Thursday, October 28th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
It's nearly election day, an apt time to recognize that -- yes -- sports are political. Not blue state-red state stuff, but equity, status, economic power.
At the New York Athletic Club yesterday, the Wellesley Centers for Women lunch/discussion fed a conversation that energized a room of more than ...
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Sure, the title of The New York Times Magazine cover – Women Who Hit Very Hard – was a provocative run-up to the U.S. Open. It wasn’t, however, sexy-provocative, but take-notice-of-where-things-are provocative.
The article offered an assessment of the physical power that today’s players bring to the court and ...
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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Often in the blur of sports headlines – one breathless item launched into circulation after another – we don’t get a chance to reflect. Sport, after all, tells us about ourselves, individually and collectively. Here’s thinking about four recent items:
SERENA on SI: The buzz around Jon Wertheim’s cover ...
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Here we go again. Baylor’s Brittney Griner’s outrageous act last Wednesday – the now-viral YouTube image of her socking Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle after the two jostled beneath the basket – has some wondering: What’s going on in women’s sports?
We had foul-mouthed Serena last summer, and then the ...
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
By Lauren Taylor
It's become standard: we listen and watch as men objectify women -- and women play into it. We've got Serena naked on the cover of ESPN magazine, women pro squash players selling swimsuit calendars (and speaking of swimsuits, the SI annual issue is out next month).
But for at ...
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