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) ...
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Elizabeth Fry, 50, is a powerhouse of an open-water swimmer who last month shattered by more than six hours (six hours!!) Kris Rutford’s record for the reverse Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. On September 18, she completed the 28.5 mile clockwise swim – against the current, down the East ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
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By Laura Pappano
The phrase “college football” evokes testosterone-charged pre-U.S. Marine-style intensity and mammoth bodies colliding at ridiculously odd angles and high speeds.
That may accurately describe DI teams on Saturday TV or at bowl game time, but how about the 0-6 Amcats at Anna ...
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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 ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
By Laura Pappano
I can’t wait to see what happens when I tune in to the NFL this weekend. Will we see more dropped passes? Missed routes? Hugging and giggling in the huddle?
After all, the league is kicking off a month-long effort to support breast cancer awareness through its “Crucial Catch” ...
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
Read Laura Pappano's piece in The Huffington Post on the return to competition of beach volleyball double gold medal duo Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh -- in Walsh's case that's post childbirth. Sure, bikinis complicate (but that may be a good thing).
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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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Friday, September 18th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Obviously, it sounds like negotiation hoopla.
Members of the NFL Players Association charged with forging a deal with the league (NFL owners last year voted to opt out of the present collective bargaining agreement) insist they are not just thinking about themselves.
Baltimore Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth, one of the ...
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
By the time Kim Clijsters charged toward the net to hit a final, overhead smash against Caroline Wozniacki and claim the 2009 US Open championship (7-5, 6-3), I was wondering if I really should be thinking so much about her uterus.
Sure, as a mother of three who plays ...
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