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Keeping Score

I'm not sure how the phrase "you play ball like a girl" became the ultimate sports insult, but the idea behind it — that a guy's masculinity should be que
I'm running a little late with Keeping Score this week because it has taken me a over month to stop bleating about the Lady Vols first round loss in the NCAA
Pioneers of women's professional sports — Billie Jean King among them — have long understood that the key to having well-paid female athletes and league l
Candace Parker isn't the first female athlete to grace the cover of ESPN the Magazine, but she's certainly the first pregnant woman to do so. For a publication
Courtney Paris is putting her money where her mouth is: Last week, the Oklahoma senior promised a national championship to her school, or else she'll repay her
On the heels of fashion week, Women's Professional Soccer rolled out a little runway show of their own. A few players from each of the new league's teams gath
on February 24, 2009 | Comments (4)
She laughs at the name, swearing it wasn't her idea, but that doesn't stop tennis icon Billie Jean King from putting all her effort into promoting next Monday n
on February 10, 2009 | Comments (66)
When Serena Williams won the Australian Open last week, she not only recaptured the number 1 ranking, she broke Annika Sorenstam's record for career prize money
on February 3, 2009 | Comments (18)
I never know how much to say about Pat Summitt. Once I start it's like a steam engine, a person in love, picking up speed and sound with overtures of enduring a
on January 27, 2009 | Comments (11)
We knew it was coming, but it didn't make it any easier when we found out that Kay Yow passed away Saturday after a long battle with breast cancer. What has str