Tag: female-sports
American swimmer Emily Brunemann has been slapped with a six-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance, the United States Anti-doping Agency announced Wednesday....
The Spruce Creek High School Hawks have won all five state titles since the Florida High School Athletic Association started sanctioning the sport in 2004. They will go for No. 6 on Saturday, February 14th in New Port Richey....
Jenn Stuczynski set an American record in the pole vault with a height of 15 feet, 9 3/4 inches at the Boston Indoor Reebok Games, her fourth straight title at the meet....
When Florida's high-school athletic association announced that girls weightlifting would hold its first state championship in 2003 -- and became the only state in the country to do so -- many observers wondered how many girls would show up....
On the strength of the nation's best score on Friday against Alabama, the Gym Dogs regained the No. 1 spot in the GymInfo rankings on Monday. The Gym Dogs were ranked No. 1 in the preseason, stood eighth after one meet, and were fourth after the second and third meets....
Sarah Blewden, 25, has been told that repeated blows to her false breasts could knock them out of shape and damage her breast tissue. Now boxing chiefs won't allow her to compete - dealing a knock-out blow for her hopes of competing in the Olympics in the future.
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Once Deven MacNair discovered lucha libre wrestling, she was done with the American style. Lucha libre, she said, “is more athletic, more acrobatic and, believe it or not, more family-oriented.”...
Maureen Clary, 52, can lift in excess of 230 pounds - nearly 100 pounds more than her body weight. She is the top-ranked masters woman champion in the 148-pound division....
The highly anticipated intra-state lingerie football league battle between the Tampa Breeze and the Miami Caliente has been called off at the last minute....
Maura Shuttleworth broke the Minnesota state record in her weight class last November when she bench-pressed 180 pounds, and she’s set her sights on the national women’s record of 214 pounds, which she hopes to break within the year....
