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Sports Bar Guys Went Wild for U.S. Women’s Soccer

By John S. Gardner & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● July 7, 2015

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer is pushing for a ticker-tape parade for the team, an honor that would signal that the women’s global game has really come of age. But crowds in bars like this are also a good indicator.

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Women’s Soccer Heads to Finals: Highlights Here

By Eryn Ashleigh Mathewson & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● July 5, 2015

The Canadian tournament is sure to leave its mark on sports history. It was played in the shadows of a huge FIFA scandal but under a hot summer sun that heated the artificial turf in some fields to 120 degrees Farenheit.

7th Women’s World Cup Showcases FIFA’s Turf Gap

By John S. Gardner & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● June 5, 2015

All World Cups to date–male or female–have been played on grass. If FIFA wants better press, it should install grass in the six Canadian venues for the seventh Women’s World Cup, starting June 6.

Media Still Baffled By Female Baseball Players

By Jennifer Ring ● Arts & Culture ● May 31, 2015

News media’s failures were apparent during a 2011 game in California with two female pitchers and the lack of U.S. coverage of the 2010 Women’s World Cup Tournament in Venezuela, says Jennifer Ring in this excerpt from “A Game of Their Own.”

Yale Rowers Stripped to Protest Unfair Conditions

By Ginny Gilder & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● April 19, 2015

More poetic than polemical, this cinematic call to action combines thrilling natural wonders with engaging glimpses of scientists at work. Other recommended April 17 openers: “Alex of Venice,” “Felix and Meira” and Disney’s “Monkey Kingdom.”

Wellness Revolution at Spelman Recruits All

By Marsha Walton ● Arts & Culture ● March 23, 2015

The historically black college for women decided it was time to do something major to redraw its student body’s alarming health profile: “We’ve been greeting incoming freshmen students who were pre-hypertensive, overweight, obese,” says its health services director.

Saudi Sportswomen Flag Need for More Movement

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● February 11, 2015

A Saudi runner is training for the 2016 Olympics and an entrepreneur has climbed Mt. Everest. But for many girls and women, physical restrictions in the conservative kingdom expose them to a slew of medical dangers, including Vitamin D deficiency, breast cancer, obesity and depression.

Tell Her to Play #LikeAGirl and Win at Life

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● February 4, 2015

Today, Feb. 4, is National Girls and Women’s Sports Day. As plenty of research shows, athletics give participants a lifelong boost. But girls in under-served neighborhoods are missing out.

NFL’s Domestic Safety Message Heads to Super Bowl

By Miranda S. Spivack & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● January 29, 2015

After a spate of domestic violence cases, the NFL has been airing PSAs timed to the big game on Feb. 1. Internally it is revising its player conduct policy and changing adjudication practices. “This is a long term effort,” says one of its new safety consultants.

Football Stokes Aggression, So Let’s Stop Watching

By Lakshmy Parameswaran ● Crime & Law ● October 23, 2014

This October – Domestic Violence Awareness Month – it might be fitting to examine why men like Ravens’ Ray Rice and Vikings’ Adrian Peterson choose violence and how institutions such as the NFL contribute to their behavior.