Bringing a voice to women’s sports
Posted in NCAA, Olympics, inspiration on Jan 2nd, 2009
Here’s a special treat - a homemade video that I created with Jane from Pretty Tough this week. I hope you like it! Please feel free to embed or slap on your Facebook page.
These women worked hard this year, and they certainly deserve the credit.
Posted in Basketball, College, Famous Women in Sports, From the blogosphere, NCAA, Olympics, Sports Headlines, Sports Journalism, Track and Field on Nov 30th, 2008
Below is my roundup - hope you enjoy!
Lauren at Feministe discusses the beauty and power displayed in the image of female bodybuilders - an image that “isn’t that of a delicate orchid.”
Jane from Pretty Tough gives a great recap of what’s happening in the women’s figure skating industry. I know I’ve said this before, but [...]
Posted in From the blogosphere, Olympics, Politics, Track and Field on Nov 22nd, 2008
Adam Jacobs from The Final Sprint has written a very interesting article about USA Track & Field. Titled Disfunction Run Amuck: USA Track & Field and the Need for Change, this article is a great read for those interested in investigative journalism and corruption at one of the highest levels of the sport. Hopefully this [...]
I came across this interesting article in the New York Times. It turns out wrestling has been a growing sport for women for the last twenty years. Girls are walking out onto the mat everyday across America, standing up, and utilizing their right to wrestle. According to the article, Women Want to [...]
Posted in Other Sports on Oct 8th, 2008
With the European Table Tennis championships having occurred in St.Petersburg, Russia yesterday, I thought it’d be fitting to post a YouTube video I found on the sport, titled, “A Tribute to Women’s Table Tennis.”
I’ve never seen pro women’s table tennis before. I know it existed in the Olympics, but never was able to catch it [...]
Posted in Famous Women in Sports, From the blogosphere, Olympics, Volleyball on Sep 26th, 2008
Right off the plane from willing the Olympic Gold Medal Beijing’s Volleyball championship, Misty May-Treanor was enrolled in Dancing With the Stars. She debuted this week. Check out this video on YouTube:
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Her participation in Dancing With the Stars shows that popular culture is valuing the contribution that May-Treanor and Walsh have made upon our society. [...]
Posted in Famous Women in Sports, From the blogosphere, Gymnastics, Olympics, Soccer, Softball, Sports Headlines, Sports Journalism, Swimming on Sep 12th, 2008
Only two things can get 150 U.S. Olympic stars in one city at one time: the actual Olympics, and, of course, the most powerful woman in the world: Oprah.
Oprah’s season premier couldn’t have been staged any better as she called for the country’s greatest athletes together for a “welcome home” celebration on her show in [...]
Posted in Olympics, Volleyball on Sep 11th, 2008
I Tivo’d this episode of Ellen last night to catch Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh. Found it on YouTube today.
Something I find particularly interesting is our culture’s obsession with them wearing baithing suits (barely nothing). And Ellen makes a point to bring up that Kerri smacks Misty May on the butt when they do well.
Is [...]
Posted in Olympics, Sports Headlines, Track and Field on Aug 22nd, 2008
Yesterday morning, Erin Donohue ran in a big, BIG race: the 1500m qualifier. Maybe it was all the hype, maybe it was all the attention, or maybe she just wanted it too much. Regardless, her Olympic performance ended on the track in Beijing yesterday, as she finished eighth. She needed to be in the top [...]
Posted in Olympics, Softball, Sports Headlines on Aug 21st, 2008
I just heard some shocking news… USA softball LOST to Japan, 3-1 today. Japan took gold; USA took silver.
This is the first lost for USA softball since January 2000. According to an article I read on Newser, this is the sport’s last appearance in the Olympics for at least 8 years. The Americans’ dominance was [...]
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