Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
When District Judge Stefan Underhill ruled against Quinnipiac University – last year they sought to cut women’s volleyball and add competitive cheer to fulfill Title IX requirements – the 95-page ruling ironically did more to boost competitive cheer than it did for the future of the university women’s ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
By Laura Pappano
The frenzy of conference switching (Colorado, Utah, Nebraska plus others at least thinking about it), has caused a stir for one reason: Colleges fret that if the future really is about a few megaconferences that some schools will be big winners (measured in TV dollars and bowl berths) ...
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
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By Rachael Goldenberg
Who would have thought that one call -- way back on opening day -- could determine the outcome of a collegiate softball season?
Wednesday, March 17 was the start of the season for Wellesley College’s Varsity Softball ...
Posted in Money, Power & Politics, Softball | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Never mind. That was message in Tuesday’s “Dear Colleague” letter issued by the federal Office for Civil Rights.
Never mind about that 2005 policy saying it was OK for colleges to meet a Title IX compliance prong gauging female interest in sports by sending out internet spam – er, ...
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Given that the Super Bowl is a distant memory, the NFL Combine is done – and we have a day or two before spring college football begins (yes, games are now broadcast on TV), we have a sliver of free air to highlight Vanderbilt vice Chancellor David Williams’ ...
Posted in Football, Money, Power & Politics | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
By Hannah Ritchie
Only one in four girls at Colleyville Heritage High School in Texas, my school, participate in sports while more than half of boys are on sports teams. This is NOT because girls aren’t interested.
Last December, 3,374 girls in grades 6-12 participated in a survey to gauge their interest ...
Posted in Football, GenNext: Sport Girls, Money, Power & Politics | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Kathy Keeler, who won an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1984 LA Olympics as part of a women's eight boat and has been a member of four U.S. National Rowing teams, reflects on the 45th running of the Head of the Charles this past weekend. Some 8,000 rowers competed in ...
Posted in The Athletes | 2 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Money, Power & Politics, The Coaches, The Data, The Q&A | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Money, Power & Politics, The Data | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
By Lauren Taylor
It is the quiet story behind the high-profile victories of women’s athletics: After thirty years of Title IX, after the superstardom of Mia Hamm, Michelle Wie, and Venus Williams, even after the advocacy of groups like the Women’s Sports Foundation, girls – especially in urban communities – are ...
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