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Victories and Failures in Women's Sports in 2009, or #FTW and #FAIL (Hot or Not for us old-timers)
 | posted by AnnGaff, a Women Talk Sports blogger About AnnGaff: Chief Technical Officer, Women Talk Sports. I competed in Track & Field and Cross-Country in college at the University of Nebraska and competed professionally in Track & Field (3000m Steeplechase) fr...more |
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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 just um...heard it from someone else).
So instead I'm using Twitter phrases that have caught fire: FTW meaning "for the win" and FAIL meaning "major points lost" or "not a good look" or, just "failure"!
Please add more to my list in the comments below, as I'm sure I missed some good ones.
| #FTW | #FAIL |
| Candace Parker on the cover of ESPN the Magazine | The opening paragraph talking about her bra size |
| Sanya Richards returning to international domination in the 400m, winning her first individual gold at the World Championships and winning 2009 IAAF Athlete of the Year | Her and fiance Aaron Ross of the Steelers being left off of the BlackVoices Hottest Athletes of 2009 list |
| Sky Blue FC rising to the occasion after their manager and coach were suddenly let go mid-season to win the inaugural Women's Professional Soccer Championship | Puma putting the WPS players in skorts and parading the athletes around like runway models (at least they didn't wear them in the actual games) |
| Female Ski Jumpers relentlessly lobbying to get put into 2010 Olympics. Great example of organizing for a cause as opposed to waiting for change to happen. | IOC stubbornly refusing to add women's ski jumping, even though they let in skier cross which has far fewer competitors in fewer countries. |
| Strikeforce's much-anticipated Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos vs Gina Carano bout did not disappoint, with Cyborg winning by TKO in the first round and over 5 million viewers tuning in. | Cyborg is considering posing for Playboy. |
| Serena Williams defeating Venus Williams for the Wimbledon title only for the sisters to turn around and win the doubles title hours later. | Serena threatening a line judge's life (fail on her part) and being fined $82,500 and put on a 2-year probation (fail by Grand Slam for overreacting to a woman expressing anger) |
| 5 of the top 6 women at the NYC Marathon are mothers, including the winner Derartu Tulu, disproving the myth that "childbirth is a barrier" | The marathon coverage focusing on Paula Radcliffe's "disappointing" performance as opposed to the victory of Tulu and her great story |
| WNBA inviting sports blogger to attend the 2009 Draft and embracing social media whole-heartedly | WNBA abandoning the kiss-cam because of "scary lesbian kisses" |
| Caster Semenya winning the 800m at the World Championships amid embarrassing rumors and rampant media commentary regarding the possibility that she was actually a male | 1) Assuming she's a man because she looks muscular and is fast and 2) the IAAF and the media exposing a matter that should have been kept private unless a medal needed to be retracted. |
| Boxing added to 2012 Olympics | Softball getting cut from the Olympics and reinstatement for 2016 rejected |
Other WomenTalkSports posts of "Best of '09":
- From Because I Played Sports, Best of '09: Forming a community, WomenTalkSports.com
- From One Sport Voice, The "Best" of 2009 and the State of Girls & Women in Sports
- From WakeGirls.com, Best of ‘09 – A Year for Women in Wake
- From Robin Bernstein, Best of '09: A Fresh Meat's Perspective
- From PrettyTough.com, 2009: A Salute to Women in Sports
- From Jayda Evans of the Seattle Times, Best of the decade: A look back at Northwest women's hoops
- From Women Talk Sports Co-Founder Ann Gaffigan, Victories and Failures in Women's Sports in 2009 (#FTW or #FAIL)
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- Filed Under:
- Basketball, Boxing, Marathon, MMA, Olympics, Running, Ski, Soccer, Track & Field, SportsPLUS, Discrimination/Title IX, Summer Games, Winter Games, Wintersports, WNBA, WPS, Ski Jump
There are 4 comments on this post. Join the discussion!
megankillian
love it!!
Friday, January 1, 2010 at 3:29pm PST
kacileigh
loved this! I laughed out loud about the WNBA abandoning the kiss cam, can't believe they really did that
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 2:17pm PST
hoopfeed
Actually, the decision on whether or not to have a Kiss-Cam is an individual team decision. The San Antonio Silver Stars still have it. The Washington Mystics was the team who abandoned it.
Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 10:27am PST
AnnGaff
Thanks for the correction, Cheryl, you are absolutely right.
Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 8:26pm PST