Kiss Cams are popular time-out attractions at NBA games. The big screen Jumbotrons have the heading of “Kiss Me” (or something similar) and video cameramen (I can’t recall ever having seen a woman wielding a camera at an NBA game) focus on couples and hope to entice or embarrass them into kissing for the entire [...]
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Well, here’s something I didn’t expect. No, not the fact that some degenerate took a video through a hotel room peephole of naked ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews and then posted the video on the internet. (There is a report now that the video may have been shot by a fellow ESPN employee.) And not [...]
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The Washington Post reports that a high school in Woodbridge, Virginia, is under investigation by the Department of Education for possible violations of Title IX because of disparities in its baseball and softball programs. The article also states that there are 49 other school systems in the U.S. that are being investigated for Title IX [...]
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I recently wrote about the decision by the BBC and Wimbledon to relegate Serena Williams to a side court because they didn’t think she was attractive enough to play on Centre Court. That decision was based on TV ratings, as shown by the statement of a BBC source that “Our preference would always be a [...]
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I’ve been a basketball fan all of my life—playing, coaching, and watching. Without doubt, it’s my favorite sport. I am just as interested in women’s basketball as I am in men’s and therefore I was thrilled when it was announced in 1996 that the WNBA was being created. I went to many of the Washington [...]
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I was reading a short article in Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine about a “growing urban sport” called bicycle polo. I had never heard of it, but it’s what you think it is. Teams riding bikes instead of horses play on small paved courts and try to get street hockey balls into a net. It sounds [...]
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The Jerusalem Post reports that Limor Livnat, who previously served in the Israeli government during 2003 to 2006 as Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, has now been appointed Minister of Culture and Sport by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During her previous stint, Livnat was criticized for not dedicating enough time and focus to improving [...]
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The British Daily Mail Online reports that, at the Wimbeldon tennis championships, the BBC relegated Senera Williams to a less desirable court than Centre Court because they deemed her to be not as attractive as 28th seed Sorana Cirstea. A spokesman for Wimbledon said that “Good looks are a factor” and that “It’s not a [...]
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