Layne Beachley is regarded as the best female professional surfer in history. I was sad to read on Sporty Sistas that Beachley has felt the unending pressures of body image that her career has placed upon her. This is big news since this is someone whose ego should be boosted – she’s won the World [...]
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Layne Beachle, surfing and body image
Posted in Famous Women in Sports, From the blogosphere, Marketing and Advertising, surfing, tagged admiration, advertising, Beneath the Waves, body image, chronic fatique, endorsed athletes, endorsements, Health, Layne Beachley, liposuction, looks, media, professional, sex appeal, sexiness, sporting success, Sporty Sistas, surfing, tummy tuck, winners, women, women's surfing, world championship on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With Leather discusses women and the sport of hunting
Posted in From the blogosphere, Hunting, Sports Journalism, tagged camouflage, Foxy Huntress, gender-specific hunting spokeswomen, guns, hunter, Hunting, marketing, SHESafari, sport, Wall Street Journal, weapons, With Leather, women, womenhunters on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I read something interesting today on a popular male sports blog, With Leather. This news certainly caught my attention, but this blogger’s opinion left me a bit less than thrilled. (Check out the picture to the right for example A) According to the Wall Street Journal, because fewer and fewer men are going hunting, the [...]
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 [...]
Diversity in College Sports: WSF Report is “most accurate description to date”
Posted in From the blogosphere, Marketing and Advertising, Sports Headlines, Sports Journalism, Sports Programs, tagged athletic programs, athletics, Basketball, college sports diversity, color, diversity, enrollment management strategies, football, health care, high school sports, intercollegiate athletics, international students, Market Watch, men's college sports, NCAA, NCAA Division I-A, participation levels, spending, sports, sports participation, women on September 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Mary Garber, Thank you
Posted in Famous Women in Sports, From the blogosphere, Sports Headlines, Sports Journalism, tagged footsteps, Marie Hardin, Mary Garber, sports, sports broadcasting, Sports Media and Society, sportswriter, Winston-Salem Journal, woman, women on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, I read on Marie Hardin’s Sports, Media and Society blog that sports writer Mary Garber died over the weekend at the age of 92. As far as can be determined, she was the first full-time woman sportswriter at a daily newspaper in the country, and she certainly had the longest career. Mary Garber [...]
Nike “Here I Am” European Commercial
Posted in From the blogosphere, inspiration, Marketing and Advertising, Other Sports, tagged European athletes, European commercial, Here I Am, Here I Am campaign, judo, macho, mental strength, Nike, Nikewomen, Nikewomen.com, Pan-European, sports, women, Women Like Sports on September 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Check this out – found it on Women Like Sports blog. As part of its Pan-European ‘Here I am’ campaign, in which Nike strives to inspire a new generation of women to experience the impact of sports on life, Nike is launching a series of animated films featuring five young female European athletes. Each film [...]
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh on Ellen
Posted in Olympics, Volleyball, tagged athletics, baithing suits, butt slap, comedy, Elllen, Kerri Walsh, Misty May-Treanor, Misty-May Treanor and Kerri Walsh on Ellen, Olympic volleyball, Olympics, Tivo, Volleyball, women, YouTube on September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
(Interview) Because She Played… Erica Ortiz, Professional Drag Racer
Posted in Drag Car Racing, Famous Women in Sports, Feminism, Interviews, Objectification in Sports Blogs, Other Sports, Sports Journalism, tagged blog, crew, Drag Car Racing, drag racing, Erica Ortiz, female drag racers, female drivers, Horsepower and Heels, marketing, race track, spectators, sponsorship, sports, track, TV series, varsity sports, visitors, Web site, win, women on September 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
About a week ago, Erica Ortiz e-mailed me to let me know that she picked me as one of her top 5 favorite blogs for Blog Day 2008. I was honored and thanked her for reading my blog. Interested in her career, I checked out her site, Horsepower and Heels, and was immediately impressed at [...]
Wendell Wallace, Sports Blog on USA Softball
Posted in Objectification in Sports Blogs, Olympics, Softball, tagged female athletes, sports, sports and looks, sports blogs, sports blogs and women's sports, talent, The Arena, USA Softball, USA Women's Softball team, Wendell Walace, women, women's softball on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I came across and commented on a blog post that pissed me off today. Here we have a guy named Wendell Wallace who writes a blog called The Arena, where he expresses his opinions about sports. Unfortunately, they’re not exactly the opinions everyone wants to hear. Yesterday, Wendell posted about the USA Women’s Softball team, [...]
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The Big Lead on Women’s Professional Soccer
Posted in From the blogosphere, Objectification in Sports Blogs, Soccer, Sports Headlines, Sports Journalism, tagged allocation ceremony, attractive, comments, fortitude, Juiced Sports, JuicedSportsblog, misogyny, sports blogs, sports blogs and comments, The Big Lead, U.S. National Team, women, Women's Professional Soccer, WPS on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Women’s Professional Soccer league (WPS) held its allocation ceremony yesterday, announcing that 21 U.S. National Team players (the best women in the country) will be distributed among seven teams in the league, scheduled to debut in April. This is great news, and I’m excited for this league to draw some much-needed attention. In fact, [...]
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