Topic: women in sports

Women Are The Biggest Victors Of The Olympics In 2012

Women Are The Biggest Victors Of The Olympics In 2012

The Olympics 2012 have only just begun; it’s too soon to tell if we’ll remember this as the year that Chinese swimmers rose (or doped) to become the world’s best, the year that unpopular new rules muscled Jordyn Weiber out of her place in the gymnastics all-around, or some other incredible moment that we have yet to announce. But whatever star moments emerge, and whoever takes home the most gold, it’s already clear: Women are the biggest winners in London this year, no matter how they perform (or tweet). More »

Hey New York Times, Where Are All The Women In Your Sports Section?

Hey New York Times, Where Are All The Women In Your Sports Section?

Yesterday, while reading the sports section of the New York Times, I literally had to check the date to make sure we weren’t in a different century. There wasn’t one full article or photo of a female athlete. OK, that’s not entirely true. There was a photo of a football player with a string of female cheerleaders behind him. And there was one tiny (photo-less) blurb about Caroline Wozniacki and an equally small mention of Michelle Wie. But come on, NYT, 14 pages and hardly a mention of any women? Out of 50-plus photos, the only females included were those in cheerleader uniforms dutifully standing behind a male football player? You know better than that, don’t you? More »