Archive for the ‘The Sports’ Category
Monday, January 30th, 2012
By Laura Pappano
On the heels of a compelling World Cup and on the eve of the 2012 Olympics, Women’s Professional Soccer announced today that they are suspending the 2012 season – with plans (maybe hopes?) to return to play in 2013.
The news, for those who recall the end of WUSA ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
By Sarah Odell
What does it mean to be the best? I pondered this recently while studying the lacquered hardwood board at the Greenwich Country Club listing past winners of the North American Open Doubles Tournament. How many winners – spanning more than 50 years – were American? Most. It wasn’t until ...
Posted in Squash, The Athletes | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
By Ashleigh Sargent
In between soufflé and sauce instruction, there's time for athletics. Yes, they do more than cook at the Culinary Institute of America. Since 2004, they've played intercollegiate sports (though no scholarship athletes here). And, unlike most college basketball teams, the CIA Steels are co-ed, thanks to the addition ...
Posted in Basketball, GenNext: Sport Girls, The Q&A | 2 Comments »
Sunday, January 1st, 2012
By Laura Pappano
SOMETIMES YOU LOSE – AND IT’S OK. The Women’s World Cup championship game between the U.S. and Japan honored the rise and intensity of women’s soccer. The back story was compelling: The U.S. Team’s dramatic run-up with Abby Wambach’s YouTube-play-it-again (and again) headers versus the determination of a ...
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
By Ashleigh Sargent
The 2011-2012 NCAA basketball season has just kicked off, which means thousands of women are making their debut at the college level.
Even the most talented recruits, however, need more than raw skill to make an impact.
College presents new obstacles: increased intensity, expectations, and pace. Players must figure out ...
Posted in Basketball, The Athletes | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
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By Laura Pappano
Thanksgiving football, of course, involves Detroit. And while the NFL will get plenty of attention today, there has been another Detroit football story out there this season. Word that Monique Howard, 6-foot senior basketball player and track talent, ...
Posted in Football, GenNext: Sport Girls | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
The Playbook: Year 3
An occasional series about University of Rhode Island Women's Basketball Head Coach Cathy Inglese and her quest to turn around a program.
By Laura Pappano
The URI Women’s Basketball team opens the season Friday at the University of Delaware and enters Year Three of the Inglese Era squarely in ...
Posted in Basketball, The Athletes, The Coaches | No Comments »
Sunday, November 6th, 2011
By Laura Pappano
Lately, major marathons have become a showcase for record-breaking male performances and today’s New York City Marathon was no exception: Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai finished in 2:05:05, setting a new course record (all three top male finishers broke the record).
So much men’s record-breaking has been going on, in fact, ...
Posted in Running, The Athletes, The Data | No Comments »
Monday, October 24th, 2011
By Ashleigh Sargent
Think of it as one step – literally a 12” stride – toward gender equity. This year for the first time, women and men will shoot from the same 20’9” three-point line.
The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel decided to move the women’s three-point arc from 19’9” after tracking ...
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
By Laura Pappano
The international track federation’s (IAAF) decision to nullify women’s marathon records from mixed-sex events reflects a crude double standard: Men can have rabbits; women can’t.
The use of pacesetters is common in running, from short track distances to marathons. Boston and New York no longer allow pacesetters, but many ...
Posted in Money, Power & Politics, Running, The Athletes | 1 Comment »
