Dara Torres clinched the silver medal in the 50m freestyle event on Sunday, losing by 0.1 seconds to Britta Steffen of Germany. “Holy crap” is the only thing that came to mind when I saw that finish. She exited the pool with watery eyes. She deserves nothing but congratulations for her efforts this year, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Soccer’
Torres Wins Silver, USA Soccer Goes for Gold
Posted in Famous Women in Sports, Olympics, Soccer, Swimming, tagged Angela Hucles, Beijing Olympics, Brazil, Britta Steffen, Dara Torres, finals, Germany, gold medal, Japan, Olympics, silver medal, Soccer, Swimming, United States, women's 50m, Women's 50meter freestyle, Women's Soccer on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Women’s Performances in Beijing Thus Far (some highlights)…
Posted in Cycling, Famous Women in Sports, Olympics, Other Sports, Sports Headlines, Sportsmanship, Swimming, Track and Field, Uncategorized, Volleyball, tagged United States, women, Swimming, Women's Football, Women's Soccer, Beijing, Soccer, Darra Torres, China, Summer Olympics, Wikipedia, Leni Larsen Kaurin, Germany, Brazil, archery, South Korea, Chen Xiexia, women's weightlifting, fencing, Mariel Zaguni, Norway, Katerina Emmons, Czech Republic, Olympic record, air rifle, air pistol, Guo Wenjun, Natalia Paderina, Nino Salukvadze, Georgia, Stephanie Rice, women's 400m individual medley, Kristy Coventry, Zimbabwe, Netherlands, Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon, Nicole Cooke, Cycling, Guo Jinging, Wu Minxia, women's springboard, judo, Xian Dongmei, Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemsherk, Marleen Veldhuis on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An exciting weekend in international sports as Beijing gets started. It’s only been just over three days and we’ve already seen some incredible performances. Below are some highlights of what’s happened for the women over the weekend, broken down by sport. I thoroughly enjoy the positive impact that Wikipedia has made on my life, as [...]
Jersey Shore’s Rampone Leads Women’s Soccer
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged attacker, back, Basketball, Christie Rampone, defensive back, Monmouth, New Jersey, scholarship, Soccer, striker, Tony DiCicco, USA captain, USA Soccer, Women's Football on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, Christie Rampone, captain of the U.S. Women’s Soccer team, led our country’s finest soccer players to compete in the preliminaries against Norway at 7:45am ET. But back in 1997, Christie Rampone was not the leader of Team USA. In fact, she was a senior at Monmouth University facing a very difficult decision. Before [...]
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 [...]
Wambach Broke Leg, Missing Olympics
Posted in Soccer, Sports Headlines, tagged Amy Wambach, broken leg, fibula, injury, Olympics, Soccer, sports injury, tibia, Women's Soccer, women's sports on July 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I read on the Pretty Tough blog [one of my new favorites in the blogosphere] that the US women’s soccer team played Brazil the other night for a friendly game. Only it didn’t turn out to be a regular night. Amy Wambach rushed to try to reach a ball defended by Brazilian player Maria Rosa late in [...]
Recent Grads: For Fitness and Fun, Play Rec Sports!
Posted in Basketball, Cycling, Fitness, Health, Soccer, Softball, Sports Programs, Sportsmanship, surfing, Swimming, tennis, Track and Field, tagged Basketball, coed rec sports, District of Columbia, flag football, Head First Sports Leagues, rec sports, Soccer, Washington DC on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you’re just out of college and you’re trying to get in shape but can’t seem to motivate yourself to get to the gym every day, I’ve got an answer for you. Try rec sports. As a former athlete, I didn’t really know what to do with myself when I realized it was all over. [...]
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