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WomenTalkSports.com welcomes you to the “Twitter Lounge”
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Women Talk Sports Twitter Lounge
As many of you know, I am one of the co-founders of WomenTalkSports.com, so I am a bit biased when I write this post. However, our site has grown tremendously, and our new Twitter Lounge resource is so good that I felt ...[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] |
Pretty Tough Podcast - The Future of Women’s Sports Online
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Interview with Jane Schonberger, founder of PrettyTough.com and co-founder of WomenTalkSports.com, two of the premier websites for female athletes and fans of women’s sports. Jane discusses:
Inspiration for launching online communities for...[Read on] |
This week: New York Liberty tickets giveaway contest; sports industry career fair
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Check it out – there’s a giveaway for tickets to the 7/30 New York Liberty game vs the Washington Mystics over at WomenTalkSports.com.
If you work in the industry and you live in New York, it may benefit you to attend the Liberty’s career fair bein...[Read on] |
Stringer rightfully complains about Rutgers’ failure to market her program
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Rutgers women’s basketball team have done it again - they’re on their fourth trip to the elite eight in five years. That’s pretty amazing.
But in an article released on NJ.com today, head women’s basketball coach Vivian Stringer was not happy.
I...[Read on] |
Twitter: A huge hit in sports, especially for women
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When Jayda Evans of the Seattle Times called me a few weeks ago and asked me what I thought about Twitter’s role in the future of women’s sports, I told her that it could only be a good thing.
Jayda, a Seattle Times blogger and writer, later publishe...[Read on] |
Win a copy of Serena Williams’ new book
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Are you a Serena fan? If so, you don’t want to miss the chance to read her new memoir, “On The Line” out in stores on Sept. 1st. And for five lucky Women Talk Sports winners – the book is free!
One of the biggest stars in tennis, Serena Williams ...[Read on] |
David vs. Goliath: NCAA one step closer to its champion
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As of last night, there are now two teams left in the greatest basketball tournament of the year: University of Connecticut Huskies and the Louisville Cardinals.
Yesterday, UConn seemed to easily handle Stanford, winning 83-64, and Louisville squeaked by...[Read on] |
Women’s pro soccer league to allow in-game ‘tweets’
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I admit it - I’m addicted to Twitter.
So it comes as good news that while in-game Twitter posts might be a technical foul of sorts in the NBA, at least one sports league is embracing the idea of having players use the social networking Web site during ...[Read on] |
President Obama fills out women’s brackets for ESPN
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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...[Read on] |
Happy Ada Lovelace Day
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Today is Ada Lovelace Day - an international celebration of women in technology.
Who was Ada? The daughter of poet Lord Byron and the Countess of Lovelace, Ada Lovelace (b. Dec. 10 1815) is considered the world’s first computer programmer. She was one ...[Read on] |
Blogs With Balls: Female sports community ignored, again
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If you’re familiar with the mammoth multi-billion dollar male sports blogging scene, you’ve probably heard of A.J. Daulerio of Deadspin, Spencer Hall of The Sporting Blog or Dan Kellyand of the Bleacher Report.
Chances are, if you know these guys, ...[Read on] |
Best of ‘09: Forming a community, WomenTalkSports.com
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This post is the start of a series this week in the WomenTalkSports.com network titled “Best of ‘09.” Throughout this week, our community will be posting about their favorite moments in women’s sports in 2009.
There’s no doubt, 2009 was an exci...[Read on] |
Women Talk Sports Blogderby: Round 2
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Intro: Welcome to the Women Talk Sports (WTS) Blogderby, Round 2.
Every few weeks, we’ll “pass the torch” to a different blogger in our community who will be responsible for rounding up the best blog posts about women’s sports.
Megan from Beca...[Read on] |
Win a pink putter for Mother’s Day
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Do you love to golf? Or - do you have a mom who’s a golfer?
Tell why you, or your mom, deserves a new putter for Mother’s Day and you could win one of two pink putters (retail value $149 each) courtesy of Sweet Spot Golf and Women Talk Sports...[Read on] |
The power of the telephone: feminism, sports and social change
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Billie Jean King. Photo credit: Blog.taragana.com/sports
I’ve been blogging the past couple of weeks about social media and its impact upon women in sport – mainly due to my own personal interests but also to fulfill a class requirement. This week,...[Read on] |
My first Final Four
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Generally when I go to a women’s sporting event, I’m sitting on press row reporting on the competition or on the sidelines taking photographs. Rarely do I get to attend a game – no less a championship game – as a fan. Well I got that chance last w...[Read on] |
A conversation: Tucker Center, Twitter and women’s sports (Part 5)
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Photo Credit: Tucker Center, Facebook, Twitter Logos
This blog post is part 5 of a series discussing my experiences with social media as they relate to advocacy issues that highly affect the women’s sport sphere. This is an assignment for a cl...[Read on] |
Women Talk Sports Blogderby: Round 1
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Intro: Welcome to the very first Women Talk Sports (WTS) Blogderby, Round 1.
Every few weeks, we will “pass the torch” to a different blogger in our community who will be responsible for rounding up the best blog posts about women’s sports.
If y...[Read on] |
Take the stairs – the piano stairs
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It’s great when viral videos do more than just make us laugh.
Recently, we learned about a great video created by the Nike Foundation called the Girl Effect (definitely worth checking out)
We came across another video today from TheFunTheory.com. The...[Read on] |
Martina Navratilova battling cancer with Kilimanjaro climb
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Nine-time Wimbledon champion and retired tennis legend Martina Navratilova is refusing to let her recent breast cancer diagnosis slow her down – she’s preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro later this year.
Doctors caught the condition in its early s...[Read on] |
Secretary Clinton to Launch Women’s World Cup Initiative
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Pretty Smart! On Monday June 6, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will launch the Women’s World Cup Initiative: Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports. The event, which will be streamed live on www.state.gov. will take place 9:30 am...[Read on] |
Women's Hoops Hoopla: UConn Champions, WNBA Draft & more
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In case you’ve been living in a hole, here’s an update on what’s been happening in the world of women’s basketball.
On Tuesday night, the UConn women finished out their perfect season by beating Louisville 76-54 and capturing the NCAA championshi...[Read on] |
Once upon a time, the WNBA reached out to female bloggers…
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And they lived happily ever after.
This is not a fairytale - it’s truth.
Today, the WNBA reached out to me (on behalf of Women Talk Sports), @techmama Beth Blecherman of Silicon Valley Mom Blogs’ Techmamas, @PunditMom of PunditMom and Sarah, @GoonS...[Read on] |
Why female golfers need to start “stepping up to the tee” online
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Found out two interesting pieces of news about the female golf community. Apparently, not only has Golf for Women Magazine gone out of business, but golf (in general) is also unfair to women (shocking).
I’m completely aware that I’m slightly late to ...[Read on] |
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