Diversity in College Sports: WSF Report is “most accurate description to date”

The Women’s Sports Foundation came out with an incredibly interesting report yesterday, which could be the most accurate description of college sports’ participation patterns to date. The report even made The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch, indicating its overall importance to society. While more women are participating in recent years than ever, the report, entitled [...]

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Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh on Ellen

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 [...]

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The “Sex” Test at the Olympics

Last week, Olympic officials set up a “gender determination lab” to test the gender of female athletes suspected to be male. This spurred a beautifully written Op Ed in the New York Times. I encourage all readers (female athletes in particular) to take a look. The subject of a “sex test” began back in 1968 [...]

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More Proof of What Male Sports Bloggers Only Care About…

According to The Nutz blog, it seems to be only what we look like, not so much how well we play…

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Women Over 30: It’s Not Over

Once an athlete, always an athlete. You never lose it. Your entire life, you have certain values ingrained in you that make you who you are. Teamwork, goal-setting, discipline, competitiveness, leadership, fair play… we all know how it works. So when a friend of mine sent me a link for a feature by Curve magazine [...]

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