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more about #girlssports BetteD: This is a glimpse into how I will look next week dancing at my company Christmas party (minus the glow of accomplished athlete-hood). more » CurtCole: I hope she didn't slip a disk. more » warhol's gnarwol: The stars of track and field are beautiful people. -Belle and Sebastian more » TheBeamishSnark: I hate the 'we can't push change, people aren't ready argument.' Many people weren't ready for civil rights, for female suffrage, for an end to child ... more » suzannelb: In my hometown, Little League didn't start until age 8; you had to play T-ball until then. Softball, however, started at age 6, and I was ALL OVER THA... more » Fatwetdog: My dad was an executive secretary of HEW under Ford, so he sent out the Title IX letters. At my mom's 20-year college reunion, the college's longtime ... more » lalie (apologetic mess): I had a soccer coach in grade school that insisted on spelling my friend Erin's name "Aaron" and my name "Loren". Then again, he also thought women s... more » RStewie: One of my co-workers is a Deep South, Republican, Conservative, White Male; backs Bush, can justify Guantanamo, the whole bit...but he is a rampant Fe... more » Lilah: In the 1970s my dad sued the state of Illinois on behalf of a group of women college athletes right before Title IX was established at the federal lev... more » Flackette Goes Retro: Ugh. I was a tee-ball player in the early/mid 80s, and when I came back for my second season I was the only girl on the ostensibly co-ed team. The boy... more » Memnon: This only works until they get to a certain age then boys and girls can't mix on the playfield due to the differences in physical strength. #girlssports more » sportz.star: I'm just older than the millenials, and my parents are were teens in the 60s. Dad made sure I played softball, soccer (on a co-ed team), skied and co... more » EkaterinaBallerina: It occurred to me not long ago how much my father made it a point during my childhood to remind me I could do anything. I hiked, rock-climbed, skied, ... more » badmutha: (sigh) I love progressive liberalism. #girlssports more » la.donna.pietra: It's nice to hear someone claim that kids are nice, friendly, and cooperative for a change. #girlssports more » battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: Rarely has American culture moved towards progress in a majority. It's usually a small minority dragging the rest, kicking and screaming. I don't know... more » P. Escobar, Jets Fan: It just means we need to train audiences to follow women's sports with the same rabid passion they've long had for the Dodgers or the Lakers.This isn'... more » sequined: Some of the traveling-to-see-sports things just depends on the specific sport and parent. For instance, my dad came to my track meets and swim meets f... more » Le Kangourou de Kataroo: I watch women's curling. Does that count? (I feel like there's an inappropriate women sweeping joke in there somewhere, but I'll leave that to the de... more » nora charles: I think it's a little bit of column A, a little bit of column B. Sports are kind of like a soap opera, in that half the fun is in the drama: picking ... more » -
#littleleaguebigimpact
What Girls On Sports Teams Teach Boys — And Dads
"I'm very much a Title IX dad," writes Mark Schmitt, and his sweet discussion of his 8-year-old daughter's Little League career encompasses not only girls and sports, but also the state of modern liberalism. More » -
#payforplay
Girl Athletes Bring In Crowds — So Why Don't Grown Women?
Girls' sports may draw bigger crowds — and raise more money — than boys' sports, so how come women's pro leagues aren't more successful? More » -
#boardshorts
Equality Through Skateboarding: Afghan Girls Skate With Skateistan
Kids in Afghanistan — especially girls — have few opportunities to play sports. But Skateistan, "Afghanistan's first dedicated co-educational skateboarding school," hopes to change that. More » -
#thewayforward
Kick Like A Girl: When Girls Take On Boys, And Triumph
Last night, HBO aired Kick Like A Girl, an inspiring, short documentary film about a girls' soccer team in Salt Lake City that began playing against boys' teams...and winning. More » -
#learningtheropes
City Schools Need More Sports Opportunities For Girls
This spring, New York City high schools have added double dutch as a varsity sport in an effort to get urban girls involved in sports, but similar programs are lacking in cities nationwide. More » -
