Fair Game News Logo

Post College Sport: Join an athletic board (and here’s why)

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

By Sarah Odell Just a few months ago, it was hard to think of a time when I wouldn’t be going to school -- and wouldn’t have a two-hour practice built into my day. But that time has come. I’ve graduated from college, landed my dream job at Harper Collins publishers ...

Leader of Afghan women’s sport: Playing is political (and potentially life-threatening)

Friday, May 28th, 2010

[caption id="attachment_1422" align="alignnone" width="213" caption="Nasrin Arbabzadeh"][/caption] By Sarah Odell and Lindsay Rico Nasrin Arbabzadeh, the leader of the Afghan women's sports delegation, has been actively working for years for the rights of Afghan women to complete in sports. In 2001, she traveled from city to city recruiting women to compete in the ...

UN special advisor: Access to sports is a human right (and, BTW, key leadership training)

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

[caption id="attachment_1404" align="alignnone" width="393" caption="FGN bloggers interview Rachel Mayanja of the U.N."][/caption] By Lindsay Rico and Sarah Odell It may seem perfectly ordinary -- routine, even -- to spot girls or women playing soccer, basketball, baseball, softball -- or any number of sports. Four women in the Indy 500? Check. But in ...

Reporting from Sydney: World Conference on Women & Sport!

Friday, May 21st, 2010

By Sarah Odell and Lindsay Rico Have you ever considered access to athletics a human right? Do you wonder why it it matters for women to play sports? And, what the heck is Netball? These are a few of the questions being put forth at the Fifth World Conference on Women & ...