Friday, November 5th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
On the surface, Kye Allums – the transgendered male playing on GW women’s basketball team – doesn’t present complications for the NCAA.
Allums is, biologically speaking, female. He has not undergone physical transformation, including hormone therapy, so he can play on the women’s team.
Yet, his announcement, made with obvious ...
Posted in The Athletes | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 1st, 2010
By Laura Pappano
The closing ceremonies in Vancouver are finished, so let’s reflect: Why does a tremendous sport festival whose aim is to foster political goodwill remain so darned sexist?
Events for women are typically lesser or shorter (or in the case of ski jumping, non-existent) compared with the men’s. Many of ...
Posted in Money, Power & Politics | 5 Comments »
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Team USA faces off this afternoon against Finland in the final day of preliminary round play. Medals rounds ahead!
By Emilie Liebhoff
I recently took my three-year-old daughter ice-skating for the first time. I skated a few laps, did some quick crossovers, and pivoted back and forth. She was amazed. (I'm sure ...
Posted in GenNext: Sport Girls | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
By Sarah Odell
Let’s take a breather. Time out from Lindsey Vonn and women in bathing suits. For me, one of the most frustrating aspects about Olympic coverage is that we usually can only watch sports that the United States dominates (or sports that are surrounded in controversy). As a result, ...
Posted in The Athletes, The Q&A | 1 Comment »
