Vivian Stringer (Rutgers) and Pat Summitt (Tennessee) are without a doubt two of the biggest names in women’s basketball.
On January 3, the coaches’ teams battled it out for the 27th time. The Lady Vols’ 20-point comeback in the second half made school history.
Together, Stringer and Summitt have compiled 1,805 victories over 73 seasons, and they’re [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 3rd, 2008
I was fortunate last night to attend a matchup between the University of Tennessee and George Washington University in Washington, DC. The gym was almost full, and within the last five minutes of the game, everyone was on their feet.
Prior to the game, I had received a Facebook invite from a friend for an event [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Basketball, Sports Journalism on Nov 20th, 2008
On Monday, one of the biggest sports news networks, ESPN, proves the purpose and need for media outlets like becauseiplayedsports.com. The coverage of men and women’s sports are indeed unevenly balanced.
“Hoopalooza”, ESPN’s first annual College Hoops Tip- Off Marathon, kicked off on Monday. It was 23 consecutive hours of college basketball coverage, 14 live games, [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Basketball, College, Swimming on Oct 21st, 2008
Sunday night in Indianapolis the NCAA announced Nkolika “Nicky” Anosike 2008 Woman of the Year. Anosike led the Lady Vols of Tennessee to back-to-back Women’s Basketball National Championships. Being an avid watcher of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament and regular season play, I could not be happier with the NCAA’s decision! Not only is Anosike [...]
Read Full Post »
The Detroit Shock defeated the New York Liberty tonight, 75-73 in game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.
According to the AP article, Deanna Nolan scored 21 points and Taj McWilliams-Franklin put in 19 to help the Detroit Shock reach the WNBA finals for the third straight season.
This was definately an exciting game. The Shock were [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Basketball on Sep 28th, 2008
Just a reminder to everyone: WNBA playoffs are today, taking place in Detroit. Tune in to ESPN2.
At 3pm EST, Detroit Shock plays NY Liberty for the East; right now, the Liberty are up 1-0.
At 5pm EST, the LA Sparks take on San Antonio Stars for the West; right now, the two teams are tied at [...]
Read Full Post »
If you’re in the New York area on Friday night, you should consider getting tickets to the New York Liberty - they’re selling them, cheap!
In case you aren’t aware, WNBA is right in the height of their playoffs. Friday’s game will be a great preview and might be your last change to see a game.
Semifinals [...]
Read Full Post »
I came across this podcast on the WBCA Web site. Beth Mowins and Debbie Antonelli were at Nike Nationals in South Carolina this summer, one of biggest AAU recruiting event of the year. This is a great overall outline of what we’re looking at for women’s basketball on multiple talent levls.
They talk about the recruiting [...]
Read Full Post »
14-year-old Jaime Nared is making headlines across the country. So far, she’s been on ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN’s Headline News and featured in Thursday’s New York Times as well as big time sports blogs like The Bleacher Report. Why? Because she’s breaking barriers.
Gender barriers… in basketball.
The NY Times calls her “12 going on Candace [...]
Read Full Post »
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 [...]
Read Full Post »
