WendyParker's Women Talk Sports Profile

Wendy Parker (WendyParker)

Atlanta, GA

About WendyParker:

I'm a veteran sports journalist, blogger and Web editor. Formerly a sportswriter and online journalist at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, I'm a correspondent for Basketball Times and have extensively covered women's college basketball, soccer and Olympic sports.

WendyParker's Favorite Sports:

Basketball, W College Hoops, WNBA, Soccer, FIFA, WNT, WPS

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Who decides what is a sport?

Last week USA Today wrote about the growing popularity of flag football for girls in high schools, especially in Florida, where it is a state championship sport. Flag football also has been introduced at the varsity level in Washington, D.C., and is grow...[Read on]

Pat Summitt and the power of personality

Tweet The sport that Pat Summitt helped transform is going through a massive upheaval just as she steps away from the sideline. The designation last month of the Tennessee Lady Vols legend as “head coach emeritus” added to the more than 60 h...[Read on]

Historic moment for unflappable, undefeated Baylor

DENVER — Ken Starr was thumbing his smartphone as Kim Mulkey speculated about the response to Baylor’s NCAA women’s basketball championship Tuesday night. “At Baylor they used to not let the Baptists dance,” Mulkey said. &ld...[Read on]

The Southern swagger of Kim Mulkey

DENVER — She has one eye that barely blinks and a side of her mouth that doesn’t move because of a recent diagnosis with Bell’s palsy. None of that deters Kim Mulkey from looking the questioner straight in the eye and telling her exactl...[Read on]

Final Four: If you leave them open, they will shoot

DENVER — On a night when the undercard trumped the main event, two players barely mentioned in the buildup to the Women’s Final Four were the unexpected, and undisputed stars. Fifth-year Notre Dame senior Brittany Mallory was left open by UCo...[Read on]

In defense of elitism at the Women’s Final Four

Tweet DENVER — One of the most refreshing storylines about this Women’s Final Four is the fact that for the first time since 1989, all No. 1 seeds have advanced. In a sport where the handwringing over the lack of parity is an abiding concern...[Read on]

Gender and coaching women’s basketball, Part II

I had no sooner pushed the button on yesterday’s post on the issue of gender and coaching women’s basketball than ESPN The Magazine, as part of the Worldwide Leader’s flood the zone Title IX coverage, published “The Glass W...[Read on]

Gender and coaching women’s basketball

The moves of Wisconsin-Green Bay coach Matt Bollant to Illinois and Bowling Green’s Curt Miller to Indiana this week raised a different set of eyebrows than they might have a decade or so ago. In leaving established, NCAA-successful women’s m...[Read on]

Stretching the Boundaries of Title IX

Tweet As promised, espnW this week rolled out “The Power of IX,” its special section devoted to the law that revolutionized women’s sports in America and that turns 40 in June. As expected, the site is attractive visually and has a com...[Read on]

Culture vultures and violent male athletes

Sexual assault charges against two members of Boston University’s wildly successful ice hockey team have prompted the usual media hand-wringing on the meaning of it all in a societal context. So naturally, we must have a quote like this one in The ...[Read on]

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Today on the Women's Sports Calendar:

NCAA Tennis Championships May 17 - 28: Dan Magill Tennis Complex	NCAA Golf Championships May 22 - 25: Vanderbilt Legends Club
WNBA Games May 22: 200 S Denver Ave Tulsa, OK 74103-5019

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Wendy Parker (WendyParker)

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Atlanta, GA

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