Archive for the ‘Basketball’ Category
Friday, December 25th, 2009
The PLAYBOOK
The Playbook is an occasional series on University of Rhode Island Women’s Basketball team and head coach Cathy Inglese as she works to turn around a losing program. Check out previous installments here, here, and here.
By Laura Pappano
Ten games into the 2009-2010 season, Coach Cathy Inglese is one ...
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
The PLAYBOOKThe Playbook is an occasional series on University of Rhode Island Women's Basketball team and head coach Cathy Inglese as she works to turn around a losing program. Check out previous installments here and here.
By Laura Pappano
It's starting. New uniforms are arriving. Coaches of other RAMS teams that ...
Posted in Basketball, The Athletes, The Coaches, The Q&A | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
By Lauren Taylor
Um, earth to FairGameNews.com readers! Did no one read Laura’s post on Monday? (Actually our tracker shows they did). Then, why no comments to tell her she was talking crazy? C’mom -- you’ve got to keep us on our toes!
I read it and nearly came through my computer ...
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Is it a problem that White House b-ball games with the president are male-only affairs? Or that, according to the New York Times story yesterday that since taking office President Obama has played 23 rounds of golf – and none (based on records kept by a CBS reporter) ...
Posted in Basketball, Money, Power & Politics | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Word last week that rare film footage of Babe Ruth had been discovered by a New Hampshire man among his grandfather’s home movies provided yet another opportunity to lovingly recall the delightful history of sport, in this case, baseball.
No doubt editors are being deluged with book proposals this ...
Posted in Basketball, Money, Power & Politics | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Reporter Libby Sander's short piece in yesterday's Chronicle of Higher Education (click here to read it), highlighted our Wellesley Centers for Women study with a simple headline: "Even at Elite Programs, Ticket Prices for Women's Basketball Lag Behind Men's, Report Says."
The piece quickly became one of the "most ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Last spring, an op-ed published in the Christian Science Monitor -- "The Price Gap Between Men and Women's Basketball Tickets is Madness" -- drew a slew of responses and comments, including some that were awfully hostile about the prospect of women's play being 1) worthwhile watching and 2) ...
Posted in Basketball, Money, Power & Politics, The Data | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
The Playbook is an ocassional series on University of Rhode Island Women's Basketball team and head coach Cathy Inglese as she works to turn around a losing program.
THE PLAYBOOK
By Laura Pappano
Go ahead and debate whether or not it’s a good thing, but women’s college basketball is changing: Young women don't ...
Posted in Basketball, The Athletes, The Coaches | 1 Comment »
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
The Playbook
An occasional series on University of Rhode Island Women’s Basketball Coach Cathy Inglese as she tries to turn around a program that finished last year 10-21. By Laura Pappano
The first game of the upcoming season – against Fairfield University (18-13 last year) – is months away, but Coach Cathy ...
Posted in Basketball, The Coaches | 1 Comment »
Monday, July 13th, 2009
Because we can all benefit from hearing serious young female athlete voices, we connected with three talented basketball players who just finished nine days at the summer academy run by the non-profit SportsChallenge Leadership & Education Alliance in Washington, D.C. Director Molly Hellerman (a former college athlete and pro soccer ...
Posted in Basketball, GenNext: Sport Girls, The Athletes, The Q&A | No Comments »
