Archive for the ‘The Sports’ Category
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Given that the Super Bowl is a distant memory, the NFL Combine is done – and we have a day or two before spring college football begins (yes, games are now broadcast on TV), we have a sliver of free air to highlight Vanderbilt vice Chancellor David Williams’ ...
Posted in Football, Money, Power & Politics | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
By Laura Pappano
There may be other ways to judge progress, but this year's NCAA Women's DI Basketball Tournament offers signs worth noting:
1. PRESIDENTIAL PICKS. For the first time, President Obama filled out NCAA DI Basketball brackets -- for the women's tournament. (See image at right -- or click here.)
Last year, ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
This year we expect Connecticut to march all the way to San Antonio -- and then some. But that doesn't mean there isn't water cooler-worthy debate to be had around match-ups all over the bracket (not to mentioned good basketball to be watched). Anyone remember last year when ...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Here we go again. Baylor’s Brittney Griner’s outrageous act last Wednesday – the now-viral YouTube image of her socking Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle after the two jostled beneath the basket – has some wondering: What’s going on in women’s sports?
We had foul-mouthed Serena last summer, and then the ...
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
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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. See most recent prior entry here.
By Laura Pappano
When ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
By Laura Pappano
News of Judge Sylvia Pressler’s death last week – at 75 at a family home in Sparta, NJ – drew a few paragraphs in the newspaper, but hardly attracted huge attention.
And yet, as spring training gets underway and kids prepare for Little League tryouts (now a winter affair), ...
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
By Katie Culver
Here’s a Super Bowl quiz question: Would you send your daughter to a football game in her underwear?
I wouldn’t. And yet, funny thing is, there’s women at every NFL football game in a close approximation of panties and bras. They just happen to be ...
Posted in Football, GenNext: Sport Girls | 4 Comments »
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
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By Sarah Odell
Anyone striding through Grand Central Terminal this week could be excused for looking up from their Blackberries and iPhones and thinking they had accidentally zig-zagged west to Madison Square Garden (OK, not really, but…)
It’s not everyday that ...
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Obviously, the UConn Women's Basketball team under coach Geno Auriemma isn't merely good. They are dominant. Of 20 games played so far, they have won 14 of by more than 30 points (including four by more than 50 points). The closest game was a 12-point win over Stanford.
So ...
Posted in Basketball, Money, Power & Politics | 3 Comments »
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
By Megan Wood
My final college softball season starts in three weeks. Time to worry about my makeup and hair?
Softball may be a serious, competitive, slide-in-the-dirt sport, but as it grows in popularity (and TV interest), there is heightened attention -- to looking good.
When I tuned into the Women’s College World ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, Money, Power & Politics, Softball, The Athletes | 4 Comments »
