Want to play professional women’s soccer? You have until 8pm ET (5pm PT) on Friday, October 3 to register to be listed on the draft board for the WPS General Draft, taking place on Monday, October 6, 2008. To register, players must complete the Prospective Player Form found on the WPS website, here. I think [...]
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Oct. 3 deadline for players to register for WPS draft
Posted in Famous Women in Sports, Soccer, tagged Christine Rampone, Division I Athletes, draft, Monmouth University, NCAA, Prospective Player Form, Women's Professional Soccer, WPS, WPS general draft on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Detroit Shock headed to WNBA finals
Posted in Basketball, Famous Women in Sports, Sports Headlines, tagged Alexis Hornbuckle, AP article, Basketball, Deanna Nolan, Detroit Shock, Eastern Conference Finals, ESPN2, finals, game, Loree Moore, playoffs, points, San Antonio Stars, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, WNBA playoffs, women's basketball on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Gina Carano and Women’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
Posted in Famous Women in Sports, martial arts, Sports Headlines, tagged bout, EliteXC, EliteXC poster-girl, fight, fighting, Gina Carano, grapple, Kelly Kobald, martial arts, Mixed Martial Arts, MMA, physical violence, strike, ultimate fighting, violence, women's martial arts, Xtreme Couture fighter on September 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Gina Carano, an undefeated Xtreme Couture fighter (6-0), is starting to become known as the “face” of women’s mixed martial arts (MMA). However, according to MMAjunkie.com, this is not exactly the type of label she wishes to hold. For those of you who are unfamiliar, MMA is a full contact combat sport that employs various [...]
WNBA: Detroit Tops Liberty in the East, Sparks Eliminated by Stars in the West
Posted in Basketball, Sports Headlines, Sports Journalism, tagged Becky Hammon, championship, Deanna Nolan, Detroit Shock, ESPN, ESPN2, LA Sparks, Los Angeles Sparks, New York Liberty, playoffs, San Antonio Stars, Silver Stars, WNBA, WNBA playoffs on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday’s WNBA action was certainly exciting for both the Eastern and Western Conference Finals. The Detroit Shock beat NY Liberty 64-55, and LA Sparks were eliminated by San Antonio Silver stars, 76-72. The two heroes of the day were Deanna Nolan of the Detroit Shock (pictured on the right) and Becky Hammon of the San [...]
Reminder: WNBA Playoff Games Today
Posted in Basketball, tagged 3pm, 5pm, Detroit Shock, Eastern Division Championship, ESPN, ESPN 2, finals, LA Sparks, New York Liberty, San Antonio Stars, Sunday, Western Division Championship, WNBA, women's basketball on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Misty May-Treanor on Dancing With the Stars
Posted in Famous Women in Sports, From the blogosphere, Olympics, Volleyball, tagged culture, Dancing With the Stars, gold medal, Kerri Walsh, Misty May-Treanor, Misty May-Treanor and dancing, Olympics, video, women and sports, women's volleyball on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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: Her participation in Dancing With the Stars shows that popular culture is valuing the contribution that May-Treanor and Walsh have made upon our [...]
WPS Held International Draft This Week
Posted in Famous Women in Sports, Soccer, Sports Headlines, tagged Australia, Aya Miyama, Bay Area, Boston Breakers, Canada, Caroline Jonsson, Christine Sinclair, Cristiane, Daniela, draft, Erika, Eriko Arakawa, Ester, Fabina, Formiga, Han Duan, Heather Garriock, Homare Sawa, International Draft, Japan, Karen Carney, Kelly Parker, Kelly Smith, Lisa De Vanna, Los Angeles, Lotta Schelin, Louisa Necib, Margret Lara vidarsdottir, Marta, Maycon, Melissa Tancredi, preseason draft, Renata Costa, Rosana, Sarah Walsh, Shinobu Ohno, Sonia Bompastor, St. Louis, Women's Professiona Soccer, WPS on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Women’s Professional Soccer League (WPS) is well on its way to making a reappearance to our cities (exciting!). This week was the first step in that process, as the league underwent its first international draft. Each team was allowed to draft four international players, providing teams with the opportunity to begin a formal negotiation process [...]
Another Disgusting Blog Post from The Big Lead
Posted in Basketball, From the blogosphere, Objectification in Sports Blogs, Sports Headlines, Sports Journalism, tagged college basketball, Dallas Morning News, Jennifer Colli, lesbians, Rhonda Rompola, scholarship, SMU, The Big Lead, Tim Tebow, Urban Meyer, WNBA, WNBA finals, women's college basketball on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Big Lead, one of the most-read, popular sports blogs on the Web posted today about lesbian relationships in college basketball. His source: The Dallas Morning News (great pick! <insert sarcasm here>). This story discusses a female basketball player named Jennifer Colli at SMU who is suing the school and its head coach basketball Rhonda [...]
College Sports Council: SIT DOWN!
Posted in Sports Headlines, Sports Programs, tagged bias, College Sports Council, CSC, Eric Pearson, female athletes, gender, gender and sports, John Cheslock, male athletes, men, opposition, participation, research, sports, Title IX, Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal Law, women, Women's Sports Foundation on September 25, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I read an interesting article this morning on the Wall Street Journal’s Law page about the Women’s Sports Foundation’s report on gender, money and sports. This WSJ article provides two unique perspectives: one from Title IX’s biggest opposer, the College Sports Council, and one from an unbiased researcher. The major finding of the WSF report [...]
WNBA: Liberty offering cheap tickets Friday!
Posted in Basketball, Marketing and Advertising, Special offers, tagged code, Detroit Shock, Eastern Conference Finals, game, LA Sparks, Los Angeles Sparks, New York Liberty, preview, San Antonio Stars, Ticketmaster, tickets, Western Conference Finals, WNBA, WNBA playoffs, women's basketball on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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