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Nine for IX Isn’t Fine
ESPN recently announced the premiere dates for its spin-off from the popular 30 for 30 film series produced by Bill Simmons. Called “Nine for IX,” this is series of nine short films “focused on captivating stories of women in sports told through the lens of female filmmakers.” The topics of these films are: Venus Williams [...]
Boston Strong
My first reaction, upon hearing of the bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, was this: “marathoners are the strongest people I know. Thinking of you, Boston, as I am always.” Then I looked at the time during the race: 4:09. Four hours and nine minutes of running. I can’t run a marathon [...]
Condoleezza Rice Dons Her Green Jacket
It can be challenging to write admirably about someone with whom you disagree so vehemently, and Condoleezza Rice continues to put me in that position by being pretty bad-ass about…well, life. Last week, Rice got her green jacket as one of the first female members of Augusta National. (See our previous coverage of Augusta pre-admitting [...]
We Are Ready For You
More athletes have signed on to the Chris Kluwe/Brendon Ayanbadejo amicus brief filed in the Prop 8/DOMA cases, which will be heard at oral argument today in the Supreme Court. Here’s a short list of some of the highlights: Giants co-owner Steve Tisch, Executive Director of the NFL Players Association Demaurice Smith, Co-Founder of the [...]
Chris Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo Continue to be Awesome
Chris Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo are two of the most outspoken LGBT allies in sports right now. That’s not to say that there aren’t others, but even we have already written about them numerous times, including here. But now we have even one more (nerdy) reason to adore them: Kluwe and Ayanbadejo have filed an [...]
Said to Lady Journalists
A new tumblr has been making me shake my head all morning: Said to Lady Journos. Here, female journalists have been reporting the sexist and misogynist things said to them because they are female reporters. Not all of these tidbits are about sports reporters. But many of them are, including a bunch that riff on the [...]
UFC Features Female Matchup as Top Billing
File under: things I never expected to be emailed by my cable provider. We don’t know much about Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) or the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) here at Bloomer Girls, but this email was very surprising to us. The Women’s World Bantamweight Championship match gets top billing in this advertisement, and we’re always [...]
NWSL Releases Schedule
The new National Women’s Soccer League has released their schedule for this inaugural season. Games will be played at the following locations: Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kan. Benedictine University Sports Complex (Lisle, I.L.) Yurcak Field (Piscataway, N.J.) Dilboy Stadium (Somerville, M.A.) Maryland SoccerPlex (Boyds, M.D.) Jeld-Wen Field (Portland, O.R.) Sahlen’s Stadium (Rochester, [...]
Kenneth Faried of the Denver Nuggets Joins Athlete Ally
We’ve seen a lot of progress recently regarding professional athletes as LGBT allies, from Chris Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo to lots of pro baseball teams making “It Gets Better” videos over the last season. Sure, not every player on every team is on board, and some of the teams’ videos are just generally about anti-bullying [...]
BarbaraBowl
In advance of this weekend’s Superbowl game, two of the senators from the teams’ home states have made a little bet on the outcome of the game. Senators Barbara Boxer of California and Barbara Mikulski of Maryland were on Al Sharpton’s MSNBC show yesterday, gently trash talking each other’s teams while looking like they were [...]
