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No more bullies: field hockey’s co-ed future
by Fair Game News
posted September 27, 2011 at 7:34pm

By Laura Pappano When my 6th grade son announced he was “following in the family tradition” and joined the school field hockey team, I was surprised. Turns out, he’s not alone, but is one of four boys on the team in a sport trying to grow it’s ma...more

Why can’t New Jersey boy play with the girls?
by Fair Game News
posted August 31, 2011 at 1:18pm

By Laura Pappano It’s happened again: In New Jersey, a boy wants to play high school field hockey — and people are up in arms. Hillsborough High School senior Jimmy Cao, who’s 16, wants to be part of the team, but New Jersey’s governing body has...more

The second tale: Gender identity in intercollegiate athletics
by After Atalanta
posted June 28, 2011 at 5:41pm

I have been somewhat lax in my posting recently, and I know I promised three tales of gender identity and discrimination a while back. My first tale was related to the Women's World Cup and the accusations against Equatorial Guinea based on--apparently--t...more

Finding the right field hockey stick
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 15, 2011 at 3:22pm

Field hockey is one of those sports that cultivate an undying love and commitment in everyone that plays it. It’s not your main stay game like basketball, softball, or even soccer, but a “little sister” mentality in the game breeds some deep rooted ...more

Sports Girls Play Weekly Wrap Up
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 16, 2011 at 5:07pm

It has been a busy week in sports, not only for me, but obviously for the rest of the sporting world!  What were the highlights of your week? For us, it was my daughter’s field hockey team finishing the season undefeated and I got to spend the day on...more

It's my birthday and I'll help if I want to!
by alilee05
posted January 14, 2011 at 9:32pm

Next week is my 24th Birthday and I'm trying something unique this year. Next Wednesday I will be turning another year older and celebrating another year of being involved in sport. As a member of the Women's National Field Hockey team I am so honoured ...more

Getting Your Kids Ready for Field Hockey
by Sports Girls Play
posted January 11, 2011 at 9:39am

Years ago my son played ice hockey and my youngest daughter could not wait until she was old enough to play hockey like big brother. Well, they closed our ice rink and the next closest one is well over an hour away so big brother ended up taking up little...more

Girls Sports – The Thrill of Field Hockey
by Game On! Sports Camp 4 Girls
posted January 6, 2011 at 3:41pm

By Game On! Sports Girl Talk Guest Columnist Erica Anderson Field hockey is truly a thrill. Despite the fact that it tends to take a back seat to other core sports, the rush of running up and down the field with a stick in your hand is like nothing else....more

Canada's Second Favourite Hockey : Field Hockey
by alilee05
posted January 3, 2011 at 9:54am

With the title "the first field hockey sports blogger for WTS," I feel the necessity to update everyone on field hockey. Since the sport is not as well-known in Canada, I can only assume it is also not as popular in the USA. So, we're going to touch basis...more

Athletes Supporting Athletes
by alilee05
posted December 30, 2010 at 3:24pm

Every year several Canadian athletes are able to receive financial assistance due to a non-profit organization known as the Canadian Athletes Now Fund and this year myself along with four of my team mates were chosen to each receive $6000. As in...more

Women who highlighted my 2010
by alilee05
posted December 29, 2010 at 11:46pm

Please add your comments at the bottom of this post or else re-tweet this page with the hash tags: #WomenTalkSports  Thanks for your support on my first blog post. Here are my favourites in no particular order:   Luciana Aymar Known as “the magi...more

Bringing Changes to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games
by nerdbarry
posted November 30, 2010 at 12:38pm

The United States Olympic Committee USOC is not only looking to further the athletic accomplishments but make sustainable environmental changes to the Winter Games. And with the bid for the 2022 games being award in 2015, they must move fast with their ef...more

Boys playing field hockey
by Title IX Blog
posted November 2, 2010 at 6:18pm

Boys playing high school field hockey on historically all-girls' teams has caused the occasional flare-up in the gender equity/Title IX discourse.I came across this article about a not-quite-a flare-up last month. I probably wouldn't have paid too much at...more

OCR concludes investigation of Catawba College
by Title IX Blog
posted October 24, 2010 at 9:47pm

When Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C., cut its women's field hockey team last year, Kris concluded that this decision likely violated Title IX, as it served to exacerbate the College's existing disparities between men's and women's athletic opportunitie...more

Wistful memories of an Indian sporting legend
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted October 8, 2010 at 1:39pm

The hottest sport in India these days is cricket, with plenty of flash, dazzle and allegations of scandal that befits the modern sporting age. Not that many years ago, however, India was a field hockey powerhouse with the legendary Dhyan Chand, who’s b...more

No Offense, It's Just Business
by amber2jewel
posted June 12, 2010 at 8:41pm

Marie Hardin recently posted a WTS blog in response to Eric Deggens' column regarding a study confirming that while participation in women's sports has increased with Title IX, media coverage itself is stagnant, if not decreasing (see "Why the Apathy...more

Zimbabwean field hockey player gets a Rhodes
by Women's Sports Blog
posted January 6, 2010 at 2:32pm

The American winners were announced on November 22, but it took a little longer for the international results to come in.  IU is bursting at the seams with the news that its own Mutsa Mutembwa was awarded one of the prizes and will study at Oxford.  Sin...more

DII field hockey team in NC cut
by Title IX Blog
posted November 13, 2009 at 12:12pm

It's never good news when I pull out my calculator and head to the Department of Education's Equity in Athletics Data Analysis Cutting Tool. And this time it's bad news for Catawba College in North Carolina. According to a very brief piece in USA Today, t...more

2009 D-I Field Hockey bracket released
by Pretty Tough
posted November 11, 2009 at 2:53pm

Defending champ Maryland hasn’t lost this year, going 20-0 en route to an ACC title. Tonight, the Terps and 15 others learned their fates in the D-I Selection Show. Five conferences were awarded automatic qualification. In addition, six conferences com...more

Connecticut boy calls state field hockey policy into question
by Title IX Blog
posted November 3, 2009 at 6:10pm

The Hartford Courant recently profiled a middle school field hockey player in Avon, Connecticut, named Blake Armistead. Though he has been allowed to play on the girls' team in middle school, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference does not a...more

Banning boy from field hockey underscores discrimination and stereotypes against girls
by Title IX Blog
posted July 8, 2009 at 12:50pm

A Waynesboro, PA high school principal's decision to prohibit a male student from trying out for field hockey is being decried by some as "reverse discrimination." Reverse discrimination? Invoking Title IX, the principal told Mat Levine that (1) his pre...more