"teams" Articles & Blogs:
A Title IX Must-Read: Getting In the Game
| Hot off the press! Getting In the Game is a new book by Title IX expert Professor Debbie Brake from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. In the book, Brake examines how Title IX has affected and continues to affect many facets of college and scho...[Read on] |
Why Can’t DIII Football Be Co-Ed?
| Lebanon Valley College photo
By Laura Pappano
The phrase “college football” evokes testosterone-charged pre-U.S. Marine-style intensity and mammoth bodies colliding at ridiculously odd angles and high speeds.
That may accurately describe DI teams o...[Read on] |
Where's Cinderella?
| "Me and Caroline (her sister who is 2 and more into Elmo aka "Mel Mo") like Areil best". So I stood there looking at these plastic toys never having seen any of the movies (I wasn't a deprived kid, we just played more than we sat in front of a...[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] |
Volleyball reinstated at QU, Men's Track eliminated
| After being temporarily enjoined from cutting the women's volleyball program, Quinnipiac University has decided to permanently reinstate the team. This move will likely result in a settlement of the Title IX lawsuit against the university, according to t...[Read on] |
There’s a Title IX Game Being Played (and it’s NOT helping female athletes)
| By Laura Pappano
Whether or not a judge rules that Quinnipiac University has violated Title IX by cutting its Women’s Volleyball team is less newsworthy than what we learned in court today.
That is, coaches manipulated rosters to meet Title IX require...[Read on] |
What is it about professional sports that fuels grudges and vehement reactions to the opposing teams?
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Whoopi Goldberg, Liz Smith, Joan Ganz Cooney, Mary Wells and Candice
Bergen speak up about the uglier side of sportsQuestion of the Day | Today 4:00 amLiz Smith | Today 12:00 amLiz Smith: When Baseball Lost This Kid ...
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Moms, daughters play ball for cancer research
| Pink will be plentiful at this week’s third annual Susan G. Komen Girls Flag Football Tournament.
The three-day event, which includes two days of competition and a Bigger and Better Family Fun Night, is a fund-raiser for Susan G. Komen For the Cure.
Mor...[Read on] |
The cheerleading debate continues
| I am a little bit tired of talking about cheerleading but I have acquired a critical mass of stories (i.e. three) about cheerleading so it seemed to indicate that a blog post was in order.USA Today ran a point/counterpoint editorial on the merits ...[Read on] |
WNBA: Something just ain't right
| Something is different about the WNBA this year.I'm not talking about the so-called parity that has resulted in teams with veteran basketball stars regularly getting their butts kicked. I'm talking about the way many longtime WNBA supporters and fans have...[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] |
Delaware State violates Title IX with recent elimination of equestrian team
| Via Jarrett at HBCU Sports Blog, I learned that Delaware State University recently announced a decision to eliminate men's tennis and women's equestrian. The decision, which comes less than a year after announced elimination of the men's wrestling team, ...[Read on] |
USC women’s soccer defeats UCLA
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Playing in front of 8,527 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum, a new NCAA Women’s Soccer regular season record, the USC Trojans defeated the UCLA Bruins by a score of 1-0. USC had not beaten UCLA in the regular season since 1998. Still, USC’s win over UC...[Read on] |
LJ, Cappie & Catch dominate All-WNBA team voting
| LJ, Cappie & Catch Dominate All-WNBA Team Voting
The WNBA today announced the All-WNBA teams, and it was an extremely close race for top vote getter, much like the MVP award itself was. Again, it came down to Seattle Storm star (and MVP winner&...[Read on] |
Pretty Smart: Sally Ride Toy Challenge
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If you thought toys were just for fun, you’re wrong. Toys are also a great way to learn about science, engineering, and the design process! Creating a toy or game involves experiencing engineering as a fun, creative, collaborative process, relevant to e...[Read on] |
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] |
Are Females Interested in Supporting Women's Sports?
| NPR writer Frank Deford opens his article by highlighting all of the recent media attention given to female athletes. From Lindsey Vonn and Danica Patrick to Serena Williams, the media has taken notice. But, there seems to be a distinct divide where indiv...[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] |
"In one generation, young girls have gone from hoping there's a team to hoping they can make the team." -Mary Jo Kane
| In America, we’re all about the scores, the highlights, and the numbers…. So let’s take a look at some Title IX numbers:
In 1972, the average number of women’s sports teams offered per school was about 2… now, 38 years lat...[Read on] |
Womens professional soccer engages over 200,000 Twitter followers
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Photo credit: Womensprosoccer.com / Twitter.com
While most of us in digital marketing know that corporate use of social media is not, by any means, a popularity contest and the number of “followers” you have is by no means a measure of success, the...[Read on] |
The Evolution of the WNBA
| Efficiency, Pace, and Points
The WNBA crossed an important milestone this season. It was the first time the league averaged more than 1 point per possession. After being fairly flat for several years, the WNBA had it's most efficient offensive season...[Read on] |
WNBA’s Atlanta Dream use Facebook to give tickets, get fans
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I love what I’m seeing from WNBA marketing teams lately .
They’re finally catching on to the fact that if they engage directly with fans online, they will start to generate some attention (without much investment).
Here’s the latest…
The Atlant...[Read on] |
College Hoops: It’s The Girls’ Turn
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Who’s in? Who’s out? The NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament field was announced this evening as 64 teams waited to hear where they’ll be playing their first round games starting March 21.
March Madness & Final Four is a phenomenon that grips the ...[Read on] |
March Madness Online: Thank you, ESPN, for promoting women
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Ok, so March Madness has officially begun.
It’s my favorite time of the year!!
This year, I actually decided to participate (shocking) by filling out brackets and starting Women Talk Sports groups) for both the Men’s NCAA Championships (via CBS Spor...[Read on] |
Softball Players to the Media: “We Are Not Lesbians, Damn It”
| I don’t want to go back over the whole “Is Elena Kagan is a lesbian because she played softball 17 years ago” conversation, but I do want to note that the whole goofy discussion has, unfortunately as I feared, tapped in the homophobia that lurks jus...[Read on] |
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