Why Don't Men Like the Sound of Women Sports Broadcasters' Voices?
Like scores of other women who have dared spoken in public, Chicago radio host Julie DiCaro has been getting complaints about her voice on her show 670 The Score.
'I Hope You Get Raped Again': Women Sportswriters Listen to Men Read Vile Tweets About Them
Sarah Spain and Julie DiCaro are both women who make their living as sportswriters. For that, of course, they must be punished, which is why hordes of Twitter douches regularly deluge them with vile harassment and threats. In a new video, Spain and DiCaro had normal, non-sociopathic men read some of those tweets…
Here's How NYC Celebrated the Women's World Cup Champions
On Friday, New York City dropped approximately two tons of confetti on the reigning Women’s World Cup champions, celebrating their record third World Cup win with the first-ever ticker-tape parade for a female sports team.
Amy Poehler Joined Seth Meyers For a Sports Misogyny-Themed Really!?!
Amy Poehler came on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night for a special Women’s World Cup -themed reprisal of their SNL outrage outlet, Really!?!
Can Hosting Sports Events Change Qatar's Culture?
Oil-rich Doha, Qatar, was awarded the 2019 Track and Field World Championships by the IAAF, winning out over Barcelona, Spain, and Eugene, Ore. The 10-day event draws the third-largest TV audience of any sports event, behind the summer Olympics and World Cup soccer.
Lots of Women Are Getting Hurt at the Olympics
On Sunday, two women's snowboardcross riders crashed during the Olympic qualifying round for their event and had to be removed on stretchers. Even more dramatically, the day before, Russian skicross racer Maria Komissarova crashed at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park and had to undergo spinal surgery. These are just a few of…
2012: The Year Augusta's Outdated Barriers to Women Finally Fell
The moment shouldn't have felt so good. All along, we knew the day would come. We knew the chosen women would be so privileged that a golf-club membership and new green jacket wouldn't dramatically improve their lives, much less change the world.
Gold Medals and Gold Dresses at the Salute to Women in Sports Gala
Last night in New York, athletes rubbed elbows at the 33rd Annual Salute To Women In Sports Gala. If you miss some of the faces you got to know during the Olympics, fret not: Rowers, gymnasts, swimmers, track stars — the gang's all here!
What’s the Right Way to Be a Female Olympic Athlete?
Over the weekend Jeré Longman of the New York Times published this piece about female Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones. It is by all accounts pretty scathing. Alyssa Rosenberg calls it "one of the nastiest profiles" she's ever seen. David Roth calls the article "unfounded and unfair" and Isaac Rauch of Deadspin found it so…
'Keep Her on the Field' Campaign Aims to Get Teenage Girls Back in the Game
With the Olympics fast approaching, we're hearing a lot of exciting and encouraging news about female athletes like weightlifter Holley Mangold, diver Brittany Viola and runner Lolo Jones — but, sadly, even with these athletic powerhouses set to compete for the gold in London, women's sports are still at a major…
You Know Who Cares About Women Grunting in Tennis? Sexists.
Summertime is almost here, which means that tennis season is upon us again—that magical time of year when we gather around the television with our loved ones and talk a bunch of sexist shit about female athletes just doing their fucking jobs. You know, grunting season.
Saudi Arabia Begrudgingly Allows Women to Compete in Olympics
After much hemming and hawing, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince has agreed to allow women from the Middle Eastern kingdom to compete in the 2012 London Olympics. And it only took several decades, countless accommodations, and global pressure on the International Olympic Committee!
Badass Female Kicker Tries Out For LSU Football Team
Mo Isom is currently trying out to play kicker for Louisiana State University. If she succeeds, she'll be the first woman to play college football since 2003 — and possibly the first ever to get any respect.
8-Year-Old Girl Kickboxes In A Ring, Government Official Is Appalled
Like many little girls, Jasmine Parr wants to emulate her mom and dad. Her father is Australian kickboxing champion John Wayne Parr; her mother, Angie Rivera Parr, is also a fighter. So Jasmine kickboxes, and last month, she got in the ring and fought a 7-year-old girl. Phil Reeves, the Queensland Minister for Child…
Female Basketball Coach Says Women In Sports Can Be "Petty"
What's it like to play on an all-male basketball team with a female coach? Says Texas Legends captain Antonio Daniels, "Same thing as if a guy was a coach, you know what I mean? Except you just don't undress in the locker room at the same time. And she's big on love, and she's big on hugs, and all that kind of stuff."
British Soccer Commentators' Sexist Diatribe Caught On Tape
Yesterday two male announcers launched tag team on-air screed against female involvement in the English Premiere League. If it's fair to assume that ladies don't understand sports, is it also fair to assume men don't understand microphones?
Asshole Dad Causes Girl To Quit Boys' Hockey Team
Kayla Watkins, 12, was fine with being the only girl on a boy's hockey team — til she saw a meeting agenda item about her "Player Ability Limitations," including handwringing over her locker room changing, written by another kid's dad.
UConn Women's Basketball Coach On The Sports Double Standard
Says UConn's coach: "Because we're breaking a men's record, we've got a lot of people paying attention. If we were breaking a women's record, everybody would go, 'Aren't those girls nice'....let's send them back where they belong, in the kitchen."
Women's Surfing Championship Conquers Oahu's Pipeline
Yesterday marked the first time — ever — that the Triple Crown surfing championship staged a women's event at the famous Pipeline, on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
Ladies Get Their Own ESPN
The good news about ESPN's new site for women is that it's not pink, and so far there are no pedicures. But is it any good?
