Should Male Athletes Get Pregnancy Leave?
USA Today has a story about a male college athlete who’s challenging the NCAA’s eligibility rules that allow female athletes a one-year extension of eligibility for pregnancy. The NCAA’s pregnancy exception states a school “may approve a one-year extension of the five-year period of eligibility for a female student for reasons of pregnancy.” Butler’s case [...]
...read moreHigher Standards, Once Again.
Michelle Wie is all of 16 years old. She’s a pro golfer, and she’s been trying for a year or so — since she was 15 — to qualify for a number of professional men’s tournaments. She just failed to qualify for the John Deere Classic, which makes her 0-5 in her bids for spots [...]
...read moreIn Praise of Sensible Shoes
I’ve known for a long time that my biomechanics below the waist were, to put it delicately, fucked.
...read moreSomeone’s Been Watching Too Much Footballers Wive$
Sigh. There really is nothing that can’t be blamed on women, is there? From CNN/SI: Wacky World Cup note: The soccer might be over, but not the strange goings-on. Monday brought reports that England’s Football Association might ban wives and girlfriends from attending future international tournaments. It seems that some are blaming England’s disappointing World [...]
...read moreI-TAL-IA! I-TAL-IA!
World Cup 2006: ITALIA! Plus, what was Zidane thinking?? That is all.
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Hands down the best game of the entire World Cup. Even if you aren’t cheering for Italy, you have to admit that the game was entertainment at its best. I look forward to seeing France/Portugal succumb to the power of l’Italia on Sunday.
...read moreWorld Cup Madness!
I love it, although I found yesterday’s Italy/Australia game really disappointing. Winning on a penalty kick? Eh. I’m running out of work right now to catch the Brazil/Ghana match, which promises to be good. I’ve got my fingers crossed for the eventual triumph of either England or Italy (England because how can you not love [...]
...read moreHappy Birthday, Title IX
Thirty-four years after its passage, many women still don’t know the basics about Title IX.
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Yoga or boxing?
...read moreWorld Cup Woes?
Save me. Apparently the little ladies are having some trouble weathering the World Cup season, and are in dire need of over-priced spa packages to alleviate the pain of being football widows. Perhaps I’m primarily irritated with this tired old “girls don’t like sports” thing because I’ve been watching the World Cup religiously, and I [...]
...read moreThe Swimming Gap
I grew up in affluent suburbs where backyard swimming pools were common. My parents swam, and made sure my siblings and I could swim; we were dropped off several times a week for lessons at Mrs. Heath’s pool, practicing our strokes while Mrs. Heath sat on the edge of the pool with her Virginia Slims. [...]
...read moreRacism at the World Cup
I’m excited for the World Cup, if only because all my TV channels here are in Greek, and sports are the only thing I like to watch because you don’t have to understand what they’re saying. But apparently some football fans have been on their worst behavior lately. As he left the soccer field after [...]
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