Archive for the ‘The Athletes’ Category
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
As physical aspects of becoming a mom – bearing children – recede as a reason for halting an athletic career, another is emerging: Is it possible to be a top athlete and a good mommy?
Now that women can compete at high levels into their 30s and 40s – ...
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
By Savanna Johnson
If you had the chance to run seven miles up and down a ski mountain, with walls, tunnels, water obstacles, and lots and lots of mud in your way, would you do it? How about if 80% percent of the field was men?
At the inaugural Tough Mudder event ...
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Monday, April 19th, 2010
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By Davi-Ellen Chabner
On this morning of the 2010 Boston Marathon, I‘m thinking about where I have been for the past nine years: At the starting line in Hopkinton, wondering if I have it in me to run through ...
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
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By Lindsay Rico
Soccer is -- if you look at the rosters of Women's Professional Soccer -- a sport played by 20-somethings. When #13 Kristine Lilly takes the field for the Boston Breakers' home opener ...
Posted in Soccer, The Athletes, The Q&A | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
It’s time to think beyond the court.
Sure, there’s a lot of back-and-forth about whether UConn’s dominance – winning streak of 78 and beating almost all opponents by double-digit margins – is bad or good for women’s college basketball. The basic argument: Is it too boring to watch? Or ...
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Thursday, April 1st, 2010
By Sarah Odell
In sports, there is always some arrogance on the side of youth. When an athlete of twenty-two faces an athlete of forty or fifty, one assumes the younger player will win—he or she must be stronger, fitter, faster. This notion is completely false -- and I learned it ...
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
When Jonathan Hall captured the air-rifle individual title at the NCAA Rifle Championships, held at Texas Christian University last weekend, he realized what a big deal it was. "I had to represent the men," said Hall, according to an NCAA news report. (Hall was the only guy to ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Obviously Danica Patrick struggled in her NASCAR debut.
After finishing 6th in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, a race to “get comfortable,” she crashed at the Daytona International Speedway (finishing 35 out of 43 drivers), finished 31st (three laps behind winner Kyle Bush) at Auto Club Speedway in ...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
An FGN reader asked a terrific question about why racers changed skis in the 50k race.
Rosie Brennan, a member of the Dartmouth College XC ski team who spoke with FGN contributor Sarah Odell, offered this explanation:
You do not have to change skis. In fact, it used to be against the ...
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
By Sarah Odell
Let’s take a breather. Time out from Lindsey Vonn and women in bathing suits. For me, one of the most frustrating aspects about Olympic coverage is that we usually can only watch sports that the United States dominates (or sports that are surrounded in controversy). As a result, ...
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