In today’s issue of USA Today, we earned an entire section of the paper. Its title: “Women in Sports.” I almost jumped out of my chair when I started reading. Seven complete pages of content and photos of women who have completed milestones in sport. The cover article is particularly interesting. Heather Tucker published a [...]
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USA Today, female athletes, milestones and progress
Posted in Basketball, Drag Car Racing, Famous Women in Sports, NASCAR, Sports Headlines, Sports Journalism, tennis, tagged Battle of the Sexes, Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, Candace Parker, challenges, coaches, coaching, Danica Patrick, glass ceiling, Heather Tucker, heroines, Indy Racing League, Indy-car race, Josh Smith, managing, McDonald's All American, milestones, NASCAR, NBA, sports, team ownership, Title IX, USA Today on September 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Oprah Welcomes Olympic Athletes for Premier
Posted in Famous Women in Sports, From the blogosphere, Gymnastics, Olympics, Soccer, Softball, Sports Headlines, Sports Journalism, Swimming, tagged Beijing, Candace Parker, Jennie Finch, Kerri Walsh, Kristin Armstrong, Lisa Leslie, Mariel Zagunis, Misty May-Treanor, Nastia Liukin, Olympic Softball, Olympics, Water Polo, women's basketball on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
WSF Sportswoman of the Year Contest
Posted in Contests, Famous Women in Sports, Sports Headlines, Sportsmanship, Uncategorized, tagged Allison Fisher, Anastasia Davydova, Anastasia Ermakova, Ashley Fiolek, Candace Parker, Hannah Nielsen, Hayley Wickenheiser, individual, Jessica Mendoza, Kerri Walsh, Lindsey Vonn, Lorena Ochoa, Mao Asada, Marta Vieira da Silva, Misty May-Treanor, Nastia Liukin, Natalie Coughlin, New York City, Patty Cisneros, Rebecca Ward, Sandra Kiriasis, Sportswoman of the Year, team, Venus and Serena Williams, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Waldorf-Astoria, Women's Sports Foundation, Yelena Isinbayeva on August 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Suspensions Handed Out for WNBA Fight
Posted in Basketball, Sports Headlines, tagged aggression, Basketball, Candace Parker, Deanna Nolan, DeLisha Milton-Jones, Detroit Shock, discipline, Donna Orender, fight, fighting, league, Lisa Leslie, Los Angeles Sparks, Murriel Page, Plenette Pierson, Rick Mahorn, Shannon Bobbit, suspensions, WNBA fight, women's basketball on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The wrath has been disclosed in response to Tuesday night’s mayhem fight in the WBNA. Detroit Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn as well as 10 players were suspended for contributing to the fight that made headlines across the world. In total, four were ejected from the game on Tuesday night, and now eleven people received [...]
Fight Breaks Out in WBNA
Posted in Basketball, Sports Headlines, tagged brawl, Candace Parker, Candace Parker and Plenette Pierson, Detroit Shock, fight, LA Sparks, Los Angeles Sparks, Pierson and Parker, Plenette Pierson, WNBA fight on July 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In a game last night between Detroit and Los Angeles, a fight broke out. It seems like there was a long of pushing and shoving, but it boiled down to Candace Parker of the LA Sparks and Plenette Pierson of Detroit Shock. The benches cleared on this one. Well, this is one way we can [...]
Best Athlete: Show Her The Money!
Posted in Basketball, Famous Women in Sports, Soccer, Sports Headlines, Sports Journalism, tagged Basketball, best female athlete, best male athlete, Candace Parker, David Beckham, endorsements, ESPY awards, ESPY best athlete, LA Galaxy, Major League Soccer, salary, Soccer, sports, WNBA on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Check out the size difference between ESPY winners Candace Parker and David Beckham. Parker was awarded “Best Female Athlete” and Beckham was awarded “Best Male Athlete.” I thought this picture from a recent USA Today article was priceless. Special thanks to Rob Mars from Athletic Women Blog for calling attention to it. I seriously wish [...]
Women COVERED at ESPYs!!!
Posted in Basketball, Famous Women in Sports, Other Sports, Soccer, Softball, Sports Headlines, Sports Journalism, tagged Candace Parker, ESPN, ESPY, ESPY award, ESPY awards, ESPYs, Gretchen Loeiler, Lorena Ochoa, Maria Sharapova on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you, ESPN!!! You covered women’s sports at the ESPY’s. On Thursday night, you gave these girls what they deserve – public attention and admiration, something they don’t always see. Also, thank you to the Women’s Sports Foundation, who bring the blow information (and other great information) to their site. Inaugurated in 1993, the ESPY [...]
WNBA Sees Second Slam Dunk
Posted in Basketball, Famous Women in Sports, Sports Headlines, Uncategorized, tagged Candace Parker, dunk, Nancy Lieberman-Klein, NPR, slam dunk, women dunking, women's basketball, women's slam dunk on July 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I know I’m a little late reporting, but I find this to be a marked place in the history of women’s basketball. On June 22, 2008, Candace Parker slammed the second women’s dunk in the WNBA. She’s been dunking since high school, but this marked only the second time someone has done it professionally, and [...]
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