Tag Archive | WNBA
Another Double Standard: Celebrating Out Male Athletes, Ignoring Out Female Athletes
On Monday, NBA veteran Jason Collins became the first openly gay male professional athlete in America, a huge step forward for American sports, culture and society as a whole. As the mainstream sports media, players, fans, owners and bloggers all reacted to the news, a common untruth was repeated again and again: “Collins is the [...]
Some Black Women’s Bodies are Different than White Women’s Bodies. Why Do We Still Care?
Two incidents from last month have gotten me thinking about the differences between black women’s bodies and white women’s bodies, and why people still try to compare them and label one better than the other. Both incidents made jokes at the expense of black women’s bodies. As a white woman interested in sports, I know [...]
Geno Auriemma’s Sexual Harassment Suit
The New York Times reported Monday that a security director for the NBA, Kelley Hardwick, has brought a sexual harassment and retaliation suit against Geno Auriemma, longtime coach for the UConn women’s basketball team who is now the coach of the Olympic women’s basketball team. According to the Times, the incident occurred in 2009 when the U.S. [...]
Graduation Rates, Earning Potential, and Gender Scrutiny: Why the NCAA Tournament Makes Me Angry
Today we have a guest post from our friend Mike! Mike is an avid sports fan who probably knows more about the Yankees than you do. He adopted a three-legged pit before Parks & Recreation made it cool, and is an expert at Martini Time. Follow him on Twitter @M_Garcia36. ******* I am a sports [...]
Not Another Ryan Braun Post!: PED Use by Female Athletes
Yesterday afternoon, the internet exploded when news broke that Milwaukee Brewer Ryan Braun had successfully appealed his performance enhancing drug (PED)-related 50-game suspension, becoming the first baseball player ever to do so. The independent arbitrator on the three-person arbitration panel (the other two were representatives from MLB and the MLB Players’ Association), Shyam Das, cast the [...]
