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We Got Lame
I remember back when the WNBA started, back in 1997. I remember how the league’s slogan, “We Got Next,” was one of the best marketing slogans I’d ever heard….
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Carlos Zambrano: Stay at home dad?
Why is the thought of Chicago Cubs ace pitcher Carlos Zambrano hanging it up at age 31 such a big joke? Is it because he has a hot temper or is it because he said he wanted to spend more time with his three daughters and beloved mother? Most sports reporters think he's bluffing, that he's too much... Read more »
Jeanne Zelasko = Meg White?
So, as I was looking into this whole WIN Network thing, I ran into... Read more »
WIN Some, Lose Some
These days, the ham-fisted methods used by professional sports teams to recruit women into their fan base (and thus their customer base) are not particularly hard to spot—just... Read more »
Golf: The Sin, and Zen, of the Pin
Just when my pie-in-the-sky, baseball-is-good-for-you, sports-loving feminist self was starting to make a tenuous peace with some of the downside of pro sports, the PGA came to town... Read more »
Bee Up, Y'all
Did anyone else catch any of this week's Scripps National Spelling Bee coverage, most of which took place on…ESPN, of all places?
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Jock Bitch: All Up in Your Grill
Well, it’s the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, a three-dayspan rife with beer, outdoor cooking, and the type of conversation that oftenoccurs when large amounts of meat are burning on a grill: sports talk.
Usually, sports talk involves a male-dominated roundtablethat covers last night... Read more »
Jock Bitch Power Pack: Video Edition
So, I was tooling around the Interwebs the other day trying to find some old-school ladies’ sports footage for that last blog piece, and I stumbled upon some pretty sweet YouTubery—the site is loaded with tons of amazing bits of video that relates to women and sports. I ended up spending the last... Read more »
Women, Whiteness, and Indian Cricket
Women are making their entrance into cricket as players, team owners, and purveyors of sexism and White privilege?
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The Timko Sisters: Come Back to the Five and Dime, Billie Jean, Billie Jean
… cuz we need you.
On May 1, a pair of tennis-playing girls—sisters Karli and Tonya Timko—won the won the boys AA Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League doubles title.
Let me take that back: They didn’t just win. They freakin’ dominated. As singles players on the boys... Read more »
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