Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
By Molly Hellerman
It doesn't matter to me where you play soccer -- grass, dirt, turf, parking lot, or gym floor. I have trained girls on each surface who have found their passion for the game.
And yet, there is a serious opportunity gap that bothers me: Inner city and poor girls ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
and Lauren Taylor
R. Vivian Acosta and Linda Jean Carpenter, professors emerita at the City University of New York's Brooklyn College and co-authors of a book on Title IX, have collected data on women’s roles on – and off – the field in college athletics since 1977. They have ...
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
By Laura Pappano
In a sports culture in which OBP, ERA, PR, SOG, QB Ratings (among others) rule the landscape, Linda Jean Carpenter and R. Vivian Acosta track stats you won't catch among box scores, but that have served a generation: Women's access to play and power in college athletics.
“There isn’t ...
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