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Should Male Head Coaches Be With Female Basketball Teams?
CALIFORNIA — Is it correct for men to be coaching women in the game of basketball? Geno Auriemma at the University of Connecticut has won five NCAA woman’s titles and is the biggest male head coaches...
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WNBA Celebrates Dads And Daughters With Nationwide Events
NEW YORK — During the month of June, the WNBA will celebrate the special connection between dads and daughters by inviting them to experience female athleticism at its best. From special ticket...
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Olympic Skiing Medalist Beats The Odds
NEW YORK — You may not have heard of Bonnie St. John before — but a lot of people find her to be unforgettable. Triumphantly overcoming the odds of a leg amputation, sexual abuse, divorce, and single...
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The Black Rose Rises
CALIFORNIA — Siriporn Thaweesuk is a fortunate woman. She has seen and lived the remorseful part of life behind Thai Government Prison. Trying to help her family escape poverty, now she will hopefully...
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Sports Foundation To Re-Introduce Speaker Service
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — The Women’s Sports Foundation is the leading authority on the participation of women and girls in sports. The foundation advocates for equality, educates the public, conducts...
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An Honest Look At Women’s Athletics
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Title IX has done wonders for women by opening school athletics to them throughout the nation. And as the landmark gender discrimination legislation turned 36 last week, it might be...
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When Billie Beat Bobby, Everything Changed
NEW YORK – On September 20, 1973, at the Houston Astrodome Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs — representing men and women and the attitudes of the day — played out the historic “Battle of the Sexes” in...
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Bibbs’ Legacy Is Recognized In Philly
GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina A&T women’s basketball coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs has been giving her trophy case a workout over the last year. She will need to utilize the trophy case again...
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Still discriminating after all these years
NEW YORK — The National Women’s Law Center has filed complaints against 12 school districts Wednesday alleging they failed to offer equal opportunities for female athletes. The center said data from...
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Beyond Bikinis: Sports Illustrated’s Nine New Rules to Land a Cover
We, at Blackathlete.com, decided to re-published this article by C.Modino, which originally appeared on popsspot.com on July 31, 2012 after the uproar surrounding the Sports Illustrated 50th...
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Love and Basketball: 5 Reasons You Should Be a Brittney Griner Fan
By Crunk Feminists Brittney Griner is not the first female athlete to come out about her sexuality, nor is she the first black woman in the WNBA to do so. What she is, though, is the first black...
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Rhonda Rousey, The New Super Star of UFC
Ronda Rousey as UFC biggest star, traveled to Brazil to defend her bantamweight against undefeated Brazilian Bethe Correia. Rousey was recently crowned fighter of the year by ESPN and it is not hard...
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