Archive for the ‘Money, Power & Politics’ Category
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
I am frankly tired of people justifying sports for girls as a vehicle for improving self-esteem, staving off bad behavior, and improving fitness.
Oh, sure. Sports may do all that. But selling sports in that packaging misses the real power. When you play, you learn to count yourself in.
I ...
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Monday, December 6th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
The countdown started long ago.
Most fans know that if the UConn Women’s Basketball team continues its unbeaten run that on Dec. 21 the team will surpass the 88-game winning streak set by John Wooden’s UCLA teams of the early 1970s.
As the date nears, the question becomes pointed: Who ...
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
By Laura Pappano
On Monday, two girls from Teen Voices, a magazine (and website!) aimed at helping urban girls counteract negative media images, interviewed me for an article they are writing about Title IX (and, their passion, women’s basketball).
Hopefully, I helped them some. But, really, they are helping me -- and ...
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
The National Women’s Law Center filed complaints today against 12 school districts (see press release here) that are meant to be a sampling – not an exhaustive expose of who’s ignoring Title IX.
The suit is a reminder that, although Title IX opened doors of access, that it 1) ...
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
By Katie Culver
It's election day, and I am struggling with an ominous feeling that's settling in my stomach. Not not only are we in danger of losing representatives who fight for women’s issues, but we are also obviously not even selecting our candidates from a very deep pool of qualified, ...
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Thursday, October 28th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
It's nearly election day, an apt time to recognize that -- yes -- sports are political. Not blue state-red state stuff, but equity, status, economic power.
At the New York Athletic Club yesterday, the Wellesley Centers for Women lunch/discussion fed a conversation that energized a room of more than ...
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
The debate is well underway about whether or not espnW is good or bad. Its just the sort of fun that – if Mike & Mike (heck, any sports talk guys) were to notice – might make for one of their classic on-air sets.
The back and forth might ...
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
I had to wince at a Birmingham News pre-season high school football analysis: Quick! Go pay $6 to see Hueytown high school quarterback Jameis Winston because “come 2012 at a major BCS school [it]will be around $50 and that’s not even counting the donation for priority seating…”
It’s there. ...
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Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
The Ryder Cup has just wrapped up. We are into the MLB Playoffs. NBA teams are in pre-season match-ups with the regular season kicking off in a few weeks. NHL is happening (as is NASCAR). And, of course, the NFL – pink gear and all – is going ...
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Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
REDEMPTION BY WINNING: More than a year ago, Lovey Smith was taken to task for comparing Martha Stewart and Eagles QB Michael Vick. But these days, they look more alike than you'd have imagined. Who doesn't love a tainted hero who performs just when the future looks in ...
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