Archive for the ‘Money, Power & Politics’ Category
Sunday, March 27th, 2011
By Laura Pappano
If coverage of the men’s side of March Madness seems to be playing at every hour on every available screen, it’s not your imagination.
Not only did the number of men’s teams in the tournament increase from 64 to 68, but the NCAA TV deal with CBS and Turner ...
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
By Laura Pappano
It's March Madness for a reason. Yes, UConn is dominant, but with injuries and defections, and rising teams from Baylor, Stanford, and Tennessee, who knows? This is college, after all.
Too much March Madness talk presumes that it's all about the men's bracket. But if the waiter who just ...
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Friday, February 25th, 2011
By Megan Wood and Laura Pappano
Justine Siegal, founder of BaseBall for All, made news this week when she became the first woman to throw batting practice to a major league baseball team at spring training. She threw for the Cleveland Indians on Monday and the Oakland A's on Wednesday. Siegal, ...
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
By Rachael Goldenberg
This past weekend Joel Northrup forfeited his chance at the Iowa State Wrestling title after refusing to compete against his female opponent, Cassy Herkelman. Northrup explained his decision by stating, "I have a tremendous amount of respect for Cassy(’s)…accomplishments… however, wrestling is a combat sport and it can ...
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
By Laura Pappano
It’s February and Lindsey Vonn is in the news. Again.
Unlike last year, when we debated whether or not she was exploited by an SI swimsuit spread, this year she has just won the silver medal in the downhill world championships in Garmisch-Paertenkirchen, Germany – while skiing in a ...
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
By Laura Pappano
More people will watch Super Bowl XLV this Sunday than tuned in for the President’s State of the Union address last week.
It’s not even close (42.8 million watched President Barack Obama vs. an expected 110 million). That’s no dis to Obama because George W. Bush was out-viewed, too.
The ...
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
By Laura Pappano
Part of our job at FairGameNews is to point out inequities. Some (deaf to yammering from the other side) find posts too bold a punch. That’s fine. Debate is good.
There is, however, plenty to get lathered up about (media coverage, urban girls’ access to sports, salaries, scheduling of ...
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Monday, December 27th, 2010
By Rachael Goldenberg
OK, 2000-2010 is 11 years but rather than quibble with the definition of a decade, let’s consider the strides female athletes have made. The first years of this new century have pushed at barriers.
Female athletes have challenged conventional beliefs – beliefs about what they are capable of achieving ...
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
By Rachael Goldenberg
It’s now 89. Officially the NCAA college basketball win-streak record. And if this team’s composure so far is any indication, the streak isn’t ending anytime soon.
What do we do with this? How does the world look different for women’s sports today? What now?
Well, for starters, let’s go with ...
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Sunday, December 19th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Never mind that the crowd in Madison Square Garden – 15,232 the second largest in the venue for women’s basketball --- were on their feet in the final minutes chanting “Eighty-eight! Eighty-eight!”
The UConn Women’s Basketball team made it look like just another 31-point win (they beat Ohio State ...
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