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Christine Brennan: Title IX Not to Blame for "Poor Decision-Making of Athletic Directors"
by Title IX Blog
posted August 7, 2009 at 4:26pm

Christine Brennan, sports reporter and columnist for USA Today, was recently interviewed by Real Clear Sports. Brennan's consistent support and advocacy for Title IX was reflected, in particular, in her explanation for why Title IX is not to blame for cu...more

Mystics Ban Kiss Cam
by Draft Day Suit
posted July 31, 2009 at 9:41pm

I recently went to my first WNBA game, the Washington Mystics at home against the LA Sparks. I kissed no one, and can’t say that anyone else around me did either, although I wasn’t paying that kind of attention because hey, I was there to watch a bask...more

Women Leaders in the WNBA: Gaining Ground or Walking Onto the Glass Cliff?
by One Sport Voice
posted July 31, 2009 at 8:39pm

The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) just released the 2009 Race and Gender Report Card for the WNBA. The WNBA is the only professional league to get an “A+” for both race and gender two years in a row, a feat that remains elusive...more

List of Statewide Title IX Coordinators
by Title IX Blog
posted July 31, 2009 at 11:35am

Here is the Feminist Majority Foundation's 2009 list of Title IX Coordinators designated by state education agencies. These individuals advise their agencies about gender equity issues and provide support to Title IX coordinators at the district and scho...more

Irvine forced to cut sports
by Title IX Blog
posted July 30, 2009 at 3:01pm

The University of California Irvine is looking to cut $1 million from its budget by doing some reshuffling and, unfortunately, by cutting sports. Five programs will be discontinued next year: men's and women's swimming/diving, sailing, and women's and men...more

Funny Kiwis!
by After Atalanta
posted July 29, 2009 at 12:43pm

Saw a funny editorial out of New Zealand a while ago and tucked it away thinking I should blog about it--then, of course, I forgot about it.But it's too good not to share so please check out the Kiwi humor (or humour) about women's sports, homosexuality, ...more

Scary Lesbian Kisses Threaten WNBA Viability
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted July 29, 2009 at 12:41pm

There will be no kiss cams at Washington Mystics games. What is a kiss cam you ask? It is a ubiquitous practice at NBA games where the TV camera pans the crowd, picks a couple (heterosexual, of course) and projects their image on the Jumbotron. The crowd...more

Oh, Florida
by Title IX Blog
posted July 28, 2009 at 11:18am

There is no new news to report out of Florida and the situation with the Florida High School Athletic Association. But there has been plenty of media coverage--including editorials that ask the hackneyed question: "Is it time to revise Title IX?" Various ...more

Monday morning dribble: Obama, KissCam, and Twitter
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted July 27, 2009 at 6:24pm

The Detroit Shock have landed in Washington, D.C. They are heading a basketball clinic now and moments from a ceremony with President Barack Obama, where the Shock will be honored for winning the 2008 WNBA title. That meant former Storm forward Sheri Sam...more

Another baseball/softball comparison
by Title IX Blog
posted July 27, 2009 at 10:14am

Add C.D. Hylton High School in Virginia to the list of schools being investigated for facility disparities. Like numerous (over 40 according to WaPo) high schools in the United States, C.D. Hylton has a great baseball facility and a sub par softball facil...more

Saudi prince: Girls' sports OK
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 25, 2009 at 4:55pm

RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) - APPEALING to a powerful Saudi prince, an 8-year-old girl asked why she was not allowed to play sports in school like boys. She got an unexpected response: The prince said he hoped government schools for girls would allow playing fi...more

The uncertain, vulnerable, scandal-prone land of [women's] sports??
by One Sport Voice
posted July 24, 2009 at 10:46pm

To cap off a week of weird sport media, I’ll end the week with this piece on ESPN.com that discusses the “state of uncertainty for women’s sports.” The author documents the “state” of women’s sport, which in turn will influence the opinion ...more

Andrews episode: Setback for women in sports media? Not really
by Sports, Media & Society
posted July 24, 2009 at 10:23pm

I received an email from a college student working as a sports writer for the Cape Cod Times this summer directing me to her blog post about the Erin Andrews incident. It was interesting to read the take of a young woman -- new to the profession -- about ...more

Reaction to IHSAA lawsuit
by Title IX Blog
posted July 24, 2009 at 10:18am

Seems as if reaction is mixed regarding the current scheduling of boys and girls basketball games in Indiana. This also means there is mixed reaction over what schedule changes might occur if the lawsuit is successful.It certainly does not appear that--at...more

The latest in sport and sexual harassment
by After Atalanta
posted July 22, 2009 at 10:51am

Remember last year when sideline reporter Erin Andrews of ESPN was approached from behind by a collegiate football player who simulated a sexual maneuver as he was leaving the field? Well if you don't check it out here, along with my take on that situatio...more

Study Claims that Women Have More College Athletic Opportunities than Men: What a Joke
by Womenstake
posted July 21, 2009 at 1:39am

by Melanie Ross Levin, Outreach Manager, National Women's Law Center A new study by the College Sports Council allegedly compares opportunities for men and women to earn athletic scholarships and participate in college sports. But the study contains...more

A FHSAA P.S.
by Title IX Blog
posted July 18, 2009 at 1:17pm

The piece the NYT ran about FHSAA's decision to reverse its earlier inequitable cuts was the most comprehensive one I read. In addition to reporting on the situation in Florida, it notes that other state high school athletics associations have enacted sim...more

FHSAA takes it back
by Title IX Blog
posted July 17, 2009 at 12:14pm

The cuts to the number of interscholastic competitions, passed by the Florida High School Athletic Association in April, were rescinded yesterday in an emergency meeting, as expected.There will still be a hearing tomorrow to consider the injunction brough...more

American wrestlers claiming unequal treatment
by After Atalanta
posted July 16, 2009 at 11:42am

The women who train under USA Wrestling have filed a grievance claiming they are receiving inferior treatment.Some of the top female wrestlers in USA Wrestling's program say discrimination exists at multiple levels and includes: less qualified coaching, m...more

Pro athletes are already out
by After Atalanta
posted July 15, 2009 at 3:01pm

I'm not going to go into my "I really do like Dave Zirin, but sometimes..." intro here because, well, that pretty much captures it.A recent Zirin column asks "Which pro athlete will come out of the closet?"It's a curious question because, of course, there...more

Sand volleyball recalled
by Title IX Blog
posted July 14, 2009 at 11:41am

Somehow we missed the news that sand volleyball, the newly named NCAA emerging sport, has been called back to the drawing board.It seems San Diego State University had been planning to add sand volleyball along with women's lacrosse. SDSU must meet the ge...more

Florida High School Athletic Association accused of Title IX violation
by Womenstake
posted July 12, 2009 at 1:56pm

by Kolbe Franklin, Program Associate, National Womens Law Center Claiming budget constraints, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) recently approved a plan to reduce the number of varsity-level games for all sports except football. In ...more

"Distasteful" but not illegal...
by After Atalanta
posted July 11, 2009 at 11:57am

...at least in Canada. The quest of the female ski jumpers who filed a lawsuit against the Vancouver Olympic Committee saying that their exclusion was illegal under Canadian civil rights laws has come to an end it seems. The judge in the case dismissed th...more

Female ski jumpers lose 2010 Olympic battle
by Pretty Tough
posted July 10, 2009 at 5:20pm

Female ski jumper Lindsey Van We’ve written a lot over the past year about the battle being waged by 15 former and current women ski jumpers who have argued about their right to participate in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. For some background...more

Gender cheating
by After Atalanta
posted July 9, 2009 at 11:48am

If you look at the accumulation of comments on Soccer Lens' "The 15 Greatest Sports Cheats of All Time" you would think the biggest controversy is whether Maradona's "hand of god" goal in the 1980s was worse than boxing coach Panana Lewis's tactics that l...more

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