"philadelphia" Articles & Blogs:
Obama meets Phillies, What about National Pro Fastpitch?
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On Friday, President Obama met the Philadelphia Phillies in Washington, DC. As a former resident of the Philadelphia area, I certainly found this intriguing and exciting.
However, I couldn’t help myself from asking… when’s the last time a President...[Read on] |
PUMA launches Project Pink
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On the heels of the biggest soccer event in the world (do you remember a little tournament in South Africa this summer called the World Cup?), sports brand PUMA is excited to announce a new initiative that links women’s soccer with a well-deserving caus...[Read on] |
Take a Knee: Teen Girls Talk B-Ball, Leadership, Life
| By Laura Pappano
Because we can all benefit from hearing serious young female athlete voices, we connected with three talented basketball players who just finished nine days at the summer academy run by the non-profit SportsChallenge Leadership & Edu...[Read on] |
2010 Women’s Professional Soccer Draft
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The Women’s Professional Soccer draft takes place next week, on January 15th in Philadelphia at the NSCAA National Convention.
The folks at WPS have done a great job keeping fans in the loop and as we countdown to the big day, they’ve polled a number...[Read on] |
Pondering the Chick Flick
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Please check out my latest piece for the Women’s Media Center: Pondering the Chick Flick
Most women, including feminists, have a love/hate relationship with the chick flick. A mere mention of the term can send you into a lather bemoaning the disparage...[Read on] |
Los Angeles Sol of WPS to fold
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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...[Read on] |
Gearing up for the WPS Draft
| As yu may know, I’m the Web Coordinator at Women’s Professional Soccer – So I wanted to give quick update here from my department at the league office. First off, the 2010 WPS Draft will be held on Friday, January 15th at 10am in Philadelphia, PA, i...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office This Weekend
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There are a several movies opening this weekend in limited release and both American Violet and Lemon Tree open wider.
American Violet opens in Boston; Philadelphia; San Francisco; Houston; Austin and Seattle. Here’s my interview with Regina Kelly wh...[Read on] |
Mel Greenberg says goodbye to the Inquirer but not to women’s basketball
| Twitpic from @jtannenwald: Farewell party for @womhoopsguru
He is known as the Guru. He is a walking encyclopedia of women’s basketball history, mostly because he witnessed, chronicled and helped shape it for four decades.
I first met Mel Greenber...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office This Weekend
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Julia- Opens in NY & LA
Tilda Swinton is one of those actresses of tremendous talent. I always find her fascinating to watch and am amazed at how completely different she is in all her roles. But sometimes her talent outweighs the film she is in, and...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office This Weekend- May 29
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Opening This Week
Pressure Cooker- directed by Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker (at the IFC in NY)
Here’s the description from the press materials: Three seniors at Philadelphia’s Frankford High School find an unlikely champion in the kitchen of Wil...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Lisa Scottoline
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I read this interview yesterday and it totally cracked me up. I haven’t read Scottoline’s books but I am now adding them to my list. I guess I must be the only one who hasn’t read them because there are 25 million in print. She now has a non-f...[Read on] |
WPS stays alive
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Earlier this month we learned that FC Gold Pride and the Washington Freedom had failed to make escrow payments, to secure a 2011 season. The deadline was extended to mid-November, so that hopefully new investors would step up and save the teams from foldi...[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] |
Throwing it back:12 year old girl sues over a milestone baseball
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A 12-year-old Florida girl who grabbed a historic home run ball hit by Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard over the summer has her prize back after suing the team for its return.
According to the AP, the July home run against the Florida Marlins ...[Read on] |
Who is a real fan? Try little girls with wash-off tattoos (and player stats at the ready)
| By Lindsay Rico
The game was over. Tied. But the excitement was just beginning. About 100 fans (and parents) leaned over steel barriers holding out soccer balls, jerseys, t-shirts—anything that would take ink —eager for the Boston Breakers an...[Read on] |
WPS surpasses 200,000 followers on Twitter
| I’m pretty sure this is the first WPS Press Release I’ve posted on my website, but, well…. this one’s at least worth a quickee cuz I’m stinkin’ proud!
WPS Surpasses 200,000 Followers on Twitter
League to Provide Behind the Scenes 2010 WPS Dr...[Read on] |
Pro Squash player Suzie Pierrepont talks passion, tournaments, and — yep — women’s (lower) pay
| By Sarah Odell
I met professional squash player Suzie Pierrepont last spring at the U25 National Doubles Tournament at the Field Club of Greenwich, CT. Suzie, a 23-year-old Brit, is ranked 25th in the world and is now based in the U.S. at the Apawamis Cl...[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] |
ChickSpeak hearts Chelsea Handler
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She’s hilarious, honest, adorable, and above all else, she’s definitely someone id love to be friends with. She’s the uber talented Chelsea Handler, and chances are she’s soon to be coming to a city near you.
Handler, the hysterical host of her...[Read on] |
Who says “blue” must be male? Female baseball umpire Perry Barber wants more women making the calls.
| By Megan Wood
When umpire Perry Barber steps behind the catcher, fans often do a double-take when they glimpse the ponytail resting on the back of her uniform. Female umpires are not only rare, but practically unheard of. Barber is one of only eight wo...[Read on] |
Six screen goddesses who transformed femininity through film
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Beautiful. Smart. And sometimes dangerous. These women singlehandedly transformed female roles on the big screen. Who can forget Elizabeth Taylor as the Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra or Katharine Hepburn as the British Methodist missionary in “The African ...[Read on] |
Sundance 2010- The Competition Lineup
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The Sundance Film Festival released a good amount of the lineup for the next festival and it looks at first glance to be dark and very boy oriented. Women account for only 4 out of the 16 (25%) of dramatic films in competition. Women are better repres...[Read on] |
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