Thursday, April 19th, 2012
By Laura Pappano
On The Issues Magazine has just published a special edition focusing on the 40th Anniversary of Title IX. If I've learned one thing from FairGameNews it's that the matter of how female athletes use and present their bodies reliably spurs heated -- though circular and predictable -- debate. ...
Posted in Money, Power & Politics | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
By Katie Culver
There is not a lot of media coverage of female athletes, but when there is I like my daughter, who is five years old, to see it. I try to records as many women's sporting events as I can for her to watch.
Recently, we were watching the U.S. ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, Soccer, The Athletes | 5 Comments »
Monday, May 16th, 2011
By Laura Pappano
In the new May/June issue of The Women's Review of Books, I wrote about Susan Ware's new book, Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports (UNC, 2011). You can read the view here.
The book is timely, given mounting evidence that Title IX is ...
Posted in Money, Power & Politics, The Athletes | No Comments »
Monday, December 6th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
The countdown started long ago.
Most fans know that if the UConn Women’s Basketball team continues its unbeaten run that on Dec. 21 the team will surpass the 88-game winning streak set by John Wooden’s UCLA teams of the early 1970s.
As the date nears, the question becomes pointed: Who ...
Posted in Basketball, Money, Power & Politics, The Athletes, The Coaches | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
By Laura Pappano
On Monday, two girls from Teen Voices, a magazine (and website!) aimed at helping urban girls counteract negative media images, interviewed me for an article they are writing about Title IX (and, their passion, women’s basketball).
Hopefully, I helped them some. But, really, they are helping me -- and ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, Money, Power & Politics, The Athletes | No Comments »
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
By Megan Wood
Angela Hucles, who retired just over a year ago, was a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Boston Breakers powerhouse who played with the team during both the WUSA and WPS eras. Hucles, a Virginia Beach native, was named the 2009 Humanitarian of the Year by the U.S. Soccer ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, Soccer, The Q&A | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
By Sarah Odell
How appropriate that I happened to be at my parent’s when Sunday’s New York Times Magazine asked on its cover “What Is It About 20-Somethings?” Oh great, I thought to myself, yet another article about why my generation hasn’t lived up to expectations. I picked up the magazine ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls, Squash, The Athletes | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Basketball, Money, Power & Politics | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Of course being hot helps. Good-looking athletes get our attention, whether we’re talking Danica Patrick or Tom Brady. It doesn’t make them any better on the racetrack or the football field, but it does attract fans and sponsors.
I get that.
But there’s trouble when we consider the broader implications ...
Posted in Money, Power & Politics | 1 Comment »
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
By Lauren Taylor
Let’s get it out up front: No other team has put out a strong enough showing during the NCAA DI Tournament (or season) to make me doubt that the “purple haze” we’ve fallen into won’t continue.
I’d like to see another team besides Northwestern come out on top, (better ...
Posted in Lacrosse | No Comments »
