it was designed by people who play and/or watch the sport. These ads are actually quite traditional - when promoting men's sports. Women's soccer hasn't gotten this treatment (closest...[Read on] |
Getting urban girls into the game: Dance first?
| By Lauren Taylor
It is the quiet story behind the high-profile victories of women’s athletics: After thirty years of Title IX, after the superstardom of Mia Hamm, Michelle Wie, and Venus Williams, even after the advocacy of groups like the Women’s ...[Read on] |
Every Wall Glares Like a Glass Ceiling: Mad Men Season 4, Episode 4
| At lunch Sunday afternoon at Becco with Elvis Mitchell and Kim Benabib, the conversation turned to Mad Men, as conversations tend to do these days. Regarding Don Draper’s California interludes, when Don visits the widow of the real Don Draper (whose ide...[Read on] |
Gotta Have Heart – The Best Sports Couples
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Have you ever noticed how singers and actors always to seem to hook up with each other? There’s Gwen and Gavin, Brad and Angelina… the list goes on and on. Well in sports, it’s no different. In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s a look at some of ...[Read on] |
Party like it’s 1999
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The year was 1999. A team of inspired women and a tournament of historic proportions captured the hearts and minds of an entire nation. I was just a young girl (well not that young) and one of 90,000 fans at the Rose Bowl watching the epic final and...[Read on] |
What We Missed: Health Care Reform Addition
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<object width="512" height="328" class></object>Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell
The health care debates are making me feel more ambivalent about politics than I have in a while. Enjoy some better babbling on the topic.
Wil...[Read on] |
Soccer: Remembering the women
| I have not watched one second of the men's World Cup. And yet it seems to be the only thing I can blog about these days. (I do have a post coming about working out in skirts--so stay tuned for something non-soccer. Not that there's anything wrong with...[Read on] |
Marta named World Player of year
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Brazil’s Marta captured soccer’s World Player of the Year award for the fourth year in a row. The 23-year-old playmaker beat teammate Cristiane, Kelly Smith of England, and Germans Birgit Prinz and Inka Grings.
“I’m really surprised,” Marta sa...[Read on] |
NBC to air Skating & Gymnastics Show Jan. 10
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The Progressive Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular was filmed and presented live at Rushmore Plaza Civic Center back in October and the show will be broadcast on NBC, Sunday, Jan. 10 from 4-6 p.m. (check local listings).
Olympic champion Nastia Liukin ce...[Read on] |
WPS restructuring means loss of jobs, move towards decentralization
| Women’s Professional Soccer issued a public release on Monday evening stating, “League staff has been restructured…while league marketing resources have been shifted to the team level in order to focus locally on attendance a...[Read on] |
Women’s HerStory Month on ESPN
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Billie Jean King made history 35 years ago by beating Bobby Riggs in a tennis match in an iconic moment in the history of women’s sports. Today, a new generation of female athletes make their own history on playing fields across the country.
This month...[Read on] |
Soccer mom Joy Fawcett takes center stage
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Soccer hall of famer Joy Fawcett
The ultimate soccer mom reached the pinnacle of her sport Sunday.
“In my life, I’ve had two dreams: To play soccer at the highest level and to be a mother,” former United States Women’s National Team standout d...[Read on] |
Title IX: Celebrating opportunity for all
| It was a particularly lackluster practice and in typical fashion our basketball coach threw a bit of a fit. He went on a verbal rampage trying desperately to explain to this group of high school girls the possibilities that existed for them in sport.
He ...[Read on] |
Female athletes who paved the way for women in sports
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Male athletes usually take the sports spotlight, for both their looks and their athletic abilities. But they’re not the only ones competing.
Even before Title IX became law in 1972 and helped women gain access to equal opportunities in sports, women w...[Read on] |
ESPN features “The Selling of Candace Parker:” Can she transcend women’s sports?
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Today, ESPN released a cover story with Candace Parker as part of their complete package of features for Women’s History Month 2009.
The story is well written, clear, inspiring and balanced. What’s great about it is the focus - a story about how Cand...[Read on] |
See Mommy Run
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More and more, elite female athletes are taking on a challenge greater than sports. They’re returning to the competitive world of sports while juggling motherhood.
Soccer moms have led the charge. The U.S. Women’s National Team has consistently feat...[Read on] |
Volleyball star Megan Hodge and basketball standout Maya Moore both win 2010 Honda-Broderick Cup
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The Collegiate Women Sports Awards today announced that for only the second time in its 34-year history two female athletes have tied for the annual Honda-Broderick Cup, its top honor designating the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year.
This year’s wi...[Read on] |
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