The excitement is everywhere lately.
Today’s the parade for our hometown Stanley Cup winners, the Chicago Blackhawks.
Twitter is all a-buzz with World Cup madness (the site is even acting up due to overcapacity issues some speculate is being caused by the multitude of tweets about the event.)
Sports talk radio rambles on and on (and on) about [...]
Posts under ‘women's sports’
When will the crowd’s roar be deafening for female athletes?
My Life as Danica Patrick: Or, as Close as I’ll Ever Get to Being Danica Patrick for a Day
So yesterday I went auto racing.
Okay, maybe that’s a little bit of a stretch. But I did something that was as close to the auto racing experience as I’d ever get: I raced at Chicago Indoor Racing, an indoor go-kart track.
These are not the type of go-karts you find at your summer carnival and they’re [...]
Goodbye, Olympic Women! Thanks for the Inspiration!
This morning I am suffering from a withdrawl of “Olympic” proportions.
I always feel a little sad when the Olympics are over. This year, especially so, since this is the first one that I really watched together with my daughter. She’s now old enough to start to appreciate many of the sports we saw.
She loved seeing [...]
Girls Sports Have Come a Long Way Since Title IX, But We Can Go Further
Earlier this week, I had a conversation with a woman in her late 50’s. We were talking about high school girls sports and all the different sports girls can participate in these days. I wondered aloud if my daughter might be involved in some form of athletics when she gets to that level.
“I wish I could [...]
