A good column by Sally Jenkins. Collegiate women teams have been playing #Basketball since at least the 70s. Apparently out of spite, the #NCAA doesn't "count" records set before 1981 (pre Title 9) by collegiate women athletes. This as Caitlin Clark closes in on a scoring record. I'm astonished by NCAA's erasure. Meanwhile, NCAA recognizes football records going back a hundred years, before there was an NCAA.
Know somebody who insists women’s soccer is boring?
When researchers disguised the gender of players in game highlight reels, viewers judged female players to be just as entertaining and skilled as male players.
The Women's Super League season came to an end yesterday and it was a really enjoyable season. The BBC did a good write-up reviewing each team's campaign:
For me, this season was one of the best in terms of how competitive the league was. It's great to see the competition gap close up and attendance records being set.
Looking forward to the Women's World Cup in July, which will be a great showcase for women's football.
New Vibes Based Hockey article! In this one, I go over three recent stories of toxic hockey culture at Harvard, College of St. Benedict, and Hockey Canada.
(CW: Graphic descriptions of sexual assault, racism, homophobia, ableism)