Women's Sports
Bianca Garza Fits Right in on Andrew Hill's Defensive Line
Bianca Garza is a junior at Andrew Hill High School (San Jose, California) who plays on the varsity football team as a defensive lineman. She led the junior varsity team with 10 sacks last season and benches 200 pounds despite weighing just 135 pounds.
Gymnast Shawn Johnson says she's doubtful for 2009 season
"I'll definitely take a little break," she said. "The 2012 Olympics are the huge question. When you've had a passion and had goals and you've realized them, it's hard to make new goals. I'll have to decide whether I want to push for another four years."...
Marion Jones to Oprah: 'I could have won without steroids'
Disgraced track star Marion Jones says she often thinks she would have won gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics even if she hadn't taken performance-enhancing drugs. ...
Abby Wambach Goes Full Circle as Women's League Stocks Rosters
Women's Professional Soccer inherits a few players and a couple of teams from the WUSA, which ceased full operations after the 2003 season. Abby Wambach will return to the Washington Freedom while Kristine Lilly will remain with the Boston Breakers....
Girls Show Grit on the Gridiron
A handful of young women are playing competitive tackle football. ...
Playing Point Guard Helped Point Way for Palin
How many zillions of times have we heard our male politicians and corporate leaders talk about how sports shaped their lives? Now, this year, a woman or two can enter that conversation. ...
Brazilian Swimmer Rebeca Gusmao Banned for Life
The International Swimming Federation on Friday banned Brazilian star Rebeca Gusmao for life for failing two drug tests. She underwent a very visible transformation between 2003 and 2007, which can be seen in the attached photos....
Afghan Women's Strength on Display in Gyms
Clad in head scarves, Afghan female weightlifters break into male-dominated muscle sports. Women's bodybuilding is forbidden: "The Afghan woman is strong, we are not showing the body. We are showing the power."...
Training May Curb Some Sports Injuries In Women
Women tend to be "front muscle dominant," utilizing their quads in sports. This means that women's bodies don't fully activate the muscles on the back side, namely the hamstrings and the glutes, and more muscular development in those two areas can help prevent injuries. ...
Early Focus on One Sport Raises Alarms
Accusations that two members of the Chinese women’s gymnastic team were too young to compete have renewed focus on the Olympic rule that bars gymnasts under 16, an age limit that seeks to protect young athletes from health risks like the incessant pounding that can take a toll on a developing body....
Men, Women and Speed. Two Words: Got Testosterone?
Even though some scientists once predicted that women would eventually close the gender gap in elite performances — it was proposed that all they needed was more experience, better training and stronger coaching — that idea is now largely discredited, at least for Olympic events....
Georgia Gymnastics Announces 2009 Schedule
The four-time defending national champion Georgia gymnastics team will face seven teams that competed in the 2008 NCAA Championships, including four at home as its 2009 schedule was announced Friday....
Study - Cheerleading Accounts for Most Sports-Related Injuries
Cheerleading accounted for two-thirds of sports-related deaths or serious injuries to high school girls over the past 25 years, according to a new nationwide study....
Log Roller and Fitness Star Shana Martin Wins World Title
Fitness star, pole vaulter, and physique model Shana Martin of Madison, Wisconsin. won the 2008 World Log Rolling and Boom Running Championship on July 27th in Hayward, Wisconsin....
WNBA May Have a Fighting Chance
Tuesday's brawl might be the best thing that has happened to the WNBA in a while, because it can help us to change the ways we perceive female athletes....
From the Erotic Domain, an Aerobic Trend in China
A nightclub activity mostly considered the domain of strippers in the United States, pole dancing — but with clothes kept on — is nudging its way into the mainstream Chinese exercise market, with increasing numbers of gyms and dance schools offering classes....
Women Surfers Share Sun-protection Secrets
Pro riders Kassia Meador, Katrina Petroni, Alana Blanchard and Sage Erickson give their favorites for keeping hair and skin healthy....
Women Want to Wrestle and Small Colleges Oblige
Women’s wrestling teams are sprouting up at small colleges, because female wrestling is an untapped market of prospective students. The sport has grown in popularity since being added to the 2004 Olympics....
The Uneven Playing Field - Female Athlete Injuries
Title IX, the federal law enacted in 1972 mandating equal opportunity in sports, has helped to shape a couple of generations of girls who believe they are as capable and as tough as any boy....
Katie Heenan Wins Honda Sports Award For Gymnastics
Georgia gymnastics senior Katie Heenan has been named the recipient of the 2008 Honda Sports Awards for gymnastics, the Collegiate Women's Sports Awards sponsored by Honda....
Gym Dogs ‘Back 4 More’ at NCAA Championships
The Georgia Gym Dogs will be the number one seed as Katie Heenan and her teammates gun for their fourth straight NCAA women's gymnastics title this weekend....
Gym Dogs Head to Penn State for NCAA Northeast Regional
The top-ranked Georgia gymnastics team continues its drive for a fourth straight NCAA title Saturday, as the Gym Dogs are set to compete at the Northeast Regional at Penn State's Rec Hall at 6 p.m....
Gymnastics Lands Thousands Of Girls and Boys In Emergency Room
More than 600,000 children participate in school-sponsored and club-level gymnastics competitions annually in the United States. Yet gymnastics continues to be overlooked in terms of potential for injury, while having one of the highest injury rates of all girls' sports....
Georgia Football Players Give Gym Dogs Their Props
The smallest athletes at the University of Georgia are apparently the strongest, after a "Challenge of the Champions" between women's gymnastics and the football team....
