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Selena Roberts, Part Two
This past week, sports-wise, we had a bit of a truth crisis.
We had Manny Ramirez’s 50-game suspension for testing positive for a banned substance—about which he had... Read more »
This Week in Jock Bitch...
Let's open up the ol' cyber-mailbag, shall we? This week, two Friends of Jock Bitch (FoJB? FoJobs? That sounds weird.) were kind enough to send in a couple of links to articles of interest.
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Selena Roberts, Part One
So, Selena Roberts' Alex Rodriguez book, A-rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez, hit the shelves yesterday—earlier than its original release date, due to the jib-jab ratcheted up by the... Read more »
Jock Talk
You know what kills me? As a woman writing about sports to other women, I often feel like I need to explain things.
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Euro-time is Gonna Come
Last night I had the distinct pleasure of watching my Dallas Mavericks polish off the San Antonio Spurs in Round One of the Western Conference playoffs. The Mavs won the... Read more »
Double your standards, double your fun
A couple parting items to chat over between hoops playoffs this weekend...
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Cleats or Ballet Shoes?
Most people, regardless of gender, are born with 206 bones. Experts say human beings have between 640 and 850 muscles (they’re so difficult to count, a precise tally is impossible). Boy, girl, and in-between, we all share the same number of eyes, appendages, nerve endings. We have the same... Read more »
Jock Bitch: Because a Pun about Balls was too easy
Hi there, sports fans. My name is Jonanna Widner, and for the next couple months I'm going to be doing the guest-blogging about the nexus of sports and feminism. Said guest blog will fall under the name "Jock Bitch."
To start, I thought I'd just sort of spell out my relationship to/with sports,... Read more »
Boxing Through Adversity
The New York Times has a great article up about Cheryl Ziegler, an 18-year-old single mother from the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, who is also a boxer.
Ziegler is Hawk's latest prize student. She is tough and determined and fights with proper technique: hands up, chin down. She... Read more »
The Swimsuit Issue: 2009
So the latest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue just hit my mailbox today. And as usual, I'm not really sure what I think about it.
Featuring a near non-existant string bikini and several very tiny beautiful women of different ethnicities, this issue caters almost exclusively to male audiences.... Read more »
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