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Published: 11/19/09

Women, Sports, and Unnecessary Roughness: One Man's View

By  Carl M. Cannon - Politics Daily
Women, Sports, and Unnecessary Roughness: One Man's View

We have something special here for our readers. As our fans know, WomanUp is freerolling discussion where "women from all over the map blog on politics, culture, and any other darn thing." As you've probably guessed, we often keep right on sharing opinions with each other via email even when the conversation is not being published. Recently, after 21-year-old New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert was televised roughing up an opposing player, Bonnie Erbe wrote here about violent women. As we continued to wonder about the fairly recent post-feminism phenomenon of un-sportswoman-like ...

Published: 11/6/09

New Mexico Women's Soccer Suspends Elizabeth Lambert

By  Michael David Smith - AOL News
New Mexico Women's Soccer Suspends Elizabeth Lambert

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended from the New Mexico women's soccer program after a stunning series of cheap shots in a game against BYU. In the match, Lambert punched a BYU player in the back, threw a few quick punches at a player's head, and also executed a dangerous slide tackle on defense. But the play that garnered the most attention was when Lambert grabbed an opposing BYU player's ponytail while behind her, and violently threw her to the ground by her hair. In response to Lambert's rough play, University of ...

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