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Ann Gaffigan (anngaff)

http://steeplechics.com

@anngaff

Overland Park, KS, USA

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) from when I graduated in May 2004 until the 2008 Olympic Trials.

anngaff's Favorite Sports:

MMA, Olympics, Running, Soccer, Track & Field

anngaff's Posts:

You're a Bravebird (A Republishing from Steeplechics.com)
posted on April 20, 2010 at 8:59pm

Author's Note: I am republishing this post from steeplechics.com, where I originally posted it in March of 2008. I will gradually be doing this will all of my posts from that site, as they are relevant to Women Talk Sports and are also my original writing...more

Interview with Jill Montgomery, Sports Broadcaster for NBC/Universal Sports
posted on April 18, 2010 at 7:25pm

I did a quick interview with Jill Montgomery trackside at the Mt. SAC Relays yesterday. Montgomery is a sports broadcaster for NBC and Universal Sports. She has commentated on track & field, basketball, football, baseball and soccer. Her last gig was ...more

Battle of the Sexes Puma Mile: Parker Makes the Men Earn It
posted on April 17, 2010 at 3:13am

Barbara Parker was going to make sure she either won the $10,000 Puma contract or the man who did had to put up the fight of his life. Parker took off at the gun that started the women's field, setting a 4:30 mile pace on the first lap and never letting ...more

Battle of the Sexes Puma Mile LIVE Friday at 7:45pm PT
posted on April 16, 2010 at 8:04pm

The 2009 Puma Mile was for men only and winner David Torrance got a $3,000 one-year contract with Puma. There was no women's race. This year, the Puma Mile page on Flotrack stated that the winner would receive a $10,000 contract. I scanned the rules and ...more

Skyping with Track Stars: Shayla Houlihan
posted on April 14, 2010 at 4:55pm

Shayla Houlihan is one of the hottest distance runners on the scene this year, having turned into one of the top competitors in the nation in what seemed to be the blink of an eye. She PR'd numerous times this indoor season and then took a whopping 26 sec...more

Sesame Street Teaches Young Girls that Princesses Can Play Football
posted on April 7, 2010 at 12:42pm

I was watching Sesame Street this morning with my 10 1/2 month old daughter Jaelyn. The episode was called "Princess Show" and when I hit Play on the DVR, I cringed slightly...I figured it was going to be a bunch of reenactments of fairytales where a dams...more

Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, Prognosis "Excellent"
posted on April 7, 2010 at 12:34pm

Nine-time Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with a non-invasive form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS. Fortunately, the cancer was detected early and the outlook is very optimistic. "The prognosis of someo...more

Chebet out-sprints Masai to win World Cross Country Championships
posted on March 28, 2010 at 4:39pm

Pre-race co-favorite Linet Masai was outsprinted by a countrywoman for the second straight year to lose the lead and take silver at the World Cross Country Championships. Masai, just 20 years old, led a very aggressive race over the muddy and difficult ...more

Tate Triumphs Over Frausto
posted on March 27, 2010 at 3:53pm

Miesha Tate walked the walk last night as she beat Zoila Frausto in Round 2 by armbar submission, which Frausto endured for 30 seconds before tapping. Tate had predicted she would finish Frausto in the second round either by grounding and pounding or by s...more

Rainy and Muddy - how the World Cross-Country Championships are meant to be
posted on March 26, 2010 at 4:39pm

The IAAF World Cross-Country Championship - arguably the toughest distance race of all - takes place this Sunday in Bydgoszcz, Poland. A few weeks ago, the Polish national race took place on the same course, and the lead women could barely run 6 min/mile ...more

Tonight: Try Showtime for Free and watch former soccer player Zoila Frausto take on veteran Miesha Tate
posted on March 26, 2010 at 10:33am

Strikeforce CS 7 will take place tonight (Friday, March 26, 2010) at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, CA. Hometown favorite Zoila Frausto, an undefeated women’s prospect, will take on veteran Miesha “Takedown” Tate (8-2) of Olympia, WA.  Fraust...more

Skyping with Track Stars: Alysia Johnson
posted on March 23, 2010 at 4:50pm

I did some Skyping over the weekend with track star Alysia Johnson, an 800m stud from the United States, fresh off a bronze medal at the Indoor World Championships a little over a week ago.Alysia was a California state champion in high school and went to ...more

Her Name is Lolo, She is a World Champ
posted on March 14, 2010 at 3:01am

-Lolo Jones' (@followlolo) first tweet after winning the 60m hurdles at the World Indoor Track & Field Championships. She did it. She finally did it. She got that gold medal on the day it counted. And she almost leaped over the crash pad - probably eig...more

How and What to Follow at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
posted on March 12, 2010 at 4:37pm

The NCAA Indoor Track & Field Indoor Championships take place this weekend (March 12-13) in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Highlights include Oregon distance stars Jordan Hasay and Nicole Blood tripling up to see if they can bring home a national title for the D...more

How to Follow the World Track & Field Indoor Championships
posted on March 11, 2010 at 3:27pm

I love it when Universal Sports covers a track meet. It means these three awesome things: I get to watch hours and hours of coverage, much of it live, at universalsports.com, which always has a clear picture and smooth feed. I get to watch maybe not h...more

Recap of the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships
posted on March 1, 2010 at 4:18pm

I managed to not see any results, accidentally or on purpose, except for the women's 800m before the televised coverage on ESPN2 yesterday afternoon. I really love watching track & field on TV, and I think ESPN2 did a great job with the coverage. Ther...more

Canada's Women's Hockey Team: Some Guy with a Website Hits the Nail on the Head
posted on March 1, 2010 at 3:37pm

Thanks to @switzerblog for sending me a link to this comic by August J Pollack of someguywithawebsite.com. I got a good chuckle out of it, and hope you do too: ...more

I didn't know Chuck Liddell was a feminist
posted on February 26, 2010 at 6:58pm

Chuck Liddell is all for equal opportunity. Check out the video below of the UFC fighter sexually objectifying himself along with his girlfriend Heidi Northcut working out in the nude (except for their Reebok shoes). The video is part of a (so far very su...more

USA Track & Field Indoor Championships: Women's Preview
posted on February 26, 2010 at 4:52pm

Sorry guys, I would love to preview the men's events as well, but there are only so many hours in the day and frankly I know much more about the women. So rather than spend my day Googling the names of some of the men, I'm going to give you a thorough wom...more

Video of Fox Business Happy Hour Interview
posted on February 12, 2010 at 8:56pm

Here it is, folks. The video of the short interview I did with Fox Business Happy Hour (Host Rebecca Diamond). If it won't play for you below, try this link. Watch the latest business video at video.foxbusiness.com ...more

Girls, Inc. Orange County: They sure are strong, smart and bold
posted on February 9, 2010 at 1:57pm

Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of meeting with 30 or 40 girls ages 5 to 11 at Girls, Inc. of Orange County. What I had planned was to show them the video of the 2004 US Olympic Trials steeplechase, talk about believing in yourself and dealing with advers...more

This Week in Women's Track & Field
posted on February 8, 2010 at 1:02am

It was another exciting weekend of Indoor Track & Field here in the States and abroad. We all had to wait until Sunday to watch a taped Reebok Boston Indoor Games on ESPN2, but with many people tweeting from the meet, we at least got live results and ...more

Strikeforce is Going to Have to Shell Out More Dough to Find Someone to Fight Cyborg
posted on February 7, 2010 at 2:47am

I just found out after perusing some posts on BloodyElbow.com that Marloes Coenen only made $2,000 getting pummeled by Cyborg at Strikeforce Miami. I don't know what she would have made if she had beaten Cyborg but it certainly wasn't going to be 6 figu...more

Thoughts on Jenny Barringer's Coaching Change
posted on February 7, 2010 at 2:12am

The news broke on Thursday that Jenny Barringer will no longer be working with her college coach Mark Wetmore of Colorado. This comes as a shock to many because Wetmore's careful handling of Barringer throughout her career is one for the books, from her f...more

Last-Minute Millrose Games Preview
posted on January 29, 2010 at 2:56pm

The indoor track & field season snuck up on me! Here we are at Millrose Games weekend already! A few cool facts about the Millrose Games: Held annually in Madison Square Garden. The meet started in 1908 when employees of the Wanamaker's department stor...more

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