Archive | July 2012
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Ye Shiwen “Chicks” Ryan Lochte
Saturday night China’s 16 year old swimmer Ye Shiwen won gold in the women’s 400-meter IM, broke the world record and, ostensibly most important of all, swam faster than Ryan Lochte for 50 meters of her race. Yahoo! Sports reports: But it was her final 100 meters – the freestyle leg of the event – [...]
Olympic Round-Up
As we’ve stated previously, here at Bloomer Girls Blog, we’re obsessed with the Olympics and so excited to get together tonight to watch the (taped) Opening Ceremonies with our friends. So today, for our usual Friday Links, we’re sharing our favorites from posts leading up to the opening of the games. Sporty Style: 7 Inspiring [...]
Standing Up for Female Journalists’ Access to the Clubhouse
Back in February when our blog was three days old, Sara wrote about the inherent gender bias present in Major League Baseball’s new media dress code. Unfortunately that’s not the only adversity female journalists face covering America’s favorite pastime. Yesterday Jessica Quiroli, a long-time minor league reporter for the Yankees organization, wrote a piece on her [...]
Serena Williams is Aces
Lydia mentioned this briefly yesterday, but I wanted to expand and give it its due: Serena Williams is the aceiest of aces, having broken her own record in the semi-final of the Wimbledon tournament earlier this month by hitting 24 aces in a TWO-SET win. She broke the record by one ace, which she had [...]
Why We Write
As you all know the Olympics are just around the corner, and Sara and I could not be more excited. Whether it’s gymnastics, swimming and diving, track and field or the lesser touted events, we are so pumped for both the men’s and women’s competitions. And while Saudi Arabia is not is is only doing it [...]
After a Father Speaks Out, A School District Fixes Title IX Problem
Some good news last week out of Seaside, Oregon via Title IX Blog, and a reminder that it pays to speak out about gender inequities in sports. About two weeks ago Title IX Blog wrote: The Oregonian reports that parent Randy Anderson has filed an intent to sue the Seaside School District to challenge a [...]
Major League Soccer Severs Relationship with Boy Scouts
On Friday, Major League Soccer (MLS) announced that they would not be renewing their partnership with the Boy Scouts of America this year. Although there was no specific reason given, there is much speculation that MLS ended this partnership due to the Boy Scouts’ recent reaffirmation of their anti-gay stance. The original agreement between MLS [...]
