Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
By Lindsay Rico
After speaking with Urvasi Naidoo about the sport of Netball, only one thing occurred to me: Lebron James could never play this game. Naidoo is the CEO of the IFNA , International Federation of Netball Association, (check out her blog here) and gave me the rundown on Netball ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
By Laura Pappano
Last weekend – in case you haven’t heard – Kelly Kulick became the first woman to win a Professional Bowlers Association Tour Title. And she didn’t just win, she blew away her opponent. At the 45th P.B.A. Tournament of Champions in Las Vegas, Kulick beat 2007-2008 PBA Player-of-the-year ...
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009
By Laura Pappano
It has become a provocative theme: Marathons and motherhood. Five of the top six women to cross the finish line in the 2009 ING New York City Marathon are moms.
1. Winner Derartu Tulu, 37, of Ethiopia – an two time Olympic gold medalist at 10,000 meters in 1992 ...
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
By Lauren Taylor
Pink is nice, but how about baby blue?
If the NFL wants to leverage the resources of Monday Night Football (and Sunday day and night football, too) on a public health issue -- and do it in a gender-coded manner -- how about a prostate cancer campaign?
Why not speckle ...
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Please – let’s not blame our bodies.
The nomination to the Supreme Court of Justice Sonia Sotomayor has, of course, spurred debate about how women – by dint of their sex -- judge, act, and rule. (We hear females lawyers prefer to mediate rather than litigate, for example, suggesting ...
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
By Laura Pappano
Of course being hot helps. Good-looking athletes get our attention, whether we’re talking Danica Patrick or Tom Brady. It doesn’t make them any better on the racetrack or the football field, but it does attract fans and sponsors.
I get that.
But there’s trouble when we consider the broader implications ...
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
By Sarah Odell
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Jeanne Blasberg is Board Chair, of U.S. Squash and plays at state and national levels. Recently, she has been kind enough to teach my friend Ashley and I the game of doubles squash, which is all together different from ...
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
By Laura Pappano
The lead women's pack at mile 18 of The Boston Marathon 2009
One of the most frustrating things about watching the Boston Marathon is that it’s hard to tell how fast the runners are. I’m not talking TV coverage or the delay in the Boston Athletic Association website in ...
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