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Ski Jumping Scandal?
posted on February 19, 2010 at 12:26pm

Ski jumping is one of many sports that I only see every four years when it’s featured in the Olympics.  Despite pretty much forgetting that it exists in the interim, unless I happen to play it on the Wii Fit, I’m always enthralled by it and it’s on...more

Fly like an Eagle
posted on February 16, 2010 at 3:21pm

Eddie Edwards competed in the 1988 Olympics as a ski jumper from Great Britain. In spite of his popularity, Eddie’s last place performance on both hills resulted in the IOC implementing what is known as the “Eddie the Eagle rule.”  What does this...more

Olympics: Opportunity denied
posted on January 27, 2010 at 10:15am

It looked like an incredible difficult sport to excel in. Tedious, in fact. There definitely was something alluring about the lift to the top, the walk up up the stairs, the poise at start and the satisfying “woosh” that sounded with the gain in spe...more

Sports Illustrated champions women's ski jumping
posted on January 27, 2010 at 8:35am

It's a little late, of course and one has to wonder where all the sympathy from the mainstream, American-based media was when these women were in the midst of their battle with the IOC and, by default, VANOC. The righteous indignation is nice but just two...more

On the eve of the Olympics let's remember...
posted on January 24, 2010 at 4:01pm

...the female ski jumpers who will not be there, of course, because the IOC's decision to keep ski jumping the only male-only winter sport kept being upheld by varying governing and judicial bodies. I was thinking yesterday when skiing in Vermont about wa...more

Victories and Failures in Women's Sports in 2009, or #FTW and #FAIL (Hot or Not for us old-timers)
posted on December 31, 2009 at 1:18pm

I was going to make a Hot or Not in 2009 list for women's sports but then realized that "Hot or Not" is so 1990's when people still read magazines (the Hot or Not list was in Cosmo, no? I mean, I wouldn't know because a good feminist doesn't read Cosmo, I...more

A few newsy things
posted on December 29, 2009 at 10:30am

On December 22 the Canadian Supreme Court refused to hear the case of female ski jumpers trying to get into the 2010 Olympics. This was the last ditch effort of the group which has pursued legal means and made appeals to the IOC, including a letter to Pre...more

Ski Jumping: Not everyone is moving on
posted on November 16, 2009 at 8:21am

The IOC has stated that, in the wake of the Canadian appeal's court decision to uphold the lower court decision, it is pleased that it can now move on and focus on the forthcoming games.Yes, it must be nice when a legal entity says it cannot hold you resp...more

Final blow for female ski jumpers
posted on November 14, 2009 at 9:41am

The appeal, filed by a group of female ski jumpers attempting to get their sport into the Vancouver Games, was dismissed after two days of hearings in a Canadian court of appeals this week. The court agreed with the lower court ruling that it was the IOC ...more

Ski jumpers still fighting
posted on November 12, 2009 at 6:35pm

In my ongoing effort to offer some support for the women (and men) who continue to fight for women's ski jumping in the Vancouver Olympics (less than 100 days away now) I direct you to this article from the Christian Science Monitor. It is quite thorough ...more

Winter sports season in full swing
posted on October 27, 2009 at 4:01pm

Figure skating, speed skating, and skiing have all held competitions within the last few days.  It's an Olympic year (YAY! SO VERY EXCITING!) so there's an excuse for people to pay more attention than usual.  I think it's odd how most Americans seem to ...more

No clear answer from IOC for women ski jumpers
posted on September 22, 2009 at 9:37am

The fight to include women’s ski jumping has been going on for a while. After all the controversy, it seems the IOC has a responsibility to help this sport grow and with minimal effort and cost they can do it. Many sports have been added to the Olympi...more

Female jumpers: Whatcha talkin' about, Rogge?
posted on September 15, 2009 at 8:47am

Well they put it much more politely, of course. But here is the letter by female ski jumpers basically asking for explicit answers as to why they have been excluded from the forthcoming winter Olympics.In addition to citing the human rights laws of Canada...more
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