Spoiler alert: Women's boxing is in the Olympics for the first time ever, and a 17-year-old American just won gold! Discuss… 8/09/12 1:45pm 8/09/12 1:45pm

Public concern that high-impact sports such as football, hockey, and boxing leave their participants with traumatic brain injuries has increased dramatically in recent years, but preliminary results from a study conducted at the Cleveland Clinic's Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health suggest that women in head-butting… Read… 7/26/12 2:45pm 7/26/12 2:45pm

Nike is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX with an ad called "Voices." Using the hashtag #maketherules, female athletes — Olympic boxer Marlen Esparza, women's basketball legend Lisa Leslie, WNBA star Diana Taurasi, and Joan Benoit Samuelson, who won the world's first gold medal for women's marathon at the… Read… 6/25/12 11:10am 6/25/12 11:10am

LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 05: (L) Singer Justin Bieber holds up a belt for Floyd Mayweather Jr. before Mayweather Jr. takes on Miguel Cotto during their WBA super welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 5, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) Discuss… 5/06/12 10:35pm 5/06/12 10:35pm

Aww, his first black-and-blue shoot. Timberlake did one, as did Lindsay. Guess this means The Beebs is all growed up? Read… 3/19/12 7:20pm 3/19/12 7:20pm

Officials from The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) nearly incited fisticuffs when they implied that the first ever Olympic female boxers will be required to enter the ring in skirts. But, calm down, Panicky Von Anxoius O'Feminista— they only might be required. Official uniforms for Olympic women's… Read… 11/05/11 2:55pm 11/05/11 2:55pm

The profile of boxer Keisher McLeod-Wells in the New York Times today includes details about her persona as "the Boxing Diva" — she likes Gucci anything, pink Juicy Couture knee-socks, Prada platform heels, Tory Burch tops and Bulgari eyeglasses. But some of the facts from the piece are plain-old depressing: Read… 3/24/11 4:15pm 3/24/11 4:15pm

Sixteen-year-old star boxer Mutiat Adebayo has some complaints about the state of women's boxing in Nigeria: "Boxing organisers discriminate against us during competitions. This is not good for the development of the sport. We urge government to help us." She says girls should be taught boxing in school — and fellow… Discuss… 3/17/11 7:07pm 3/17/11 7:07pm

[Edinburgh, Scotland, January 14: Amateur boxer Louise Mitchell will be the first woman to box for Scotland in a match against Wales at Meadowbank Stadium—the third of four Bring Back Boxing Home Internationals. Image via Getty.]

Now that women's boxing will be an Olympic Sport, Thai women stand to benefit: they've already overcome being told that women are a curse upon stadiums and that women aren't supposed to lift their legs in the air. Read… 11/02/10 7:20pm 11/02/10 7:20pm

The BBC is going to be airing women's boxing for the first time in all its bloody glory. And we say: go for it. Read… 10/21/10 1:20pm 10/21/10 1:20pm

• More and more details are emerging about Chelsea's impending nuptials. She's picked the place (the Astor estate in Rhinebeck, New York) and the rehearsal dinner caterer (Terrapin restaurant). She even purchases some "understated" pillows from a local shop. Read… 7/15/10 5:30pm 7/15/10 5:30pm

The role of women as both fans of and participants in organized sports has varied greatly in the U.S., as Karlene Ferrante demonstrates in her article* about gender and baseball. Read… 4/23/10 5:40pm 4/23/10 5:40pm

• Breakups hurt. Amber Lee Ettinger, aka Obama Girl, says she's disappointed in the President's first year, and would like to see him focusing more on "jobs and the economy." • Read… 1/27/10 5:40pm 1/27/10 5:40pm

[London, January 21. Image via Getty]

[Tokyo, November 25. Image via Getty]

• 23-year-old Katie Taylor has swiftly become Ireland's real life million-dollar baby, and possibly their best hope for the 2012 Olympics. Although women's boxing is a new sport, Taylor is already expected to win the gold. • Read… 11/03/09 5:30pm 11/03/09 5:30pm

• Residents of Mansfield, MA are not happy with a new salon about to be opened in their town. "Knockouts" is a Texas-based chain that offers "haircuts for men" from women dressed in boxing gear. • Read… 10/07/09 5:40pm 10/07/09 5:40pm

Life for disadvantaged Muslim girls in India, says the WSJ, follows this pattern: stay at home, help your mother, and, hopefully, marry a man who can care for you. But some are actively finding, and fighting, a different way. Read… 8/21/09 2:40pm 8/21/09 2:40pm

Saturday night, for the first time ever, two women were the main event at a major mixed martial arts bout. MMA is a full-contact, male-dominated sport: Read… 8/17/09 3:00pm 8/17/09 3:00pm

Doctors in India fear that Suman Khatun, a five-year-old girl who weighs 168 pounds — at three and half feet tall — is eating herself to death. Read… 8/13/09 5:40pm 8/13/09 5:40pm

[Mexico City, May 27. Image via Getty]

Kazumi Izaki, described as a "Japanese housewife and mother of two," is 45 years old and attempting to beat George Foreman's record as the oldest fighter to win a World Boxing Association title. [BBC News] Discuss… 5/07/09 9:40am 5/07/09 9:40am

• This poor otter was near death when Camilla Ravenshear found him wandering alone on the road. He is now feeling much better, and is now taking comfort in his new teddy bear friend. • Read… 3/11/09 5:40pm 3/11/09 5:40pm

The Amateur Boxing Association of England has refused Sarah Blewden, 25, permission to compete. They claim her boob job as their reason. Read… 2/16/09 12:20pm 2/16/09 12:20pm

A story on black and blue makeup in the February issue of Allure shows just how beautiful a black eye can be. After all, nothing says sexy like a woman being battered and bruised! Read… 1/28/09 12:30pm 1/28/09 12:30pm

[New York, October 14. Image via Splash.]

Does this photo of the 2008 US Womens Olympic Gymnastics Team piss you off? If so, you're in agreement with Feminist Law Professors, who wonder if a photographer would ever ask the men's gymnastics team to stick their butts out like that. • Melvina Lathan will be the first black woman to chair the New York State… Read… 7/25/08 5:30pm 7/25/08 5:30pm

Brides-to-be in Hong Kong find that boxing is a good way to tone up before their wedding days...and kick some serious ass should their groom sget out of line. • Preconception care is becoming an important part of healthy planned pregnancies. • The Guardian claims that Mr. Methane, is the world's only "professional… Read… 7/23/08 5:30pm 7/23/08 5:30pm