Friday, March 22nd, 2013
By Laura Pappano
It's March Madness and that means one thing: Time to vote with your pen, and rehearse your friendly trash-talking zingers.
The brackets are not just about the games, of course, but about the culture we create around the games. They are about the notice we give to female athletes, ...
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
By Laura Pappano
Sports are political. This year’s March Madness tournament has made that point even more clearly than usual as President Barack Obama’s campaign announced the “Obama Bracket Challenge:” Out pick the President and your name appears on the campaign website.
While initial reports suggested a catch -- that the contest only applied to ...
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Monday, April 4th, 2011
By Laura Pappano
When Stanford went down 63-62 last night to Texas A & M, it took several minutes to sink in. And when TV cameras showed the UConn Huskies in the stands, well, you felt that they had been forewarned: Watch out, things can happen.
It didn’t matter. Notre Dame didn’t ...
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Sunday, March 27th, 2011
By Laura Pappano
If coverage of the men’s side of March Madness seems to be playing at every hour on every available screen, it’s not your imagination.
Not only did the number of men’s teams in the tournament increase from 64 to 68, but the NCAA TV deal with CBS and Turner ...
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Everybody knows that President Obama is a big college hoops fan. But most of his public affection has focused on the men's side (click here to see a photo of him with his March Madness picks). Today, however, he had the chance to enumerate the dominance of the ...
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
THE QUALITY ISSUE: The Clippers could beat UNC, so..?
A reader writes: “…there is also a big gap between the quality of play for men’s and women’s college b-ball…and thus the price disparity.”
Absolutely, men’s college basketball is a fast-paced exciting game and male players on average may be bigger ...
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Here’s an experiment you can do at home: Google “March Madness” and see how many entries actually mention a women’s championship. Just about any place you click, March Madness is talking about one playoff – and it’s all about the guys.
Even the NCAA site takes some navigating to ...
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