Archive for the ‘GenNext: Sport Girls’ Category
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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Thursday, December 16th, 2010
By Wendy Farnen Price
Girls are playing basketball with a level of passion and skill - and in numbers -- we couldn't have imagined a few decades ago (and just think how many more will be inspired to play by UConn's run on UCLA's 1970s-era win streak!).
But a troubling fact remains: ...
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_2000" align="alignnone" width="523" caption="Steph Edmison & Alicia McConnell (Black) play Suzie Pierrepont & Narelle Krizak (yellow) in the Turner Cup Tournament last weekend in NYC"][/caption]
By Sarah Odell
I’m not ready to declare this next decade the Era of Women’s Doubles Squash (not yet, at least), but this past weekend was ...
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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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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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Thursday, November 25th, 2010
By Megan Wood
Angela Hucles, who retired just over a year ago, was a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Boston Breakers powerhouse who played with the team during both the WUSA and WPS eras. Hucles, a Virginia Beach native, was named the 2009 Humanitarian of the Year by the U.S. Soccer ...
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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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Friday, October 8th, 2010
By Katie Culver
We parents are obsessed with starting children in competitive sports as early as possible. How else to get them to the World Cup, Wimbledon, the Olympics or the NFL, NBA, WNBA, NHL?
If our son is going pro in soccer, my husband and I joke, we need him on ...
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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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Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
By Lindsay Rico
Why did I decide to play tackle football in the 6th grade? Ever see the movie “Little Giants”? It’s about a ragtag football team with a coach who is just as much of a reject as his players. The one girl (they call her “Icebox”) is one of ...
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