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NEWS ABOUT: women's sports

women's sports stories: 6 news summaries

Lingerie Football League Ignites Bra-ha-ha

Players insist it's not all about the underwear as feminists fume

Sep 4, 09 2:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Lingerie Football League kicks off today and players from teams like the Dallas Desire and the San Diego Seduction insist it's as much about the football as the female flesh, despite gripes from feminists, Reuters reports. The women acknowledge that displays of athletic prowess are unlikely to be the... More »

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lingerie • women's sports • Lingerie Football League

(Newser) - Caster Semenya’s grandmother thinks it’s ridiculous that people are accusing the new women’s 800-meter champion of being a man. “I know she’s a woman—I raised her myself,” she tells the Times of London. Maphuthi Sekgala says Caster has long been teased for... More »

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South Africa • track and field • women's sports • Jay-ZTV • Caster Semenya

(Newser) - St. Louis' showboating, self-proclaimed "loudmouth goalkeeper" is somebody fans love or hate and that's exactly what women's soccer needs, Jason Zengerle writes in the Atlantic. Hope Solo—who refused to wear the "girly" pink outfit provided when the Women's Professional Soccer League kicked off earlier this year—can... More »

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soccer • US women's soccer • Hope Solo • women's sports • Women's Professional Soccer League

(Newser) - For lonely men on the back nine, scantily clad women golfers are just a phone call away, Time reports. Las Vegas-based Play Golf Designs advertises a roster of attractive female players suited for corporate schmooze-fests or bachelor parties on the green. "They'll liven things up," said founder Nisha... More »

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golf • women • sexism • women's sports

opinion

Granato's Influence Goes Beyond Rink

Hockey Hall of Famer
is a pioneer for all women's sports

Aug 13, 08 8:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Cammi Granato became the first woman selected for the US Hockey Hall of Fame this week, it was a testament to her undisputed skills on the ice. But the honor also is about her larger role in women's sports, writes ESPN's Terry Frei. "As you look around the... More »

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NHL • Hall of Fame • women's sports • Title IX • Cammi Granato

 Roller Derby Makes
 a KC Comeback 

Women's league in Kansas City to be featured on ESPN

May 18, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Brooke Leavitt lost her right arm in a school bus accident when she was 3, little did she know her handicap would help re-launch roller derby in the Midwest, reports the Steady Burn blog. Leavitt skates for the Knockouts in the four-team Kansas City Roller Warriors women's roller derby... More »

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Midwest • Roller derby • Kansas City Roller Warriors • women's sports • Kansas City, MO

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