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Judge: Cheerleading Is Not a Sport

School can't count it under Title IX

(Newser) - Competitive cheerleading is not an official sport that colleges can use to meet gender-equity requirements, a federal judge ruled today in ordering a Connecticut school to keep its women's volleyball team. Volleyball players sued Quinnipiac University after it announced in 2009 it would eliminate the team for budgetary reasons and...

League of Their Own Inspiration Dead at 84

Dorothy 'Dottie' Kamenshek was a star at first base

(Newser) - A baseball legend is gone: Dorothy Kamenshek—the inspiration for the Geena Davis character Dottie in A League of Their Own—is dead at age 84. The Los Angeles Times leads its obit with this quote from Yankees first-baseman Wally Pipp: She "was the fanciest-fielding first baseman I've ever...

Lassila Soars to Claim Gold for Australia
 Lassila Soars to 
 Claim Gold for Australia 
Vancouver Olympics
Feb 25, 2010 5:00 AM CST

Lassila Soars to Claim Gold for Australia

China takes other two medals in women's skiing aerials

(Newser) - The strange path to Olympic glory on the aerials course often includes a start as a gymnast, then moves onto a stretch of comebacks from a series of bad knee injuries. One other twist: being from Australia can help. Lydia Lassila brought the third Olympic aerials medal—and second gold—...

Lingerie Football League Ignites Bra-ha-ha

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

(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...

Trust Me, Caster Semenya Is a Woman: Grandma

(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 her...

Bad Girl Goalie Can Save Woman's Soccer League

(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...

Las Vegas Co. Rents Out Babes Who Can Play

(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...

Granato's Influence Goes Beyond Rink
Granato's Influence Goes Beyond Rink
opinion
Aug 13, 2008 8:24 PM CDT

Granato's Influence Goes Beyond Rink

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

(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...

Roller Derby Makes a KC Comeback

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

(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...

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