Brandi Chastain - Celebrity Soccer Challenge

For many years Brandi Chastain has been well known for her outstanding professional soccer accomplishments as well as her major contributions during her participation on the United States women’s national soccer team. Read more here.

Perceptions of The Athletic Body

Many athletes and feminists share the view that while society as a whole places the most importance on what women’s bodies look like, sports focus on what women’s bodies can do. Read more here.

Rosie Casal's - Esurance Tennis Classic

Rosie Casal’s long list of professional tennis accolades include her historic membership in the Original-9. Read more here.

By: Susan Zaro

Augusta National Golf Club admits first female members

Augusta National Golf Club opened its exclusive membership to women Monday for the first time in its 80-year history. Read more here. 

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Liezel Huber - Doubles Specialist

Tennis doubles specialist Liezel Huber holds the current number one doubles ranking on the WTA tour with Lisa Raymond. Over the course of her career Huber has etched her name deeply... Read More Here

Saudi woman approved to wear headscarf during Olympics judo competition

Olympics-Equestrian-Saudi woman rider ruled out of London 2012

(Reuters) -- Saudi Arabian show jumper Dalma Malhas has been ruled out of London 2012, dashing her hopes of becoming the country's first female athlete to compete at an Olympic Games. Read more here.

Girls flag football grabs attention as growing sport

(USA TODAY)-- The closest most women get to football is the sideline. That was never enough for Chelsea Parmer. Read more here.

Food For Thought

 "If the brain were a chocloate chip cookie and the neurons were chocolate chips, the glia would be the cookie dough that fills all the other space and ensures that the chips are suspended in their appropriate locations" (p.24).

Bear, M. F., Connors, B. W., & Paradiso, M. A. (2007). Neuroscience: Exploring the brain (3rd edition). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Coenen beats Ruyssen at Invicta (Women's MMA)

(USA Today)-- Marloes Coenen rebounded from her last setback to beat Romy Ruyssen again in the inaugural main event of the first all-female fight promotion in North America. Read more here.  

Kristin Armstrong makes name for herself as Olympic champ

(USA Today Sports)- As part of USA TODAY's '100 Olympic hopefuls in 100 Days' series, prospective U.S. Olympians give their thoughts on the Games in their own words. Read more here.

Summitt steps down after dementia diagnosis

First Read: Chrissie Wellington's "A Life Without Limits"

(Lava Magazine)-- Read full article here.

Susan Wright - Senior Tennis Star

By: Susan Zaro, LMFT
Susan Mehmedbasich-Wright grew up in Nor. Cal. and began playing competitive tennis at eight years old. During her junior competitive years she was consistently highly ranked both in Nor. Cal. and nationally. At seventeen years old she turned professional and competed on the Women’s Professional Tennis Tour (WTA). At nineteen years old she decided to quit the professional tour and tennis altogether. Twenty-five years after leaving the sport she began to play and compete again. She started back playing some state tournaments in Colorado where she now resides with her husband. Since refocusing on tennis this time as a senior player Wright has won more than 50 U.S.T. A. senior championship titles in singles and doubles... Read more here

Amanda Beard discusses personal struggles

10 Qualities We Want Our Female Athletes To Have

(Women Talk Sports)-- Read more here

Pay for Women’s Basketball Coaches Lags Far Behind That of Men’s Coaches

(NY Times)-- Read full article here. 

After Howls of Protest, WTA Will Address Shrieks

(NY Times)-- Read full article here

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Former gymnasts claim systemic physical, sexual abuse by ex-coach

(CNN) --  Read this article.

ESPN's The Word: Women's MMA

Prim Siripipat, Adena Andrews and Sarah Spain discuss this weekend's title fight and the future of women's MMA.

Triathlon.org: ITU Learns From 2012 IOC World Conference on Women and Sport

ITU Learns From 2012 IOC World Conference on Women and Sport

APA: March Is National Nutrition Month

March Is National Nutrition Month

NY Times: Ban Urged on Saudi Arabia Over Discrimination

Ban Urged on Saudi Arabia Over Discrimination