…Because I Played Sports

Check out this video, via the Women’s Sports Foundation:

Great to see Sheryl’s support, and she has some really great things to say as a former athlete about the opportunities created for her later in life.
She also promotes physical activity through the GoGirlGo campaign (which is a great contest that high school girls and AAU teams [...]

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The NCAA has released its first pregnancy handbook - a long-awaited resource for information and support for administrators and coaches.
The Women’s Sports Foundation says,
“The first of its kind, this critical publication suggests model athletics department policies, a model student-athlete handbook statement and certified athletic trainer best practices. The final chapter shares stories of successful male and female [...]

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NCAA President Myles Brand told USA Today last week that Title IX is not to blame for cutting men’s programs during tough economic times.
In my opinion, this is a message that was barely heard and needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
Because of tough economic times, the NCAA expects that some schools may drop men’s [...]

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This past week, Billie Jean King was named “Global Mentor For Gender Equality” by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, the world’s leading global sport for women.
According to the Women’s Sports Foundation,
“The appointment of Billie Jean King to the new role brings together the sporting world’s [...]

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Each week, I will be featuring Her Sports Rounds, a blog round-up of the best postings on women’s sports.
From stories of the best athletes to funny YouTube videos and Presidential nominees’ comments on Title IX, the women’s sports blogosphere brought a lot of great information to the table this week!
Sheila Weaver over at She Loves [...]

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I’ve been seeing more and more of this V is for Victory campaign flying around the blogosphere. For example, it can be found on one of my favorite bloggers’ sites, Women Like Sports.
The Women’s Sports Foundation is sponsoring/pioneering this campaign - which I completely support. (Hell - anything is something, right?)
Essentially, these are a series [...]

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Perry Lee Barber is one of the first female umpires in baseball history. Today, she’s sharing her story - and it’s a great one.
Women everywhere should listen.
An interview with Barber is posted on the Women’s Sports Foundation. Also, you can read Barber’s commentary on her personal blog, Officially speaking…
The interview on WSF is awesome - [...]

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Jennie Finch, Jessica Mendoza and the USA softball team will be at the Sports Museum in New York city this Monday.
They will be meeting sports fans and signing autographs from 11am-1pm. This is a unique opportunity, so if you’re in the area and have off on Columbus day (or even if you don’t) you should [...]

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The Women’s Sports Foundation is holding a poll/contest on their Web site to select two champion athletes (one team, one individual) for their Sportswoman of the Year Award.

Award winners will be announced on October 14, 2008, and honored at the Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York [...]

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Check out this video of Donna Lopiano, CEO of the Women’s Sports Foundation. In this clip, she explains why media networks do not support women’s sports as much as men’s.

“It has no relation to public interest,” Dr. Lopiano says, “and our only hope lies in the digital universe.”
THANK YOU DONNA!
Like I said before, the only [...]

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