Her Sports Rounds: The best of women’s sports

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 [...]

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Women Fight for the Right to Wrestle

I came across this interesting article in the New York Times. It turns out wrestling has been a growing sport for women for the last twenty years. Girls are walking out onto the mat everyday across America, standing up, and utilizing their right to wrestle. According to the article, Women Want to Wrestle; Small Colleges [...]

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Thanks to Keri Mikulski

I wanted to extend a special thanks to Keri Mikulski for posting an interview about me on her blog. Thanks again, Keri! Keri Mikulski is the author of Screwball, a book about women’s softball. Keri is a former softball coach at the high school I graduated from. She’s very passionate about women’s sports and is [...]

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Steph Gilmore Wins Rip Curl, Heads to Billabong

Steph Gilmore took first place at the Rip Curl Mademoiselle in France last week and is headed with momentum toward the Billabong Girls Pro Rio – event No 4 of 8 on the 2008 ASP Women’s World Tour. Surfing is an incredible sport. I love to watch people like Steph Gilmore who are so awesome [...]

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Exclusive Interview – Jane Schonberger from Pretty Tough

I recently had the unique opportunity to interview a pioneer who has dedicated her career to bringing a voice to women’s sports, Jane Schonberger. Jane is the founder and “Chief Trailblazer” for Pretty Tough, a #1 site for female athletes and fans of women’s sports. Geared toward young girls and their growing desire to play [...]

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Pretty Tough blog has great Olympic coverage

I was searching for another source for coverage of women in the Olympics, and once again, was brought back to the Pretty Tough blog. They are featuring their Girls Guide: Olympic wire for each day the Olympics are going. I highly encourage you to check it out as a source for up-to-date information. As soon [...]

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“Pretty Tough” is a Favorite in Female Sports Blogs

I have to say, it’s been awhile since I’ve discovered such a great women’s sports blog as Pretty Tough. I came across the link as I searched through the BlogHer “Sports and Fitness” blogs category. I’m really glad that I did. This blog provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the female sports scene. Even though the [...]

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