Archive | April 2012
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Weekend Links Post
It’s Friday! As we sometimes do, today we’re sharing a few articles we read this week: The Toronto Star published a round-up of letters to the news source demanding better coverage of women’s sports. After a Cardinals’ radio ad depicted the team’s fanbase as all-male, the Fearless Leader over at A Blog of Their Own [...]
How Softball Got Scratched from the Lineup
Friend of Bloomer Girls Blog Marion mentioned in an email a while back that she didn’t understand why softball was no longer an Olympic event, and asked if we could uncover the details for her. Softball, which was an Olympic sport between 1996 and 2008, was voted off of the Olympic program for 2012 and [...]
Take Me Out to the Ballgame – An Ode to the Female Baseball Fan
“Take Me Out to the Ballgame” is a bit of classic Americana. Many know the chorus whether they like baseball or not. Anyone who’s ever been to a professional baseball game has likely sung the lyrics in unison with tens of thousands of others. But did you know that the two verses tell the tale of a [...]
Malaysian Rifler Competes While Pregnant
Since starting this blog in February, we at Bloomer Girls have covered some really ground-breaking, inspiring women. Add Malaysian rifler Nur Suryani to that list. In January, the 29 year-old Suryani became the first Malaysian woman to qualify for the Olympics for rifle shooting. Days before qualifying, however, she learned that she was pregnant. Now, in [...]
Closing the Gap in Women’s Hockey
Women’s hockey has been an Olympic sport for many years now, but in that time only the U.S. and Canada have been truly competitive teams (the Olympic and World Championship gold medal game has featured the U.S. and Canada for 14 years straight.) The sport has taken some significant steps towards parity, including the creation [...]
Legendary Female Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Steps Down
Pat Summitt, the coach for the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, has announced she is stepping down from her role as head coach. In August 2011 she was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, so the move is not too surprising for college basketball fans, and she will continue to serve the basketball program [...]
Chelsea Baker Defies Stereotypes
Before Lydia and I even started to conceptualize this blog, we spent many hours emailing back and forth about awesome women who challenged our preconceived notions about female participation in sports. Although we can name many women who have excelled in various professional sports, it’s harder to find stories about younger girls as they come [...]
Mary Byrne Named Managing Editor, Sports for USA TODAY
Some great news out of McLean, VA today: Mary Byrne, currently Deputy Sports Editor for the Associated Press, has been named Managing Editor, Sports for USA TODAY. With this posting, USA TODAY becomes the largest sports enterprise in the nation to be led by a female editor. Byrne has had an incredibly successful career in [...]
Montana Football Has a Sexual Assault Problem
The Big Lead reported in January that the University of Montana has been investigating five sexual assault cases, two of which involve players on the football team. The story summarizes: “Incidents suggest a disturbing pattern of normal underreporting the crime, combined with poor handling by university officials and special treatment for football players.” The report describes [...]
Miami Marlins Don’t Like Mirrors
Last week, the Miami Marlins opened their new ballpark to great public fanfare (as well as some private derision amongst our friends.) You see, the Miami Marlins have a new “home run” sculpture which can only be described as a Lisa Frank-inspired facacta water sculpture extravaganza: In addition to that sculpture being one of the [...]
