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Lacrosse League in Connecticut Faces Title IX Suit
by Title IX Blog
posted January 16, 2012 at 7:07pm

The New Canaan Lacrosse Association, a private youth lacrosse league in Connecticut, is defending litigation claiming that it violates Title IX for failing to provide equal treatment to girls and boys. It is unclear, however, that the law applies, given ...more

Getting Started with Lacrosse
by Sports Girls Play
posted December 15, 2011 at 2:05pm

When my daughter came to me a few years ago expressing interest in joining the local lacrosse league with some friends, I was overjoyed! She had always been athletic, and I thought it would be another great opportunity to get involved and stay active. &nb...more

Michigan adding lacrosse
by Title IX Blog
posted May 26, 2011 at 1:01am

Lest we think that all schools are in financial crises and being forced to cut sports...University of Michigan has announced that it will be adding men's and women's lacrosse to its list of intercollegiate sports. Both teams are currently club sports at t...more

Women's Lacrosse scores big at Vail shootout
by Women Skiing and Sports
posted May 6, 2011 at 5:57pm

Women's lacrosse is growing by leaps and bounds, as is the sport in general as it moves west. The most prestigious lacrosse event in the country happens in Colorado every summer. For the last 39 years, the Vail Lacrosse Shootout Presented by Harrow brings...more

Sports Girls Play Go-Getter Award : Seven year old lacrosse goalie Lauren Peavey
by Sports Girls Play
posted January 12, 2011 at 4:37pm

< p> Seven year old Lauren is a goalie in a boys box lacrosse league. Photo courtesy of Marin Independent Journal “You wish you could play like a girl” is a favorite saying of seven year old Lauren Peavey – a goalie in box lacrosse who has no ...more

UC Berkeley Cuts Five Teams
by Title IX Blog
posted September 28, 2010 at 10:29pm

As Kris noted recently, the University of California, Berkeley athletic department has been considering eliminating sports as a cost-reduction measure. So it is sadly no surprise that the Chancellor has announced that baseball, men's and women's gymnasti...more

More on mascots
by After Atalanta
posted August 4, 2010 at 5:48pm

I'm in crazy research mode these days, hence the lack of posts. But I have been holding on to this link for a while. It's a radio show out of Canada and addresses the issue of Indian mascots. The show is called ReVision Quest and the episode aired on June...more

Yeardley Love and Abusive Relationships
by MarieS
posted May 27, 2010 at 7:19pm

For the past few weeks the media has covered every aspect of Yeardley Love's untimely death. And, I've searched for why this case struck such a deep cord within me. Is it because it involves college athletes? Athletes who grew up in the same state I did, ...more

Race, gender, class, misogyny and lacrosse and student-athletes behaving badly
by After Atalanta
posted May 7, 2010 at 12:21pm

Alternate title: Why I shouldn't turn on the TODAY show while still in bed.Not just because I hate the TODAY show, but because I hear more about stories I had kind of been avoiding, like the murder of University of Virginia lacrosse player, Yeardley Love ...more

Wear your "Luv" of lacrosse off the field
by A Glam Slam
posted March 30, 2010 at 4:16pm

Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in the U.S. This growth has encouraged more retailers to come onto the scene and experiment with a new side of the sport, one that doesn't involve cradling and checking.  LuxLax is one of the first fash...more

St. Rose adds lacrosse
by Title IX Blog
posted January 23, 2010 at 12:33pm

Bucking the cutting trend, the College of St. Rose has announced it will add lacrosse for the 2010-11 season. Men's lacrosse. They are building a turf field as part of a general improvement of facilities project and need a team to put on it. Apparently a...more

Lax growing in popularity
by Title IX Blog
posted October 20, 2009 at 11:46am

Hilbert College in New York will be adding men's and women's lacrosse next year, reflecting a trend--a couple actually. First lacrosse is at or near the top of the list of fastest-growing sports at both the high school and collegiate level and for both me...more

Open Practice at Stanford
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 18, 2009 at 8:08pm

Hi, it is R (solo) again, a second blog in a month! And you thought the world was going to end in 2012! Anyhoo, I told C that I was going to Stanford today to watch Lacrosse and support Coach Jaime. She couldn’t go because she was going to watch her son...more

Lacrosse Coach Jaime Sellers Part II
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 15, 2009 at 5:58pm

Remember we talked to Jaime Sellers, Stanford Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach. We recently heard from Jaime and she had some more to say. Previously we asked her how she got a paying coaching job right out of college and Jaime wanted to talk more about...more

Lacrosse Anyone?
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted October 8, 2009 at 12:04pm

This is R. C has taken the lead in writing our blogs and this is my first solo blog in years - although, C will edit it, post it to our website, probably do some formatting, and maybe even spray a little Windex on it…and, well, did I say I was doing th...more

Coaches: Understand why they play
by Fair Game News
posted August 20, 2009 at 12:27pm

By Lauren Taylor When I take a moment to think critically about sports — and youth sports in particular – it seems bizarre to consider how passionate we all are. In concrete terms, after all, the grass field has no meaning without us on it. The rul...more

Darien Board of Ed is cautious about accepting gift
by Title IX Blog
posted July 4, 2009 at 4:18pm

A foundation has offered to donate $50,000 to support athletics at Darien (Connecticut) High School, but the Board of Education is exercising caution about whether to accept the funds, which are earmarked for the support of football ($25,000), girls' swi...more

Northwestern Women’s LAX: Let us count the ways in which they dominate
by Fair Game News
posted May 22, 2009 at 10:08pm

By Lauren Taylor Let’s get it out up front: No other team has put out a strong enough showing during this tournament (or season) to make me doubt that the “purple haze” we’ve fallen into won’t continue. I’d like to see another team besides...more

Jaclyn Murphy’s “big sisters”: Northwestern women’s lacrosse team
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted May 19, 2009 at 12:36pm

Jaclyn Murphy is no ordinary 14-year-old junior varsity lacrosse player. She’s got a great story, one which I’m thrilled to say the New York Times told the world this past weekend. In short, Jaclyn, four years ago, was a frail 10 year old being treat...more

LAX Playoffs: What to look for in this weekend’s matchups
by Fair Game News
posted May 15, 2009 at 11:10am

By Lauren Taylor Round one of the women’s NCAA Division 1 lacrosse tournament offered zero upsets, but expect excitement this weekend when top teams meet in the quarterfinals (championships next weekend at Towson University in Maryland). This is co...more

Adding lacrosse because they can?
by Title IX Blog
posted May 4, 2009 at 10:56am

Pleased as we are to see schools that have the ability to add sports at this particular moment in our economic climate, the addition of men's lacrosse at Aurora University in Illinois is a little curious. Seems that they have an underused and quite expens...more

Where have I been? Well, writing about lacrosse, Of course.
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted May 4, 2009 at 10:53am

The National Lacrosse League playoffs are in full swing, and the NCAA Championships in Division I men’s and women’s lacrosse are about to start. Thus, I have been busy covering both for Examiner Boston. Alas, the Boston Blazers were defeated in the ...more