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WHM: A new generation makes history If history happened on a makeshift tennis court in the Houston Astrodome 35 years ago, it also happened yesterday on playing fields across the country. "Her Story" introduces a new generation of female sports icons -- previewing some of the greatness to come. |
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Lapchick: DeFrantz leads by activism and example To watch Anita DeFrantz interact with young athletes is to know how well she leads, writes Richard Lapchick. |
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OTL: Growing Up Summitt As Pat Summitt closes in on her 1,000th career victory, her son Tyler reveals some of the coach's secrets. |
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Ford: Collective frustration ensues from Dubai debacle Exclusions, admittance, fines, proceeds, boycotts and discrimination. That pretty much sums up the debacle in Dubai. |
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Nelson: Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir's journey has been anything but easy Growing up an American Muslim didn't make Abdul-Qaadir's path to basketball stardom easy. |
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Voepel: Remembering Coach Yow Kay Yow coached at NC State for 34 seasons. But her fight for women's sports and raising funds for cancer research became as great a part of her legacy as coaching. |
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OTL: Reaching Out Julius Erving and his daughter, Alexandra Stevenson, are forging a relationship, 27 years after her birth. |
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Voepel: After helping make the sport a success, Leslie will retire After leading the U.S. women to Olympic gold and helping to make the WNBA a success, Lisa Leslie will finally retire from women's basketball later this year. |
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Cox: I've yet to hear a good reason why no women are in Hall The Basketball Hall of Fame has female members. So do the U.S. Hockey and IIHF Halls. So why hasn't the Hockey Hall of Fame even nominated a woman? Damien Cox says the reasons are just plain embarrassing. |
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Hays: Women's game needs more women coaches The march to equal opportunity continues to play out on athletic playing fields. But the push to get more women on the sideline as coaches is lagging behind the times. |
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Merrill: USA softball coach carries on Four years ago, Team USA softball coach Mike Candrea's wife died after she suffered an aneurysm in a Wisconsin airport. The team returned to Stevens Point on Tuesday night, and as ESPN.com's Elizabeth Merrill writes, Candrea is moving on with his life. |
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Garber: Oudin mature beyond her years Is there a glimmer of hope for American women's tennis aside from stalwarts Serena and Venus Williams? Her name is Melanie Oudin, and at 17 years old, she is already making a splash. |
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Buckheit: Q&A with jockey Chantal Sutherland Jockey Chantal Sutherland has raced at the Breeder's Cup and modeled for Vogue. Now she stars in a TV show, "Jockeys." |
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Merrill: Taormina trains despite shadow of stalker Olympic hopeful Sheila Taormina's life has taken a dramatic turn 12 years since winning gold in the 800-meter free relay in Atlanta and six years since a stalking incident consumed her life, writes ESPN.com's Elizabeth Merrill. |
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Buckheit: Can you have beach volleyball without the bikinis? The NCAA is considering adding "sand" volleyball, but there is a teeny-tiny, two-part issue to be resolved first. |
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Buckheit: A snowboarder with a social conscience Hannah Teter isn't content with snowboarding success. She wants to make a difference socially. |
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Hays: Francona makes own name at UNC It isn't always easy to have a name that someone else made for you, but Alyssa Francona is stepping out of her Red Sox-manager father's shadow and making a name for herself with North Carolina softball. |
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OTL: Honor Thy Father After her father was murdered at halftime of one of her games, Tierra Rogers kept playing basketball and kept a promise. |
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Merrill: Ping's emotional return to China ends with surprising medal run Inside a special old haunt where Lang Ping once played, it could be said the U.S. women's volleyball coach had the best of almost everything. But by the end of it all, she seemed ready to escape the fanfare. |
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Merrill: There may be silver lining in U.S. softball's shocking loss Some say softball was taken off the Olympic docket because the United States was too dominant in the sport. So, could Japan's shocking upset of the Americans help bring back softball? |
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Forde: Death of a college football whistle-blower Jan Kemp passed away this week, and the sports world barely noticed. But 25 years ago, she changed the face of college football. She should be remembered as a hero. |
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