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Title IX Reality: In 2011, Girls Still Shortchanged in Sports, Says Ex-Olympian
By Carla Baranauckas - Politics DailyFor Nancy Hogshead-Makar, who won three gold medals and one silver in the 1984 Olympic swimming competition in Los Angeles, success has often required a large dose of persistence. As an elite swimmer, she was undefeated in dual meets throughout her high school and college competitive careers and she qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team. But the United States boycotted the Moscow Olympics because the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan, and it was four years before she could feel the thrill of standing atop the Olympic podium. As International Women's Day marks its 100th anniversary ...
NBA Chief Predicts Battle of the Sexes
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Dec. 8) -- Candace Parker, a 6-foot, 4-inch, 175-pound forward, leads the WNBA in rebounds and blocks, and was the first woman ever to dunk in an NCAA game. But will she ever play her brother, Anthony Parker of the Cleveland Cavaliers, in the NBA? NBA Commissioner David Stern, for one, doesn't see it as a stretch of the imagination. In remarks reported by Sports Illustrated writer Ian Thomsen, Stern said that there may be a woman playing alongside men in the NBA "in the next decade or so." As Thomsen put it, "it will be the sports equivalent of putting a man on the moon." Getty Images ...
At Wimbledon, Looks Matter
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyMy attention toward the world of sports has been taken up with soccer recently. But, with the Confederations Cup over and almost a full year until the World Cup, I decided to catch up on Wimbledon. Oh, how I almost instantly regretted it. "Good looks are a factor," All England Club Spokesman Johnny Perkins told the Daily Mail in explaining why the top-seeded female players were not being scheduled for the highly visible Centre Court. Of course, this isn't the first time sexism has been brought up this season at Wimbledon. Former tennis Champion Michael Stich recently caused a stir when he ...
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