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Meditations on the Beautiful Game from an Unlikey Player and Fan.
Jennifer Doyle

Brazil Rejects the Pure Spectacle
The people taking to the streets in Brazil are demonstrating the only right and true response to the militarized boondoggle of international sports festivals like FIFA's World Cup and the Olympics. These are serial spectacles - a rotating cast and se...[Read on]
Are the Doncaster Belles being punished for their history? Or for the history of women's football?
Moira Lovell, "John and Precious" from Stand Your GroundDoncaster Rover Belles players and their coachThe unfairness of discrimination can be so lacerating, so outrageous that you hesitate to speak directly to the experience of it. Once you start, you are...[Read on]
The Runner's Runner
I've long wanted to write about Justina Cassavell. My sister has been the cross-country coach at Voorhees High School in New Jersey since the mid 1990s. She is also the head track coach (boys and girls). She announced her resignation yesterday - within mi...[Read on]
Brittney Griner, Jason Collins and the Sex of a Story
The (not-homophobic side of the) sports world has invested a lot of magic in the currently-professional-and-playing-out-gay-male-athlete. It's no wonder, given how elusive that athlete has been.Jason Collins comes out decades after Stonewall, he comes out...[Read on]
Jason Collins Comes Out (and Leans In)
NBA center Jason Collins came out in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated. People are celebrating him as the first man in a "major sport" to come out as gay. That is true only if we limit our examples to the US.Justin Fashanu was the first at...[Read on]
The Vulnerable Spectacle: Notes on the Bombing of a Marathon
The bombing at the Boston Marathon - what is there to say about such a thing? Already, barely a day into the story the story is on repeat. Terror, heroism, terror, heroism. How many are dead? Wounds and more wounds. Women & children. Look out for a d...[Read on]
Big Money Sports Provides Training in Bullying and Harassment!: Notes on Rutgers Basketball
Rutgers's biggest problem is not Mike Rice. It's politicians digging into the university's infrastructure - taking the ongoing dismantling of affordable public education to the next level (first attack affordability, then attack the scene of educatio...[Read on]
Blame Patriarchy: Thoughts on Steubenville rape case and "Jock Culture"
In a recent polemic Dave Zirin asks if "jock culture" is to be blamed for the Steubenville case.Responding to evidence that adults around these football players conspired to cover up the shame and the crime of it all, Zirin tackles the social structu...[Read on]
She's a Forward and She's Really Awesome (Sam Gordan Video)
I wrote about Sam Gordon the other week for Salon. Love. Her. ...[Read on]
Tough Mudder: The Deskilling of the Cross Country Runner? (A look NXN)
Painted in mud, the best high school cross-country runners stumbled across the line. The exhausted pack ran their worst times all season. The painfulness of this fact was thrown into stark relief by the boorish slogan suspended across the course finish: ...[Read on]

IN SEASON:

SOFTBALL

National Pro Fastpitch: Bandits Blank Comets, 5-0

Sat, Jun 15 at 7:30pm

NPF: Sarah Pauly Shines in 8-4 Victory Against Racers

Fri, Jun 14 at 2:41pm

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MMA

OpEd – Should Lightweight be the Next Division for Invicta?

Tue, Jun 18 at 10:03pm

Van Buren vs. Clark Added to XFC 25

Mon, Jun 17 at 9:52pm

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TRACK & FIELD

Wesley Frazier competes historic triple, winning mile, 2 mile & 5K at #NBNationals

Tue, Jun 18 at 6:11am

USA Track & Field Champs: Comeback kid Treniere Moser leaves retirement plans behind

Tue, Jun 18 at 5:44am

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BASKETBALL

Val Ackerman recommends changes to NCAA Division I women's basketball

Wed, Jun 19 at 9:39pm

The Ackerman White Paper, Part II: Changing the game

Wed, Jun 19 at 9:33pm

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SOCCER

WPSL: “Clash of the Titans I” ends in 2-2 draw

Wed, Jun 19 at 9:28pm

Spirit doubleheader: amateurs win, pros lose

Mon, Jun 17 at 10:33pm

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LATEST ARTICLES & POSTS

Serena Makes Headlines Days Before Wimbledon Begins
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Wed at 10:16pm

Val Ackerman recommends changes to NCAA Division I women's basketball
posted by They're Playing Basketball

Wed at 9:39pm

The Ackerman White Paper, Part II: Changing the game
posted by Swish Appeal

Wed at 9:33pm

Ruth Riley signed by Atlanta Dream
posted by Swish Appeal

Wed at 9:30pm

WPSL: “Clash of the Titans I” ends in 2-2 draw
posted by All White Kit

Wed at 9:28pm

Tina Thompson puts up 30 points to lead Storm over Mystics, 96-86
posted by They're Playing Basketball

Wed at 9:23pm

2013 WNBA MVP watch: Ivory Latta, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi off to efficient starts as perimeter scorers
posted by Swish Appeal

Wed at 9:21pm

Need a fun lesson on Title IX and athletics??
posted by Title IX Blog

Wed at 9:17pm

Under Armour and GK Color Your Leo Contest
posted by Sports Girls Play

Wed at 9:11pm

Brazil Rejects the Pure Spectacle
posted by From A Left Wing

Wed at 8:50pm

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